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Hey Jonathan,Thanks for your comments. I'm a little new to this, so I'm not sure how to add things to the general community. Any help would be appreciated.
For example, I would like to post my column in the West Seattle Herald every once in a while. Here's one for Plant of the Month.
Yarrow – Plant of the Month
Latin names for species of plants and other life forms are used because you can identify an organism from just two words: the genus name and specific descriptor. The origin of scientific Latin names may come from any source: a place, a person, a name from the local language, a myth, or even from inside jokes and puns. Yarrow’s scientific name is Achillea millefolium.
Achillea is derived from the Greek hero Achilles who, during the Trojan War, reputedly used it to treat wounds. Achilles studied under Chiron, the centaur, who had a great reputation for educating young boys in the art of archery and healing. Yarrow was his special ally. Achilles used it to stop the bleeding from the wounds of his fellow soldiers.
Its specific name, millefolium, means ‘a thousand leaves’ and refers to its feathery foliage. Common names for Achillea millefolium are many, including Soldier's Woundwort, Thousand-leaf, and Thousand-seal. The name ‘yarrow’ is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon name for the plant gearwe.
In addition to its medicinal uses, yarrow attracts "good bugs"; good bugs, like predatory wasps, are crawling and flying creatures who eat other pests that destroy garden plants. Common Yarrow also attracts minute pirate bugs, hoverflies, and ladybugs.
Predatory wasps include parasitic mini-wasps. They do not sting! Their stingers have adapted to allow the females to lay their eggs in the bodies of insect pests. The eggs then hatch, and the young feed on the pests from the inside, killing them. After they have killed the pests, they leave hollow "mummies." For example, Braconid wasps feed on moth, beetle and fly larvae, moth eggs, and various insect pupae and adults.
Intersperse yarrow among the plants in your yard. To keep the good bugs in your yard, eliminate insecticide use in the areas where they live and work. Many chemical sprays work on both bad and good bugs.
Yarrow is considered an especially useful plant in gardens not only because it attracts good, predatory insects, but also improves soil quality. It is directly beneficial to other plants, improving the health of sick plants when grown near them. Its leaves are good fertilizer, and a beneficial additive for compost. And yarrow is drought tolerant, so you don’t have to water it very often. Just beware that sometimes it grows too well and can take over a bed if you don’t thin and weed it!