This spiced apple pear butter is elevated to something amazing by way of an unexpected surprise ingredient – apple cider vinegar. The result is a better balance of sweetness and acidity, making this canning recipe a seasonal favorite! As the…
When excellent hygiene, a healthy diet, adequate exercise, and sunlight aren’t enough, antiviral herbs offer immune system support to help ward off the cold and flu! These top nine antiviral herbs for the cold and flu season make the best…
These decadent beetroot red velvet cupcakes have it all — a rich, complex flavor and a moist, velvety red crumb. Topped with a vanilla bean cream cheese frosting and candied ginger, these cupcakes are so delicious you will forget they…
Ever wish you had a standby recipe for any herbal salve? Here is an excellent basic salve recipe to serve as a base to your creative herbal remedies! Just a basic salve recipe. It was all that I wanted as…
Ensure perfect results when making an herb infused oil using one of these easy infusion methods. Tips and tricks for getting consistently awesome herb infused oils! Do you know how to properly make an herb infused oil? Moreover, do you…
We often think of herbs for their culinary & medicinal values. But through nutrient accumulation and phyto-remediation, here are nine herbs to improve your soil! I have been long prodded to write a post on medicinal herbs to improve your…
This herbal cold process soap with summery flowers like chamomile and calendula offers a luxurious lather with cooling and calming skin nourishment. Please welcome my dear friend Amber Reddinger from Pine Creek Dry Goods to the blog today! -Devon I…
Oats are an exceptional medicinal and nutritive herb that herbalist employ to calm frayed nerves and debilitated conditions. It is also an easy herb to grow, forage and harvest for a great supply of medicine and yummy foods like cookies,…
Oats are more than oatmeal – immature milky oats and oatstraw are highly medicinal! This amazing nervine herb soothes and calms frazzled nerves, inflamed, itchy skin, and digestive troubles. Oats (Avena sativa) Herbal Energetics: cool/damp Parts Used: immature milk seed (“milky…
Blueberries are a summertime treat from which the harvests pay dividends all year long by way of tasty treats. Learn how to plant and care for blueberries and get some tasty recipes for baked goods, jams, and syrups! I was…
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