Two Crones and a Microphone
Two Crones and a Microphone
Betty deMaye-Caruth, Linda Shreve, Sally Rothacker-Peyton
Podcast 81: Herbal Helper or Weed?
38 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
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What exactly makes a plant a “weed”? In Podcast 81 of Two Crones and a Microphone, Crone Linda and Crone Sally take another look at some of the plants we routinely pull, mow, or try to banish from our gardens—and the long history of people using those same plants as food, medicine, and teachers. Dandelion, cleavers, chamomile, mugwort, yarrow, jewelweed, plantain, mint, kudzu, and goldenrod all make an appearance as Linda and Sally explore the line between herbal helper and unwanted weed. The...