Healthy Self Reliance
Herbal Preparations: Infusion or Decoction? While they may not realize, most people infuse an herb (an infusion) without thinking about it and call it herb tea. They put a tea ball or a tea bag in a cup of boiling hot water and steep (steep – to soak in water to extract a component of …
Just had to share with you all because only you folks will understand how happy this makes me…I had my 6 year old grand-daughter over yesterday and the weather was calling for a light frost last night so I had her help me pull in some of my more tender herbs growing in pots. Well …
The below was transcribed from the video by Sam Coffman, Herbal Medic Read more about Sam at his website, The Human Path, Outreach Efforts, Clinical Training and Sustainability Education. There is a link at the bottom of this page to Sam’s video on YouTube. Wild Lettuce (AKA Prickly Lettuce, AKA Opium Lettuce) has a sap …
Dandelion flower infused oil is a “spring thing”. Just be sure to leave some flowers for the bees! Dandelion flowers just grow anywhere and everywhere! For some inexplicable reason, people want them eradicated from their yard, I have never understood why. The broad sweeping green of lawn is simply uninteresting and bland without the presence …
To make this perfectly clear, I am NOT a food blogger. I enjoy and make good use of all the many food blogs and recipes sites out there, make NO mistake, but I never intended to blog about the food I make… until today. Today I am cooking with fire cider and I just had …
Cleavers enjoys a wonderful history as a cleansing remedy. It works by clearing toxins from your body’s system and reducing heat (remember, it is a cooling herb) and inflammation.
Your children will come to love it. Nature’s candy. The herbal concoctions you can create are soooo plentiful too!
It is fun learning with the little ones. They are bright eyed and more willing to experiment with new tastes then you might think.
They are the color of spring. They are the taste of spring. They grow anywhere, everywhere. I have found them in the woods, in the shade and in full sun in our strawberry beds at the farm. VIOLETS!
We are writing from different places, with different climates and different experiences. But the awakening of Spring stirs something in each of us. And we make our preparations, whether from a Lenten fast, Passover, a week-long cleanse or just the venture out to harvest the wild greens we have been craving. LadyBarbara wrote Skunk Cabbage: …
Herbal tonics are an easy way to begin using herbs. You can use fresh herbs straight from your garden or of the woods around you or dried. It is an easy way to try something new and see how it affects you. AND, you can drink tea all of your life. Our world is toxic …