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Nourishing Weedy Tea
Herbalists have an eye for beauty and worth, seeing usefulness inside what others consider useless. Often reviled plants like nettles, dandelions, burdock, plantain, chickweed, lambs quarters, and red clover often grow nearby in favorite fields or woodland paths, or even on our lawns, and make delicious and nutritious teas as well as herbal vinegars, soups, […]
How To Make Herb-Infused Oils
If you have never made an herb-infused oil, you are in for a wonderful treat! These easy herbal preparations are a wonderful way t...
Upcycling for the Herbalist
If you’re sentimental like me, you likely have a stack of greeting cards stashed away that you can’t bear to part with – not...
Natural Easter Egg Dye
There are more natural ways to color eggs than using the fizzy tablets we used as kids. You don’t have to run to the store to buy a kit or any special materials. Colorful veggies, fruits and spices all make nice dyes. This year I experimented with what I could find in my kitchen. I […]
Cup in Hand
What goes through your mind at the mention of tea? I used to think Lipton and I’m not kidding! Preferring coffee over tea for most of my life I just wasn’t that interested in it unless it had some special connotation like; afternoon tea as served in England (of which I’ve enjoyed on numerous occasions) […]
Hawthorn Tea for the Winter Heart
The trees are bare, the leaves are raked, and the gardens are tucked in for a long winter’s nap. But the pink rose in my front y...