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14 July 2010
"Borage, White," Photo by Zoey Kroll, March 22, 2008
B Is for Borage: Edible Flower for Courage
B is for borage, a much loved plant, not only for its lovely action on the adrenals, but for its beauty and value in the garden. For the past two years, I’ve harvested borage from the garden, dried it on a rack in a dark, dry room, and the bottled it in a jar for use in tea. I use all the arial parts of the plant: the flowers, stem, and leaves. This is good medicine for grief and depression, especially when it’s come from overtaxed adrenals—basically exhaustion. Anne McIntyre notes that borage is especially good when the adrenals are compromised from the use of steroids.
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Alphabet Garden: Pick a Letter and Plant with Us!
Initiated by Edible Office eco-superhero Zoey Kroll, the Alphabet Garden is an open collaboration celebrating garden actions from A-to-Z. Each week we will focus on two letters of the alphabet. We'll have a planting and picnic party on 10/10/10, the day of 350.org's Global Work Party. Everyone is welcome to participate in the project by picking a letter of the alphabet and doing an interpretive planting, cooking, homesteading, or creative action. Learn more, participate, follow, and share at Flickr, Tumblr, and 350.org. Stay tuned for more about this exciting project!
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