Meet food plants new on our horizon, like Yacón, Gynura, Moringa, and Oca with Jay Beard, organic grower at Lone Star Nursery. Plus, see why he and wife Flint start with organic seeds for food, wildlife plants, and botanical essential oils, skin creams, teas and more.
Host: Tom Spencer.
Plants featured in this episode:
- LEMONGRASS 'Flexuosus' --Cymbopogon flexuosus--
- YACON --Smallanthus sonchifolius-- (Coming soon!)
- SPINACH 'Gynura' --Gynura procumbens--
- OXALIS 'OCA' --Oxalis tuberosa-- (Coming soon!)
- MORINGA --Moringa oleifera--
- OKRA 'Gold Coast' (Coming soon!)
- BASIL 'Holy Rama' --Ocimum sanctum 'Rama Tulsi'--
- FIG 'LSU Purple' --Ficus carica--