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Rainbow Plant Profiles, Page 2

We love celebrating and honoring the plants that grow around us. Each of them shares unique characteristics and powers in the place they pop up on earth. Some of the plants we share will be edible, some medicinal, some just beautiful, but all of them deserve to be celebrated. We like to share a video and visit the plant, and chat about several ways we incorporate the plant into our lives.

Tansy Profile Coming Up Rainbows

Tansy the Bitter Button

Tanacetum vulgare (Tansy) is our rainbow plant profile for the month of October. It seems fortunate, that Tansy can still be found …

Lemon Balm Flower

Lemon Balm (Melissa)

In honor of my sister Melissa coming for a visit, and the full moon on Saturday we’re spending some time with Lemon …

Apple a Day

Tis the season for a focus on the gift of the Apple tree (Pyrus malus). An Apple a Day really can keep …

Borage the Starflower

Borage (Borago officinalis) is an annual herb found in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae. Although borage grows in gardens in most of …

Eat Garlic!

I was harvesting my garlic yesterday and realized how it should definitely be one of the plants we chat about this year. …

California Poppy

California Poppy

This ‘cup of gold’, is a restful and calming addition to your herbal apothecary. It grows in my yard in Montana, and …

Arnica Montana

Arnica Montana

Meet Arnica, another yellow flower, this one for bruises, pain and swelling. If you haven’t met her maybe you don’t live in …

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Arrowleaf Balsamroot = Spring

It is May in the west of North America, and the Arrowleaf Balsamroot are warming the hillsides. This medicinal treasure is found …

Dandy Lover

It’s Dandy Time!

I’m a gigantic fan of dandelions. Our bees need them, they are resilient, full of vitamins and nutrients and so freaking happy. …

Balloon and Mullein

Mullein Around

There she is in all her glory – Mullein. This plant can be found during every season in Montana. I often catch …