(2010) A Carbon Sequestration Proposal for the World - Based on Reforestation, Improved Ecosystem Management & Increasing Soil Carbon Levels in Farm Soils

Year of Publication: 
2010

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January 1, 2010

About the author:

Michael Pilarski is a multi-disciplinary thinker and hands-on guy specializing in organic, sustainable agriculture, forestry, agroforestry and permaculture. He is a farmer, tree-planter, author and educator. He has planted 80,000 trees so far.

Herbalists in the Pacific Northwest

Year of Publication: 
2016

Northwest Herbal Faire List of Past Presenters

2/18/2011 edition

Compilation by Michael Pilarski. This is just my starting list.  Please send nominations for people to add to this list. Where are other published lists?

Please note that the title for the first 10 events was Northwest Herbal Faire. We switched to Northwest Herbal Fair in 2011 for a number of reasons.

The affiliations given are those at the time of that herbal fair, where known.

Medicinal Plant List - Plants Michael Pilarski has grown and wildcrafted

Year of Publication: 
2017

9/10/2017 List

Here is a list of medicinal plants I have grown over the years.  Until this year I hadn't made a list of all the medicinal plants I have grown or wildcrafted. I’ve never made such a list before and was curious how many species it would add up to.

Herb Seed Companies in the USA and CANADA

Year of Publication: 
2017

Compiled by Michael Pilarski

Friends of the Trees Society. Version 1, March 15, 2017

Here is a list of the medicinal herb seed companies in the USA and Canada that I know of. I purchased seed from four of these companies in 2017. I like getting all of their in-print catalogs and use them as reference books.  Do you know of any other seed companies which specialize in medicinal seeds and plants. Please let me know.

Books on Herb Growing (and more)

Year of Publication: 
2017

Book reviews by Michael Pilarski, Friends of the Trees Society.
Prepared for the Vashon Island workshops on Growing Medicinal Plants.
April 1, 2017  version

There are a lot of resources on herb growing on the internet but less so in print.  Here are the best books I have found on the topic. They are all in my library and I consult all of them.

A Visit to Two Medicinal Herb Gardens

Year of Publication: 
2017

By Michael Pilarski, April 21 and 22. 2017

University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden
& Bastyr University Medicinal Herb Garden

On Friday, April 21, I had the pleasure to visit the University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden. It was the warmest day of the year so far for the Puget Sound/Salish Sea. Thousands of people were out enjoying the day, but I only saw one other person looking at the medicinal plants.

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