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Herbal Medic book review for emergency preparedness

Emergency Preparedness First Aid Herbal Preparedness

Herbs for emergencies to keep in your GOOD bag

Emergency Preparedness First Aid Herbal Preparedness

Exploring the levels of herbal preparedness

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What’s in My Everyday Carry Herbal First Aid Kit

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Encountering the mysterious ghost pipe plant

Agatha NoveilleOctober 26, 2021October 26, 2021

Ghost pipe plant, Monotropa uniflora, is a beautiful and unusual wildflower. This spotlight explains its habits, conservation needs, and traditional uses. Recently, I found a stand of ghost pipe while...

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October 2021 newsletter

Agatha NoveilleOctober 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Happy October, friends! This year has gone by crazy fast for me, and it's time for another of my sporadic newsletters. I spent this week outlining and drafting out some...

Gardening Herbal DIY Mullein

When to harvest mullein flowers, leaves, and roots

Agatha NoveilleJune 24, 2021June 25, 2021

Mullein leaves, flowers, and roots are used in traditional Western herbalism. We will talk about how mullein is used in another article, but this one explains the basics for harvesting....

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Best places to buy dried herbs online

Agatha NoveilleJune 17, 2021June 23, 2021

There are many places to buy dried herbs online, but which ones are the best? Although I am a big proponent of shopping locally whenever possible, sometimes the only way...

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Indie herbalist newsletter (June 2021)

Agatha NoveilleJune 13, 2021

Here's a rambly newsletter! I haven't had time for an Indie Herbalist newsletter in a while, but sometimes it's nice to make a cup of tea and chit chat. Here's...

Gardening Vlogs

Garden vlog: hand weeding the skullcap patch

Agatha NoveilleApril 9, 2021

Enjoy a few moments chilling out next to the skullcap patch with me! There's a new garden vlog on the YouTube channel and I share some tips for hand weeding...

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3 types of DIY herb journal to teach yourself herbalism

Agatha NoveilleJanuary 14, 2021April 9, 2021

Creating a diy herb journal is a great way to track your herbal studies and become a better herbalist! An herb journal can be adapted for many different purposes and...

Herbal DIY

My 2021 botanical bucket list

Agatha NoveilleJanuary 1, 2021January 4, 2022

A few years ago (in 2014, actually) I wrote a post about setting herbal New Year's resolutions. It ended up becoming a sort of botanical bucket list. I just updated...

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Austere Acute Care course review with Human Path

Agatha NoveilleDecember 18, 2020December 27, 2020

Earlier this year, I completed another online course with Sam Coffman RH, AHG and Dr. Steve Pehrson, MD. Here's why I decided to take the course and what I learned....

Emergency Preparedness First Aid Herbal Preparedness

Herbs for emergencies to keep in your GOOD bag

Agatha NoveilleDecember 10, 2020December 17, 2020

It's a common misconception that you should only keep one herbal first aid kit. As a prepper and an herbalist, my perspective is that it's best to keep a few!...