by wildflowerscho | May 26, 2011 | Library, Bioregional Herbalism, Herbs, Texas
Texas is weird. Growing and collecting plants is a hard call. The most influential factors for collecting plants in the wild are temperature, light, how much rain we’ve gotten, and vegetative zone. We have several vegetative zones meeting one another in Central...
by wildflowerscho | May 26, 2011 | Texas, Bioregional Herbalism, All, Library, Herbs
Texas is weird. Growing and collecting herbs is a hard call. Some general factors herbalists consider when harvesting wild plants in Central Texas the most influential factors for collecting herbs in the wild are temperature, light, how much rain we’ve gotten,...
by wildflowerscho | May 26, 2011 | Library, Herbs, Texas, Bioregional Herbalism
Free Download Important Wild & Weedy Herbs of TexasDownload The most common expression I hear when people try to make sense of gardening in Texas is: “Texas is weird”. It is! Its unpredictable and extreme. When its hot, it gets really hot. When its dry it gets...
by wildflowerscho | May 24, 2011 | Bioregional Herbalism, Library, Herbs, Texas, Remedies
Central Texas Hill Country is a very unique bioregion consisting of limestone and aquifers that bubble up to the surface and back into the ground. There isn’t much soil, or water. When there is water it comes in great waves, and then there can be long periods of...
by wildflowerscho | May 24, 2011 | Herbs, Texas, Bioregional Herbalism
Agarito Berries
by wildflowerscho | May 24, 2011 | Herbs, Library, Texas, Bioregional Herbalism
Gumweed’s official latin name is Grindelia. Central Texas species include microcephala, ciliata, and squarrosa It is in the Asteraceae (or Compositae) family of plants Grindelia is a low growing small green sticky plant with yellow flowers. It...
