Rose Geranium Essential Oil Properties and Uses
My first encounter with rose geranium essential oil was a few years after I’d had my first hot flash. I was ordering a small selection of my favorites, lavender, frankincense, and clary sage. I’d decided to try one that I’d never gotten before. Rose geranium essential oil happened to be on sale, so I ordered […]
58.Home Composting Tips and Tricks
When herbalists get cookin’, there’s inevitably a lot of leftover plant material. What do Practical Herbalists do with all those spent herbs? Compost ’em, of course! Today, we’ll be talking about practical home composting for your herbal, kitchen, and even garden scraps.
Apple Rot City, USA – Compost 101
Apple season has it’s glories. The crisp crunch of a freshly picked apple. The bubble and plop of applesauce on the stove. The smell of apple pie cooling on the counter. Apple season also has its problems. Wasps and yellow jackets swarming the forgotten apple under the fence. Windfall apples littering the lawn like land […]
57.Herb Lab with Anna Rósa’s Herbal Formulas
We talked about working with Anna Rósa’s herbal recipes, local herbs and finding information on your local herbs, and de-stressing with herbs.
Houseplant Haircut – The Shoestring Herbalist
My plant was in trouble. It had a wreath of roots coming out of the drainage hole and into the base of the drainage basin. There were so many roots that my plant was sitting at a slight angle due to their mass. How did this even happen? I consider myself a good houseplant mama. […]
56.Great Herb Recipes with Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir
Whether your focus on herbs is driven by ecology or sustainability concerns, cost, or limitations beyond your control, being able to adapt your recipes to fit your local weeds makes for powerful good medicine. Today, we’re talking with Herbalist Anna Rósa Róbertsdóttir, about her favorite Icelandic Herbal formulas and how to adapt to the resources you have available.
55.Herb Lab with Herbal Studies and Herbal 101
Candace and Sue talk about experimenting with herbs and herbalism, building a study program, and the intersection between formal studies, medicine, and self-guided study.
Organic Plant Spray
If you have roses, you have bug problems. Roses must be delicious as it seems that every garden bug has a vested interested in taking at least one bite out a rose bush. Plant Spray is a quick and easy fix for aphids and other creepy crawlies. Although you can certainly buy your own plant […]
54.How to Choose an Herbal Study Course
Over the past decade, access to good herbal knowledge has boomed. With it has come and explosion of courses, schools, and books all purporting to be good, even those that aren’t.
Three-Root Syrup Recipe
If you’ve made Candied Burdock or Candied Turmeric, Three-Root Syrup is a natural follow-up project. Burdock and Turmeric are classic blood-purifying herbs. They’re often included in detoxification blends and both are most excellent for recovery after illness. Burdock helps the body break down wastes, including those left in the battlefield after you’ve conquered an illness. Turmeric […]
Candied Burdock
Burdock root is a potent yet gentle herbal medicine. It’s best known as a blood cleanser, often paired with Dandelion in detox formulas. In my household, we like Burdock‘s general digestive support. It helps our bodies to break down and eliminate metabolic waste. It has a mild bitter flavor that gets digestion moving and a slightly […]
53.Herb Lab with Culinary Herbalism and Herbal 101
We talked about the ways we’ve been exploring cooking with herbs as well as some locavore ingredients we’ve used since last week’s show on Culinary Herbalism with Leda Hermecz of 100 Mile Bakery.