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...
Herbal vocabulary to help you learn herbalism
One of the most daunting tasks for the would-be herbalist is deciphering how to pronounce the new vocabulary. It can be pretty confusing: herbalism borrows words from the scientific lexicon,...
The Indie Herbal Leaflet (A New Zine!)
Making a zine has been on my project list for years now. When I set up my Patreon page last fall I finally promised myself I would do it, because...
(Rooibos Chai) Butter Tea
Have you heard of butter tea? I hadn't until recently, and it's definitely a little unusual. If you have heard of it, you might know that there are quite a...