Cleansing * De-Tox
Less is More when you are embarking on a De-Tox program or as I like to call it a Cleansing program. It can be short or long term. Our bodies have a built in cleansing system, the plants help us…
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Don’t forget Garlic
If you haven’t figured it out yet by reading this blog or my book, I like honey a lot. I like making herbal preparations with honey. This simple honey/garlic infusion preparation packs a mighty antimicrobial punch. When nothing else seemed…
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Elderberry Syrup Recipe
I like making syrups because once you do the prep work you have a herbal mixture that you can take everyday for weeks. Syrups are a great preparation for kids. Actually the same holds true for adults. I use honey…
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Still Digging Roots
Its been so warm lately so a couple of weeks ago I dug some more roots out of the garden. It was a little tricky because the ground was wet, the soil is clay and it can be a little…
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Sauerkraut
I got one big a** cabbage for my birthday. It was over 5 pounds. So I figured it would be best to make sauerkraut. This is the world of fermented foods. Basically fermented food is a marriage of salt and…
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Digging Roots
The Fall is the time to dig roots. The energy of the plant is no longer at the top making flowers and seeds. It is in the roots storing the nutrients for next years growth. Most herbal plants are perennials….
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Garbling and Storing Dried Herbal Plants
Garbling is the term that describes stripping the dried leaves and flowers from the unwanted stems and crumbing the leaves/ flowers to make them fit in jars for optimal storage. Garbling is the process of separating the parts of the…
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Sweet Annie * Artemisia annua
Sweet Annie, sometimes called Sweet wormwood, is used as an anti malarial herb plant throughout the world. I have known about this plant for decades, although it is considered a weed in other areas I have seen it grow rarely…
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Plants to Watch out For
We all know about the posion ivy plant especially if you are sensitive to it as I am. It can take many forms. It can grow very tall, it can be a vine that grows up a tree or even…
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Ragweed
Ragweed is the plant that most people are allergic to if they have fall seasonal allergies. The Golden Rod plants bloom at the same time so people think its the Golden Rod plants that are giving them trouble. Ragweed flowers…
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