A Love Letter to Rose
My Beloved Rose: Given the way you show up with your gifts of flowers and medicine year after year—perennial and glorious, with little help from humans—I’ve been feeling that the least I can do is to write.
Author: Carrie Faye Harder
Goldenrod Uses: A Round-Up of Herbal Recipes + Resources
Among herbal wildflowers, goldenrod (Solidago spp.) has grown itself a special place in our hearts. Lighting up the late summer landscape with a warm glow, this native North American herb has an endearing repertoire of gifts: it’s a natural dye plant, an edible and medicinal herb, and a nectary flower for pollinators.
Homegrown and Wild Harvested Aromatic Smoke Sticks
Aromatic plant smoke holds an ancient and familiar allure. The alchemy of transforming dried plants into fragrant smoke has a profound effect on the feeling—or energy—of a space or person.
Goldenrod Tea: An Herbal Blend for Urinary Tract Infections
Need to get your urinary tract back on track? This tea blend is helpful for addressing the symptoms and the root cause (primarily, bacterial infection) of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Goldenrod Tincture: A Sinus Formula for Allergies, Colds, and Flu
This goldenrod tincture blend is helpful as an internal remedy for sinus congestion due to seasonal allergies, head colds, or sinus infections.
11 Tonic Herbs for Stress and Anxiety
Because so many of us experience chronic stress, we also require chronic (aka tonic) support. Tonic herbs are remedies that can be taken safely over a long period of time.
Topical Benefits of Calendula: How to Make A Soothing Herbal Poultice with Fresh or Dried Herbs
Herbal poultices are simple, traditional remedies used topically on the skin to relieve pain, infection, and swelling.
The Beautiful Edible Garden
Fresh herbs will change the way you eat. They are the edible garden’s big bang for your buck. These plants have short “fresh” shelf lives, so what’s offered in a grocery store is often not only expensive but also less flavorful.
Herbal Digestive Calendula Tea: A Remedy for Heartburn and Peptic Ulcers
If you’re looking for an herb to soothe and repair digestive issues, the cheery flowers of calendula (Calendula officinalis) will be one of your primary allies. Calendula tea is commonly used to help remedy peptic ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Calendula’s Benefits for the Skin: How to Make Calendula Oil and Salve
Calendula’s sunny blooms are an external remedy for practically every manner of skin complaint. The flowers are used topically as a wound healing, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory herb.