You have probably seen lemon balm growing whether you knew it or not. In the mint family, lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) is a perennial herb that spreads rapidly and has become a fairly common “wild” plant. When I’m out foraging and I see what looks like a plant in the mint family it is more…
Herbalism
Using herbs, flowers, and plants for medicine is something I feel very strongly about, as I believe that the plant world has given us almost everything we need to stay healthy! I’m passionate about teaching others how to make their own herbal remedies and skin care products with homegrown and foraged herbs and flowers.
Learn how to make herbal salves, creams, lotion bars, soap, tinctures, and teas.
How to Make Wildflower Mead
Hello and welcome to early summer! What a beautiful time of year it is. Wildflowers are blooming everywhere and it seems like a good time to start putting them to good use, in fermented form of course! I’ve used wildflowers in my homemade salve, but I wanted to make sure I got a gallon batch…
How to Make an Herbal Salve
I’m so excited for this post as this is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a long while! If I had known how easy this is I would have done it years ago. I’m going to show you how to make an herbal salve with herbs that you can forage or are most…
Growing and Foraging for Comfrey
If you’ve done any reading on the subject of permaculture, then you have for sure heard of comfrey. This plant has become the permaculturists darling for good reason, as it has a multitude of benefits including, but not limited to, natural fertilizer, dynamic accumulator, living mulch, companion plant, compost activator, and numerous medicinal uses. Unfortunately…
How to Make Your Own Lip Balm
You guys, you have to do this. I can’t even believe how easy this is to make. It literally took me 10 minutes. Remember how easy it was to make your own deodorant? This is even easier! I’m going to show you how to make your own lip balm, which I’m sure many of you…
