All Herbs

 We inhale oxygen (O2) and exhale carbon dioxide (CO2), so it seems that we don’t need CO2 to survive. Since plants do the reverse – absorb carbon dioxide and expel oxygen – many think that plants don’t need oxygen to survive. Is this correct? Plants can’t live without oxygen. They need it to (1) distribute…

Ants have been cutified into cartoons with their own television shows, full-length animated movies, even served as salad toppings. However, at the end of the day, many of us want to know the best ways to kill them. Can a widely-used weed killer like Roundup do that? Roundup does not kill ants. On the other…

Can plants grow with heat lamps instead of sunlight? At first thought, why not? After all, heat lamps emit both light and heat, right? On second thought, plants need more than just heat and light from artificial lights. Plants can be grown under a heat lamp that is designed to: 1) emit full-color spectrum lights,…

Gardeners cultivate plants that repel rats, mice, and other rodents such as voles, gophers, squirrels, groundhogs, squirrels, and raccoons. Do you know the plants that repel rats, and those that attract them into your home or garden? Read on. The most common plants that have been scientifically proven to repel rats are: Amaryllis Bergamot Black…

The cute, quiet, and hardworking ladybug is a crop saver, a pop culture icon, and an instructional aid in classrooms around the world but some are destructive. Do you know how long ladyboy lives and what their lifecycle looks like? do you know that they pupate and transform before becoming a full adult? Ladybugs’ lifecycle…

Tasty soups are perfect bowls of comfort for rainy days, chilly afternoons, and winter evenings. They’re great fillers for large crowds and better than medications for coughs, runny noses, or fevers. Whether soup is clear, thick, cold, specialty, or cultural, 26 are the most common herbs used to provide cooling, woody, sweetish, bitter, sulfury, floral,…