Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

FALL IS ALWAYS a good time to assess the recent growing season and make notes to your future self about garden gains, losses and the occasional horticultural mishap. For instance, do not plant comfrey ...

Forest gardens are designed around layers of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground cover plants used in such a way it reflects the look and feel of a natural forest. They are designed to be a diverse, ...

If you see signs of a potassium deficiency on your plants, or you have a soil test letting you know you need to add this ...

Healthy garden soil equals healthy plants, lawns, and garden produce. But even the best soil can use a helping hand from time to time. One tip for growing a healthy garden is to use fertilizer, but ...

Comfrey is a celebrity plant among homesteaders for its healing properties, its composting acceleration, its soil-building abilities, and its use as livestock fodder. We were lucky enough to find two ...

Comfrey, until fairly recently, was used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Some of the common folk names for it, such as “healing herb” and “bruisewort,” reflect the healing properties that people ...

Every gardener shouId grow some comfrey, says Monty Don. It makes great mulch, the richest compost - and it's also a terrific slug deterrent. Last week I wrote that gardening success is, in large part ...

Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous ...

Plant Physiology, Vol. 174, No. 1 (May 2017), pp. 47-55 (16 pages) Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are toxic secondary metabolites that are found in several distantly related families of the angiosperms ...