Herbs


Professional Development

Professional Development

My Making Herbs Simple video arrived in the mail this week. I was fairly giddy as I finally had time in my week to watch it this afternoon. The kids learned with me how to find, identify, and dry basic herbs and how to prepare tinctures and poultices. I added ...

Calendula

Calendula

Calendula on a frosty autumn morning My calendula patch has given me much joy this growing season. I highly recommend growing this self seeding annual. It does double duty as both a topical skin healing herb and a cheery garden flower. I use calendula petals in my homemade soaps and ...

WellTellMe.com

WellTellMe.com

I want to introduce you all to this cool web site called welltellme.com, a forum dedicated to natural health and wellbeing. I've gone there recently to figure out how to: Cure a UTI -lots of cranberry juice, blueberries, vit C and no sugar. How to make my own dishwasher soap ...

Plantain

Plantain

I just wanted to share this in case you are out and about with your kids etc... and someone gets stung. I've used plantain to relieve the kid's insect bites as well although it wasn't effective for long term (more than 3 hours).