Fresh Plant Hydrosols

Fresh Plant Hydrosols

Herbs are replete with enchanting scents, be it the beautiful scent of a rose or the lemony green smell of just crushed lemon balm.  Like essential oils, hydrosols are a way for us to capture these lovely smells and other amazing properties of many herbs to use and enjoy.  The fragrant flowers and plants of high summer are wonderful for making your very own hydrosols at home.  

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4 Ways To Share Herbalism With Kids

4 Ways To Share Herbalism With Kids

This week I have a this fun little guest post over at  Red and Honey that is all about one of my favorite things, sharing herbs with kids!  

Children and herbs go together like two peas in a pod.  For almost a decade I have had the pleasure of working with children and herbs at a little home-based preschool and I have yet to meet a kiddo who isn’t fascinated by herbs.

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5 Herbal Baths In 5 Days ~ Self Care Challenge

5 Herbal Baths In 5 Days ~ Self Care Challenge

I can’t decide if it is my Cancer Moon or something else that drives me to this craziness…  It’s just that sometimes I feel like I could live in the bathtub.  All it takes is a good book and some warm, salty, herbaceous water to make me feel right at home.  It is so relaxing and restorative.

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Summer Herb Camp: Garden Time Fun!

Summer Herb Camp: Garden Time Fun!

Our first week of camp finds us in the garden.  After all, many of our plant friends live here as well as in fields and meadows, up on the mountains, in the forests and even by “the wayside” all around us in the city.  

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