We talk about Boneset, Joe Pye Weed, Blue, Hoary, and White Vervains, Cattails… and other marshy, water loving plants.

Medicinal properties and traditional uses. Listen in, then go wandering…

See what you recognize on your next river walk.

Pollinators, pollinizers, pollination— Basil, Mints, Prairie Sage, Calendula and Comfrey are some of the plants we talk about.

Summer soon, and gardens are bursting with flavor, color, and healing.

In our gardens and on our paths, the butterflies and bees come, visiting. Learn about traditional uses of these wonderful plants, with bonus material about Goldenrod and Aster.

We talk Edible Spring Greens.

What can you nibble on for Vitamin C? What clears and strengthens the blood? What is coming alive, growing right at your fingertips and toes?

What grows near paths and trails? Spicy - mustards, cresses, wild onions, garlic, chives - and sour – sorrels and docks. Another chance to hear Yellow Dock stories!

A quick Five Finger Medicine review – Teas, Tinctures, Syrups, Vinegars, Oils. The winter months are a good time of year to make, stock up, and share home remedies.

The show will highlight Willow and Catnip as examples of how to use a plant in different ways.

We share Plant Stories, discuss various symptoms and bodily systems, and ways to boost your health and immunity. Learn common weeds, local plants, simple home remedies, common spices and healing foods that may already be in your kitchen! Soups, broths, citrus, berries. Antibiotics in your food, and plant medicines in your yard! … on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? radio show from KZUM, “Plant Stories, Life Medicines”© series with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore. 

Fall signals vibrant colors and nut harvests. Protein-rich Black Walnuts drop in bouncy green hulls. Sumac sets hills and ditches aflame in color, with bright leaves and berries, and Echinacea root is ready to harvest after a hard frost (though the flowers are long gone).

Join us on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore to learn about traditional uses of these wonderful plants, with bonus material about Garlic.

End of Summer, start of Fall, there is a big push in the plant world to burst forth and produce in abundance. Species like Goldenrod cover the entire North American continent. Others like Sage and Sweetgrass are getting harder to find in some areas due to overharvesting. Black walnuts drop by the bucketful in good years, and the rich nut is familiar to most Nebraskans. 

Join us on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore to learn about traditional uses of these wonderful plants, with bonus material about Asters and Plums. 

On this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore, we talk about wild plants including Red Clover, Beebalm and Yarrow. “Foraging Fun” will also include Milkweed, Elderberry, Chokecherry.

In early spring, groundcovers crop up and spread with vigor, and our yards and fields are covered in purple hazes with common plants that are regarded as weeds. But Ground Ivy, Hen Bit and Purple Dead Nettle are powerful spring tonics, medicines, early food for pollinators, and regenerators of the soil.

Early abundant greens include Cleavers and Lamb’s Quarters, which offer a wide range of vitamins, minerals, and healthy energy. Join us on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore for foraging, harvesting, and culinary storytelling. 

Great conversation and storytelling about the nutritive, medicinal, and healing qualities of Plantain, Dandelion and Violets on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore. The full moon, and waves of warm weather, have drawn out these early Spring medicines in abundance! Get to know them now, and work with them all summer.

Learn the nutritive, medicinal, and healing qualities of Nettles, Cottonwood and Linden on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore. Spring shoots and buds come up fast!

Learn the nutritive, medicinal, and healing qualities of Burdock and Mullein from root to seed on this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore.

Enjoy foraging advice, plant stories, conversation, how to use, and harvesting advice about these amazing plants.

On this episode of the How’s It Growin’? podcast from KZUM with host Bob Henrickson and special guest Barbara Salvatore, enjoy conversation, use and harvesting advice, home remedies, and stories about the powerful medicine trees White Pine, Cedar and Juniper.

Learn the nutritive, medicinal, and healing qualities of Yellow Dock (Curly Dock; Rumex Crispus) from root to seed. Enjoy foraging advice, stories, and conversation about this amazing plant with How's It Growin' Podcast host Bob Henrickson and special guests Barbara Salvatore.