Like a lot of plants, juniper has been used for health purposes for a long time. People have used it as an anti-inflammatory and a diuretic. You can brew it as tea. You can take the powdered berries ...

Junipers have found a home in my garden. I use them for flavoring cabbage, sauerkraut, sauces, game (especially pheasant, venison, duck or elk) and pates, terrines and tea. The flavor reminds me of ...

Q: While reading your column about trimming juniper bushes on Aug. 24, I thought about the three large junipers I have growing in my backyard. I believe they are home to a couple of hummingbird nests.

The Juniper Berries are now based in Austin, Texas, but they may be cataloged somewhere in your brain among crowds and couches and swooping rainbow lights from some house show or other long ago.

If a whiff of gin brings pine trees to mind, juniper berries are to thank; their astringent, peppery notes have fueled the alcohol since it was invented in the 1500s. Found on conifer trees, the ...