Building the vitality of the soil is the foundation of a thriving garden. A well-built compost pile transmutes dead matter into living hummus that will enliven your garden soil.
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The Sweet Benefits of the Bitter Taste
All five flavors were included in traditional diets in a well-balanced way. However, in the last 100 years in Western culture, sweets and salt have become so much more prevalent in most, if not all, people’s diets, and bitter-tasting food and herbs have become totally absent from the diet creating an imbalanced diet.
Seasonal Allergies – An Herbalist Prespective
With seasonal allergies, your immune system is responding to something that it thinks is harmful and an allergic reaction ensues. Learn simple tips that can help provide relief from the symptoms of seasonal allergies so you can enjoy spring again.
Four Herbs 4 Cough
Cough is one of the most common symptoms of winter. Learn how to understand the nature of your cough so you can support your body’s innate healing forces.
Mullein – Softening the Edges
Mullein that grows on rocky, sandy soil can moisten and soften irritated, dry lungs. It is your ally when cough lingers after an acute cold.
Winter Wellness
Living in tune with nature is an essential part of keeping well year round. Once you understand that your body developed in tandem with nature you open the door to connecting better with your body and with nature.
Pine – A Winter Medicine
Pine is truly a medicine for the winter. It is used to relieve the symptoms of upper respiratorory ailements especially when thick green mucus is involved.
The Art & Science of Blending Herbal Tea
Blending herbal tea is both a creative art and a science. Herbal teas are a simple yet effective way to ingest herbs. If you are a beginner herbalist, herbal tea blends are an excellent place to begin
St John’s Wort – Sun, Spirit & Insight
St John’s Wort folklore and historic use for removing “wilderness” or depression from the mind is spread all over the world. SJW has an affinity to the nervous system. It was used for nerve pain and depression,
Nettle – A Simple Plant with Superpowers
Nettle is one of the most nutrient dense food like herb. It has a strong connection to the blood and iron. Nettle fiery quality is at the same time grounding and uplifting