Our home freeze dryer finally arrived a couple of weeks ago but we’ve been so busy working on the greenhouse (no, it’s not done yet!) that we haven’t had time to get it set up. In the meantime we’ve been harvesting a ton of tomatoes, cayenne, and of course herbs. Last weekend Kim, Linde, and […]
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Water Extraction
Whenever we think about herbs, one of our primary concerns is extracting the active constituents in the best manner. Meaning we want to get the right constituents out, we want the delivery method to be the most effective, and hopefully have the extraction last. We also like to make the extraction practice as accessible as […]
Comfrey Starts – What Can Go Wrong?
Not everything goes right all the time, and though it isn’t natural (or easy) to show where things have gone wrong, Sean wanted to discuss what went wrong with some of our starts. Because we started a large group of comfrey in a pretty unnatural environment – inside in a grow room area. We ended […]
Rabbit Manure & Comfrey Fertilizer
I am so blessed to have a hubby that not only takes an interest in my herb garden, but he has so much knowledge in the topic of cultivating and managing soil. Because of his continual commitment to that goal, my garden is flourishing. 4 years ago we used the entire area as a parking […]
Tangy Tension Tamer Sun Tea
Take advantage of the last bit of summer by brewing up a sun tea! Not only that, but this is super simple, tasty, and so helpful for easing that tension that may be affecting your nervous system, digestive system, and cardiovascular system. The antioxidants in this blend will also help your body deal with the […]
10 Tips for Watering Your Gardens
These principles can be applied to any type of garden whether it’s a vegetable, herb, flower, orchard, perennial, annual, or anything in between . Monica’s herb garden is just booming this year but haven’t had to water it even once (mid June). We’ve been blessed with extra moisture this year which is great! I want to […]
Uses of Viola tricolor
Uses of Viola tricolor Come June my herbal garden will begin to be spotted with delicate, tri-colored blossoms commonly known as Johnny Jump Ups or Wild Pansy . They are one of my favorite, wild-growing flowers in my herb garden. This last couple of years I have watched as their numbers happily multiply giving me […]
Roasted Dandelion Root Brownies
Roasted Dandelion Root Brownies I’ve always loved brownies with espresso or coffee in them, making them more of a mocha-brownie. Today I decided to try roasted dandelion root instead of coffee. I don’t know if this makes them any healthier (check out my earlier blog post on the benefits of dandelion), I like to think […]
Pine Needle Cookies
Pine Needle Cookies This cookie is a type of shortbread so if you’ve made shortbread before this will be simple for you. We use this recipe as our base for every herbal cookie we make. The most popular ones we prepare here are the Rose Petal and Orange cookies which Linde keeps in stock for our […]
Dandelions Medicinal Uses
Dandelions Medicinal Uses Latin name:Taraxacum officinalis Family: Asteraceae About: Dandelion is a survivor. You will find it in cracks in the sidewalk, meadows, overgrazed pastures, lawns, gardens, and anywhere the wind blows. Herbalists consider this humble plant valuable medicine. Introduced to the New World by European settlers as a source of food and medicine, […]
