Do you have delicate skin or skin that is beginning to show the marks of passing time? Rose hip soap may be the perfect bar of all-natural herbal soap to care for your skin! As a facial bar, it will leave you with a brighter, healthier complexion while combating the signs of aging! Rose Hip…
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.
70+ Elderberry Recipes & Remedies for Food & Health
Elderberry recipes are popular amongst herbalists of all levels, and for good reason! They are not only tasty, they also have wonderfully supportive herbal properties. There are so many ways to use these wild berries! Herbal Properties of Elderberries Let’s be honest, the best way to use herbs is to let your “food be your…
Foraging St. John’s Wort + How to Make St. John’s Wort Oil & Salve
When the sunny yellow flowers of St. John’s wort start to bloom, I know that summer is here! It is a great plant to learn how to forage, as it grows nearly everywhere and offers some lovely herbal qualities. After foraging St. John’s wort, use it to make infused oil and salve for sore muscles…
80+ Mint Recipes: Drinks, desserts, remedies + more!
These 80+ mint recipes for food and medicine are sure to please! Use up all of that mint in your garden with these recipes for food, drinks, desserts, bath & body, and remedies. Cooking and Using Mint There are many reasons to grow mint, but we all know the best reason, that delicious intense flavor…
Nasturtium Flower Infused Vinegar
Nasturtiums are an easy-to-grow edible flower with an old fashioned feel to them. They have been growing in and around gardens for centuries! If you look in the original Peter Rabbit book by Beatrix Potter (originally written in 1893 and published in 1902) you will see nasturtiums in the beautiful illustrations. Since the nasturtiums I…
Elderflower Muffins with Honey
In late spring to early summer, elderflowers are in bloom. This time of year seems magical to me, right at the crux of the summer solstice! The creamy blossoms don’t last long, and I always feel the need to do something with them. Elderflowers are both edible and medicinal, so there are many choices on…
How to Make Lemon Balm Tincture
Lemon balm is a plant that grows rather freely and for some is considered a nuisance. What some don’t realize is that lemon balm has many benefits from being good for sleep and relaxation to helping digestion and even easing headaches and other pains. Making a lemon balm tincture is a great way to utilize…
Lemon Balm Recipes: food, drinks, remedies, + more!
Got lemon balm? Here are over 30 delicious lemon balm recipes to help you use all of this edible and medicinal herb growing in your yard! Lemon Balm Recipes Lemon balm, Melissa officinalis, is super easy to grow and forage for and has multiple benefits. To identify lemon balm, just look for a square stem…
10 Reasons to Grow Lemon Balm
Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis, is a perennial herb native to the Mediterranean, but now grows rapidly throughout the world. It’s a member of the mint family and because all mints have square stems, identifying this herb is as easy as crushing a leaf between your fingers. If the aroma released is sweet, lemony, and slightly…
Infused Dandelion Vinegar
When dandelions are abundant in springtime, make this infused dandelion vinegar! It has a subtle combined sweetness and bitterness and can be used to make a wonderful salad dressing. It is also a highly nutritive tonic, and I love coming up with new recipes for how to use it! Dandelion Vinegar Benefits While some view…
