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Southern Appalachian Herbs — 289 episodes

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Show 287: Wheat and Other Grains, part 1

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Show 286: The Herbal Medicine of Maurice Messegue

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Show 285: An Interview with Zuzu Armes

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Show 284: Spring Tonics

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Show 283: An Interview with Sarah Donoghue

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Show 282: The Spring Foraging Show

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Show 281: The Spring Gardening Show

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Show 280: Raw Milk Moma Interview

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Show 279: Wisteria, Mistletoe and Horsetail

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Show 278: War, Politics, Religion and the Medicinal use of Grape

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Show 277: Sausage and Periwinkle

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Show 276: Smilax

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Show 275: Schisandra

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Show 274: Virginia Creeper and Kudzu

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Show 273: Canada Moonseed and Partridgeberry

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Show 272: Isotrema and Lycium

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Show 271: Ivy

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Show 270: Gelsemium

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Show 269: Supplejack, Trumpet Vine and Bittersweet

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Show 268: Christmas Special 2025

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Show 267: Akebia quinata, Ampelopsis and Aristolochia

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Show 266: Yellow Root and Yucca

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Show 265: Vitex

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Show 264: Viburnum

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Show 263: Blueberry

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Show 262: Symphoricarpos and Yew

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Show 261: Spikemoss and Meadowsweet

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Show 260: Elder

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Show 259: Glasswort and Willow

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Show 258: Another terrorist attack in Moore County NC and Saw Palmetto

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Show 257: Raspberry and Blackberry

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Show 256: Rose

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Show 255: Locust

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Show 254: Currants and Gooseberries

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Show 253: Rhododendron and Sumac

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Show 252: Oak

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Show 251: Sandcherry, Arrow Bamboo and Wintergreen

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Show 250: Heavenly Bamboo, Prickly Pear Cactus and Ninebark

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Show 249; Lyonia, Manfreda virginica and Myrica

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Show 248: Club Moss

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Show 247: Privett and Honeysuckle

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Show 246: Doghobble and Spicebush

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Show 245: Kalmia, Laurel

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Show 244: Unicorn Bitters Interview

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Show 243: Juniper

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Show 242: Holly

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Show 241: Saint John's Wort

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Show 240: Hydrangea

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Show 239: Wintergreen, Wisteria, Yucca and Huckleberry

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Show 238: Wild Strawberry, Winter Cress, Galax and Wintergreen

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Show 237: Wild Onions and Garlic, and Wahoo or Burning Bush

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Show 236: Wild Grapes, Wild Lettuce and Trailing Arbutus

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235: Water Lily, Wild Geranium, Leatherwood and Autumn Olive

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Show 234: Watercress, Waterleaf and Bush Honeysuckle

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Show 233: Don't try this at home, and edible Valerian, Violets, Cunila and Scotch Broom

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Show 232: Hawthorn, Trailing Arbutus and Twisted Stalk

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Show 231: Sweet Cicely, Tansy and Hazelnut

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Show 230: Allergy Remedies, Toothwort, Strawberry Spinach and Dogwood

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Show 229: Spring Ephemerals

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Show 228: Sow Thistle, Spiderwort, Clinopodium and Sweet Fern

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Show 227: Soloman's Seal, Sorrel and Clematis

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Show 226: Saxifrage, Shepherd's Purse and Orange

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Show 225: Salsify and Chimaphila, Pipsissewa

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Show 224: River Beauty, Rushes, Buttonbush, Plum Yew and Leatherleaf

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Show 223: Redbud, Sweet Shrub and New Jersey Tea

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Show 222: Ramps and Beauty Berry

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Show 221: Prickly Pear Cactus, Barberry and Oregon Grape

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Show 220: Weaponized Incompetence, Poke and Bush Groundsel

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Show 219: Plantain and Pawpaw

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Show 218: Lost Skills, Oxeye Daisy, Peppergrass, Indigo Bush, Aonia and Arundinaria

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Show 217: Fiddlehead Ferns and Service Berry

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Show 216: Orpine and Cocklebur

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Show 215: Barberry, Oregon Grape, Hawksbeard, Pet Deer and Christmas

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Show 214: Nettles and Wisteria

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Show 213: Wild Mustard and Violets

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Show 212: Morel Mushrooms and Veronica Speedwell

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Show 211: Mints and Verbenas

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Show 210: Milkweed, Miner's Lettuce and Mullein

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Show 209: Mallow, Marsh Marigold and Red Clover

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Show 208: Lady's Thumb, Lambs Quarters and Dandelion

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Show 207: Kudzu and Tansy

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Show 206: FEMA fails in WNC, Japanese Maple, Jewelweed and Chickweed

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Show 205: Hedgenettle, Knotweed, Johnsongrass and Stachys

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Show 204: Indian Cucumber, Jimson Weed and Bittersweet

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Show 203: Honeysuckle, Horse Radish and Poisonous Nightshades

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Show 202: Honewort, Harbinger of Spring and Smilax

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Show 201: Ground Ivy, American senna, Setaria, Sinapsis arvensis and Rocket

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Show 200: 4th year Anniversary Show! Also, Glasswort, Goat's Beard and Groundsel

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Show 199: Garlic Mustard and Salad Burnet

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Show 198: Willow, Fireweed and Yellow Cress

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Show 197: Interview with Li Reitzig, False Solomon's Seal and Japanese Knotweed

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Show 196: Evening Primrose, Buttercups and Wild Radish

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Show 195: Field Peas, Butter Beans, Erodium and Prunella

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Show 194: Elder Flowers, Potentilla and Politics

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Show 193: Purslane and Dock

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Show 192: Day Lily and Plantain

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Show 191: Cow Parsnip, Dandelion and Mouse Ear Hawkweed

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Show 190: Comfrey and Poke

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Show 189: Clintonia and Knotweed

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Show 188: Perilla, Clovers and Corn Salad

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Show 187: Cleavers, Sorrel and Dock

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Show 186: New book, AI, Chicory. Peas with lettuce and onion, Myosotis, Watermilfoil and Floating Heart

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Show 185: Chickweed and Mulberry

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Show 184: Mallow and Cattails

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Show 183: Cuckoo Flower, Water Plantain, Loosestrife and ending food insecurity for all

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Show 182: Wild Caraway and Honeysuckle

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Show 181: Calamus and Deadnettle

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Show 180: Burdock, Haluski, Wire Grass, Lespedeza and Wild Lettuce

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Show 179: River Beauty, Rushes, Dollarweed and Cogon Grass

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Show 178: Ramps, Redbud, Forsythia and Cow Parsnip

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Show 177: Bull Thistle and English Ivy

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Show 176: Announcing Plant Walks in Pinehurst, Bugleweed and Rabbit Tobacco

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Show 175: Briars and Ground Ivy

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Show 174: Brambles and Geranium

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Show 173: Bladder Campion and Cleavers

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Show 172: Black Locust and Spurge

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Show 171: Big Leaf Aster, Basswood/Linden and Dog Fennel

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Show 170: Wild Asparagus and Wormseed/Hedge Mustard

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Show 169: The Culinary uses of Angelica and the Medicinal uses of Erigeron/Fleabane

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Show 168: Erechtites, Alfalfa and a great Turkey Club Sandwich

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Show 167: The Spring Foraging Cookbook, recipe for Beef and Amaranth Soup and Equisetum/Horsetail

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Show 166: Happy New Year

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Show 165: Christmas

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Show 164: Wild Yam, Christmas Pate, Duxelles and Cheese Balls

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Show 163: Wild Carrot, Medicinal Grasses, Kraut, Limoncello and Christmas Sausage

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Show 162: New book, Clam and Corn Chowder, and Poison Hemlock

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Show 161: Medicinal Thistles, Turkey Casserole, Scallion Noodles and Spiced Peanuts

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Show 160: Chicory, Cornbread, Dressing and Stuffing

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Show 159: Lambs quarters and Pasta e Fagioli

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Show 158: Celandine and a good pasta sauce made with sardines

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Show 157: Chickweed, Barnaby Thistle, Bittercress, Baked Potato, Refried beans and Mexican Restaurant rice

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Show 156: Interview With Cassie Clark, False Bindweed and Shepherd's Purse

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Show 155: Consumptionweed, Black mustard and Fall Squash Soup

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Show 154: Mugwort and Chili Oil

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Show 153: Burdock, White Beans and Onions

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Show 152: Field Parsley and Sauce Picant

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Show 151: Ragweed and Shrimp (or anything else) Creole

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Show 150: Amaranth and Fish

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Show 149: Alliums and pickled green tomatoes

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Show 148: Corn Cockle and Bread

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Show 147: Goutweed and cooking with Calamus

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Show 146: Medicinal weeds - Yarrow, Virginia Copperleaf - smoked catfish and book reviews

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Show 145: The Christian Herbalist Guild, Potato Salad and Turmeric

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Show 144: Tillia/Linden/Lime/Basswood and homemade Pasta

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Show 143: Thyme and Tomatoes

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Show 142: Sweet Woodruff and Summer Squash

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Show 141: Speedwell and Potato Pancakes

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Show 140: Skullcap and Nachos

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Show 139: Medicinal Senna and 2 Recipes for Frog Legs

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Show 138: Sarsaparilla, fish and potatoes and real men

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Show 137: Interview with Jason White of Plans and Provision

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Show 136: Sage, Remedies and Recipes

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Show 135: Safflower, Poke shoots, Salad Nicoise and Dirty Rice

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Show 134: Rosemary and dandelions greens (medicine and food)

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Show 133: Rhubarb, Red Rice and Jambalaya

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Show 132: Big Announcements!

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Show 131: Rhodiola, fermented ketchup/catsup and herbed wines from Apicius

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Show 130: Potentilla, YARFAS and How to Deep Fry Seafood the Right Way!

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Show 129: Parsley, Pork, Beans and Poke Salat

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Show 128: Barberry, Corn, Ramps and Hostas

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Show 127: Mugwort and Spring Veggies

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Show 126: Motherwort, Mac and Cheese, History, Money and Masculinity

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Show 125: Monarda and Pizza

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Show 124: Medicinal and Culinary Mints, Plus Some Seafood Recipes

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Show 123: Milk Thistle, New Videos and our government finally admits the truth

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Show 122: The Mallow family of herbs and Green Pork Chili

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Show 121: Licorice, Chili, Mike Oehler and Green Woodworking

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Show 120: Lemon Verbena and Cream Soups

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Show 119: Lemon Balm and Potato Soup

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Show 118: Lavender, Chicken Soup and Chicken Bog

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Show 117: Lady's Mantle, Shrimp & Grits, and Shad Roe

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Show 116: The Prodigal Dog and Jamaican Dogwood

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Show 115: The Epiphany, Medicinal Uses of Myrrh and great Lentil Soup

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Show 114: New Year, Hyssop and Transhumanism

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Show 113: Hops

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Show 112: Basil, Oregano and a Merry Christmas!

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Show 111: Seasonal Depression, St. John's Wort and Brunswick Stew

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Show 110: Terrorist attack in NC

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Show 109: Medicinal Ferns, Surprises and Miracles

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Show 108: Thanksgiving recipes and an interview with Sarah Donaghue of Alchemilla Apothecary

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Show 107: All About Adaptogens, an interview with Brandon Gilbert

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Show 106: All about Oysters and an interview with Amy Anthony about Aromatherapy

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Show 105: Good Gravy and Medicinal Coriander

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Show 104: Book Give Away and Goldenseal

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Show 103: Stock and Goldenrod

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Show 102: Gentian, Eggplant Parm and The Pure Foods and Drug Act

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Show 101: New book, The Omnivore's Guide to Home Cooking

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Show 100, part 1

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Show 100, part 2

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Show 99: Whittling, Feverfew and Ask Me Anything

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Show 98: 9/11, Cooking, Latin and Elecampane

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Show 97: Docks and Sorrels... and a lot more

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Show 96: The Amazing and Ubiquitous Dandelion

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Show 95: Ecumenism, Education and Viburnum

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Show 94: Coriander, Cilantro and why food matters

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Show 93: Fall Gardening and Club Moss

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Show 92: Indian Clubs and Cinnamon

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Show 91: Monkeypox fears, Biden's got the COVID and I talk about Cinchona/Quinine

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Show 90: Mostly about Parsley and Chicory

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Show 89: Mindfulness and Chamomile

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Show 88: Independence Day and Centaury

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Show 87: Touch Me Nots/Jewelweed, Bears, Plant Walks and Carline Thistle

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Show 86: All about Calamus

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Show 85: Medicinal Shrubs and Vines, My New Book!

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Show 84: June Foraging for Wild Greens and Boneset, a Remarkable Herb

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Show 83: Memorial Day and Systematic Breakdown

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Show 82: How to Become a Master Herbalist - Life Lessons from Old Men and Baseball

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Show 81: Bay Laurel

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Show 80: Announcements, Injuries and Artichokes

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Show 79: Weston A. Price, Sally Fallon, Diet and Anise

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Show 78: Finding the Herbal Tradition That Works for You and Angelica

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Show 77: Easter and Aloe

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Show 76: Growing Your Survival Herb Garden

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Show 75: Early spring foraging for Poke and Bugleweed, Fermented Foods and Andrographis

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Show 74: Herbs in the diet, Eating seasonally and Agrimony

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Show 73: The Spring Show

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An Interview with Yolanda Joy

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Show 72: The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs

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Show 71: Christian Herbal Medicine part 3

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Show 70: Paracelsus and Christian Herbalism

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Show 69: Herbal Medicine In The Early Christian Era

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Show 68: Herbs for Frostbite and My Favorite Gardening Books and Methods

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Show 67: Herbs for Urinary Stones and Infections

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Show 66: Herbs for Diarrhea

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Show 65: Herbs for Fevers

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Show 64: Herbs for Stress, Anxiety and High Blood Pressure

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Show 63: Herbs for Venomous Bites and Stings

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Show 62: Christian Herbal Medicine and Herbs for Animal Bites

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Show 61: Herbs to repel insects, for stings, bites and parasites

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Show 60: Herbs for Eyes and a Christmas Surprise!

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Show 59: Herbs for Sore Throats, etc.

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Show 58: Antibiotic Herbs and Lung Herbs

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Show 57: Antiviral Herbs

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Show 56: Herbs for Rashes

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Show 55: Herbs for Burns, Wintergreen/Pipsissewa and Indian/Ghost Pipe

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Show 54: Herbs for Bruises and Sprains and the Heath Family

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Show 53: Wild Quinine, Prickly Pear Cactus and Wound Healing Herbs

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Show 52: Herbs that disinfect wounds, birch trees and I no longer hold my tongue

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Show 51: Herbs for Bleeding and The Oak Family

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Show 50: Herbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People

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Show 49: The Magnolia, Willow and Walnut Families of Herbs

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Show 48: The Ginseng, Aralia and Smilax families

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Show 47: The Fall Foraging Show

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Show 46: The Everlasting and Honeysuckle Families of Herbs

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Show 45: Preparedness and the Dandelion Family of Herbs

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Show 44: Plant ID for Emergency Herbal Medicine

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Show 43: The Chamomile Family

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Show 42: The Basswood/Lime and Violet Families, and why not to freak out!

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Show 41: The Elm and Mallow Families

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Show 40: The Laurel Show

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Show 39: Monarda, Saint John's Wort and Yarrow

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Show 38: The Witch Hazel, Nettles, Purslane and Buckwheat Families of Herbs

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Show 37: Seaweed, a powerful anti-viral and much more

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Show 36: Identifying and using the Dutchman's Pipe, Barberry, Poppy and bleeding Hearts families of herbs

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Show 35: Medicinal Trees, and My New Book!

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Show 34: Summer Foraging Show

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Show 33: Identifying and using the Mustard and Rose Families

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Show 32: The Mint Family of Herbs

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Show 31: The Buttercup Family of herbs

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Show 30: Herbs for Allergies, Hay fever, rashes, etc

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Show 29: Discovering Medicinal Grasses

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Show 28: Thistles and Their Medicinal Uses

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Show 27: Announcing our new book, The Herbs and Weeds of Fr. Johannes Künzle

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Show 26: Medicinal Flowers

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Show 25: Herbs for Pain Part 2

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Show 24: Herbs for Pain, Part 1

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Show 23: Reflections on the Herbal Entrepreneur Summit and Folk Medicine

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Show 22: Medicinal Ferns

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Show 21: Spring Foraging

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Show 20: Introduction to Homeopathy

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Show 19 - Best Herb Books

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Show 18: Planning Your Herb Garden

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Show 17: Two Options For Your Future

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Show 16: Herbal Energetics Simplified

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Show 15: Herbal Soups

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Show 14: An interview with Marjory Wildcraft

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Show 13: Herbs For Sleep

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Show 12: Announcing New Free Classes and All About Herbal Teas

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Show 11: Winter Wildcrafting

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Show 10: Herbal Smoking Mixtures

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Show 9: Herbal Wines and Beers

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Show 8: The Herbal Medicine of Saint Hildegard

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Show 7: Wildcrafting and Foraging, Part 2

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Show 6: Wildcrafting and Foraging Part 1

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Show 5: Fr. Sebastian Kneipp's Herbal and Water Therapy

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Show 4: Medicinal (and Tasty!) Herbs and Spices For Thanksgiving

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Show 3: All About Bitters

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Show 2: Treating Colds and Flu with Herbs and Swedish Bitters

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