A Moment in the Garden with Inca
Inca is a wicked little cat.She often joins me in the garden, and likes to chase my gloved hands as I pull weeds and pretend that she is hunting gazelles...
Make your own Chive Butter Blossoms
Chive blossoms make a simple, elegant herbed butter for the spring and summer table. Read on to discover how to make your own chive butter blossoms. April and May means...
Getting Prepped for Mosquito Season (& Zika)
Although the CDC twitter feed is currently heavy on vaccination news and education, with a sprinkling of news about ebola, the other theme that becomes immediately noticeable when you scroll...
Herbal Bug Spray Recipe w/The Nerdy Farm Wife
I've been looking for some herbal insect repellent recipes to play around with, and Jan Berry, founder of The Nerdy Farm Wife blog, developed an herbal bug spray that I...
A Few Moments with Comfrey
Our first day back at Wrens Nest went beautifully! My boyfriend has been wanting to see the garden so he came along and gave me a hand. You can read...
Hello Again!
My apologies for being AWOL the last few weeks on the blog! I accepted a new role with The Herbal Academy, and had some general upheaval (all of it wonderful!)...
How to Make an Herbal Tincture in 1 Day
No, that isn't a typo. Sometimes you need an extract and you need it now!Well, we have yet to develop Insta-Extract Technology, but you can learn how to have one...
7 Questions to Ask Yourself About Survival Gardening
Can you answer these seven questions about your survival gardening strategy? Discover what you should be asking yourself to make sure you're prepared! If you haven’t ever planted a garden...
The Giving Trees
It's easy to take trees for granted. They are part of the landscape, melding into the background. Unless you have a particular interest in trees, you won't notice them until...
A Beginner’s Guide to Herbal Preparedness
It's hard to believe that the original edition of The Independent Herbalist: A Beginner's Guide to Herbal Preparedness, my first eBook, came out in 2012, but it did! This handbook...