After years of growing herbs, spices, berries, and even fruits hydroponically I’ve realized that there are really only two basic approaches one can take with hydroponics: The rewarding yet tedious path, or the boring and easy path. What do I mean? You see, the rewarding yet tedious approach to hydroponics…

Read our full kitchen countertop herb garden article at herbexaminer.com! Look, I’m a fan of any hobby that provides you with something to eat! Whether it’s indoor hydroponics, or outdoor gardening… I’m in! But how about this: we scale our ambitions down a little and combine the two into a…

When it comes to plant cultivation I’m a big fan of any unconventional method or technique that actually works. Unfortunately, there just aren’t too many. Gardening is an established skill; we’ve innovated quite a bit over the last thousand years! With that being said, within the realm of hydroponics —…

Lemongrass is an aromatic grass, native to India; it belongs to the family Gramineae and the genus Cymbopogon. Ayurvedic practitioners in India have used Lemongrass medicinally for thousands of years, although the first recorded distillation of Lemongrass occurred in 1799 in The Phillippines. Table of Contents: Lemongrass Benefits Lemongrass Chemical…

[This article is a re-post from herbexaminer.com — read it HERE] Here’s a bold claim: Rhodiola rosea is the most medicinally useful herb that modern science has ever documented. Think I’m being hyperbolic? Well, I probably am. But the truth of the situation is that Rhodiola would certainly be at…

[This was originally posted HERE, on Herbexaminer.com] Every variety, flavor, texture, and aroma of tea comes from the same species of plant: Camellia sinensis. To be exact, there are two variations of Camellia sinesis: Camellia sinensis var. sinensis (which is Chinese tea) and Camellia sinensis var. assamica (Indian tea). If…

Ginseng. Ginger. Rhodiola. Caffeine. Maca. Ginkgo biloba. What do you know about these herbs? Have you heard that Ginseng and Ginkgo biloba combined have been shown to lower levels of anxiety — especially in people with chronic anxiety disorders? Did you know that Rhodiola has been shown to significantly reduce fatigue in students taking an exam? Or that there are three different varieties of Maca which possess different medicinal benefits?

Welcome to the second installment of Herb VS Herb, where we pair a single herb with multiple worthy rivals, then scour through the scientific literature to find out which herb is more medicinally beneficial. This is a long post. I encourage you to use the table of contents below! CONTENTS:

For thousands of years, the growing of vegetation had to happen outdoors. The options were: plant outside, in the dirt, on your knees, while the sun roasts you to a crisp, or die of starvation. Your choice. Since then, things have changed. Thanks to the advancement of grow lights, we…