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		<title>Florida Blackberries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cultivated blueberries in Florida are receiving their annual abundance of attention. This delicious summer fruit overshadows, often literally, the scrumptious native blackberries that ripen slightly before most of the blueberry crop. It’s not unusual to find blackberries growing amongst the cultivated blueberry bushes, unless fastidious growers have culled them out to protect their customers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Botanical Books of Interest to Herbalists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of interesting books have come my way, and so I am sharing some thoughts. The Plant Lover's Companion First, The Plant Lovers Companion: Plants, People, &#38; Places by Julia Brittain  (David &#38; Charles, 2006; $14.99). (Note that this book seems to have been published under two slightly different titles: actually the title and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Botanist Tackles Spurge Nettle for Lunch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Palmetto, the quarterly journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, has an amusing and informative article by Francis Putz, Ph.D., about Cnidoscolus stimulosus, a much-despised plant for Floridians hiking about in sandals. Every part of this plant has protective needles save the well-hidden root, which can be as deep as three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myherbalnotebook.com/2010/01/a-botanist-tackles-spurge-nettle-for-lunch/</link>
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		<title>Wild Fermentation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a delight to spend an evening with Sandor Katz, and to hear all about his latest methods of fermenting foods. His 2003 book, Wild Fermentation, is a well-worn reference on my cookbook shelves, and I was so excited to actually have the opportunity to hear him talk. His seminar drew a large audience for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Colds and Christmas Tummies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season to be under-the-weather.  Even here in sunny Florida, we succumb to winter colds (brought to us from our northern neighbors, or so we claim). This is also the time of year our tummies can churn with stress and anxiety or just plain eating too much of all the wrong foods. Here are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myherbalnotebook.com/2009/12/winter-colds-and-christmas-tummies/</link>
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		<title>Herbs Without Patents</title>
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		<title>Florida Springs in Peril</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent visit to the Silver Glen Springs in the Ocala National Forest, left me wondering once again at the obliviousness of human beings when it comes to our environment—the environment that keeps us alive. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the land on which we build our homes and cities, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myherbalnotebook.com/2009/07/florida-springs-in-peril/</link>
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		<title>Summer Cold Herbal Remedies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend called after he had just gotten over a miserable summer cold, and he asked me what my first line of defense would have been—for next time, he said. “Would you put together a little ‘cheat sheet’ for me? I know there must be stuff I could have taken right away to reduce the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myherbalnotebook.com/2009/07/summer-cold-herbal-remedies/</link>
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		<title>Spanish Needle Salad Anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bidens spp. are abundant “pest” weeds in Florida and indeed all over the world. There are more than 40 native species in the United States alone and over 230 worldwide. These weedy plants thrive in warm climates and have traditions of medicinal and edible use wherever they are found. The botanical name, which describes the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myherbalnotebook.com/2009/05/spanish-needle-salad-anyone/</link>
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		<title>Spring Edible Plants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a lovely walk Max and I had today! A little warm for early April, but there was a pleasant breeze and a clear blue sky. Lots of birds and butterflies. And plenty of snacks. Tasty asparagus tips (the leading ends of Smilax spp), delicious lavender dayflowers (Tradescantia ohiensis), and lemony sour wild sorrel leaves [...]]]></description>
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