I'm recording my HealthyLife.net show this week; to be aired in October. Boo! I'm focusing on the scariest legumes. Creeping, crawling, thorny plants that will give you quite the fright. Maybe even turn your face blue. > Kudzu (Pueraria) The name strikes terror in the heart of those who have seen it engulf a tree in a single season. It's said to grow so fast that you can see it grow. A healthy plant can grow up to twelve inches in 24 hours, so, I think you probably could see

There's an evergreen mint in your lawn. It's not very big. It's not very flashy. It has no odor. But its name says it all: Self-heal, heal all. Prunella vulgaris Dr James Duke got my interest forty years by claiming it had "The highest levels of antioxidants of any green plant." But I couldn't find much information on uses back then. Mostly because I wasn't looking in the right place: Chinese herbals. Prunella vulgaris is one of the scentless mints I'm featuring in class 3 of

I champion the weeds. When I started learning about herbal medicines — The world was vast. So many medicinal plants. Then I became aware that using plants Could use them up. Goldenseal and ginseng — Once available freely in my eastern woodlands — Are now threatened by overharvesting. .. From AgroForestry: "Overharvesting of goldenseal has caused serious reductions in populations. . . . In 1997, goldenseal was listed on Appendix II of the Convention for International Trade on