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Whether you’re young at heart, or you’re brewing for a little one, this tea blend is all about feeling good....

If you’ve made Candied Burdock or Candied Turmeric, Three-Root Syrup is a natural follow-up project. Burdock and Turmeric are classic...

Imagine a cold winter day. You’re sitting by the fire with a snifter of brandy in your hand. As you...

Cardamon syrup is a great digestive for a variety of coffee, tea, and cocoa drinks. I use just a dab...

This year is a good year for mushrooms and the Practical Herbalist team found a gold mine. The prized nuggets...

The American Heart Association recommends a Omega fatty acid rich diet in order to protect against heart disease. They also...

Seed Paper Ornaments are homemade paper in holiday shapes that hold the secret of life - seeds! They are fun...

My goal was to develop a good porter that did not use hops. With it's liver-supporting properties and wealth of...

I wasn’t a born athlete. Heck no. I came to sports relatively late in life. At least, looking around my...

We can all use a little boost when it comes to Manifesting our Dreams. In this blend, Wood Betony pairs...

This easy word find is based on the herbs in our Pocket Herbal. If you don’t recognize a word, look...

Collection bags are handy to have during harvest season. This project involves changing an old t-shirt into a collection bag...

Making your own fresh cranberry sauce takes only a few mintues and the results taste significantly better than the quivering...

Strawberry wine coolers were born one year after I'd bottled my Strawberry Melomel and discovered I had about half a...

Vanilla, aka Vanilla planifolia, is a tropical vine orchid originally domesticated in Mexico that has become the baker’s standard for...

One of my daily rituals is to drink tea. Tea brewed from the camellia sinesis plant, better known as green,...

The Best Dill Pickles are actually pretty easy to make. This recipe will show you how.

I have to tell you that by far the most popular sprinkle that people have loved the most is my...

Dryer sachets are a frugal, practical, organic alternative to commercial dryer sheets. I usually hand-sew mine because it takes less...

This blend of Mediterranean blend gets a flu and cold fighting boost with the nutrition in nettle and rosehips. Sage,...

Ristras are traditional way to dry chili peppers for later use. The ristras that are available in farms stands in...

The smell of cat urine is overwhelming. The causes for a cat’s inappropriate urination can be complex. Too many indoor...

Phyllis D. Light taught me this method for cooking dried beans. It's super easy and makes the creamiest, most nutritious...

For fresh, clean laundry without all the chemical fragrance scent so many commercial dryer sheets contain, I use Dryer Hankies....