When you are new to learning herbs, you may feel intimidated. How do you remember what herb does what? My advice is to start small. Learn the herbs that you have readily available in your kitchen. Here are some easy herbal stomach remedies you can easily make with things you probably already have in your …
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If you ever found yourself out in the wild, with no food, would you know what plants you could eat to sustain you? Or would you inadvertently poison yourself? This is a question that even seasoned foragers ask themselves. So do you know how to test if a plant is edible, without having access to …
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It’s fall, which means it’s harvest time. My garden is done for the year, but I have been doing a different kind of harvesting. Harvesting edible and medicinal weed seeds! You might know that I’m a forager. So I gather things from the wild to use for food and medicine. But the great thing about …
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Dandelions are thought to be pesky weeds by many people. HOA’s ban them. Chemical manufacturers produce herbicides to kill them. And yet no one stops to consider how many benefits dandelion actually has for our health. Dandelion should actually be known as a “miracle weed”, as it really is that good for us. Come with …
I’ve used Diatomaceous Earth for a few years now, but I’ve recently discovered that it has so many other benefits. So much so that I’ve incorporated it into my daily health routine! I stumbled onto this discovery quite recently in my research on parasite cleanses and heavy metal detox. I guess I need to be …
Have you ever foraged or used black walnuts? They are a wonderful tree that grows wild in many parts of the world. People typically associate black walnut with the nut that you roast or put in banana nut bread. But the shell has actually been used medicinally for ages. That’s what we’re going to be …
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Ahh, tomatoes. Every home gardener grows them, right? But they can be so productive, what do you do with the huge harvests you often get? Well, if you’re smart about it, you can make some delicious homemade spaghetti sauce with them! For this Self Reliant Skill of the Week, I’m canning homemade spaghetti sauce for …
Can you feel it? The cooler nights, crisper mornings? Well, it might be a little early for that yet. But that’s right, I’m already talking about fall! Not pumpkin spice lattes and scones, but fall gardening. The fall garden is every gardener’s last hurrah to get another harvest or two before winter. This post is …
If you struggle with chronic pain, there are a few great herbal treatments that may help. I now have an e-book for sale that teaches how to use different herbs to decrease pain. One of those wonderful herbs is ginger for pain management. Ginger has many medicinal qualities. The active compound in ginger is gingerol, …
