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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....

When you’re planting a garden that’s chicken friendly, you’ll want to make sure that the plants you choose can either...

Chai, the way I learned to make it, is strong and sweet. Traditionally, it involves a pot, the stove, strainers,...

My garden in spring overflows with Cleavers, aka Galium aparine. Most years, I spend hours in early spring picking cleavers...

I love granola that stands up for itself. I am the kind of person who tosses granola on top of...

I developed Sugar Plum Fairy Liqueur after a friend shared a basket of plums with me. Her tree was producing...

My boy and I have tried many, many cocoa and hot chocolate recipes. This one is one of my favorite...

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

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

Strawberry Melomel, also known as Strawberry Mead or Strawberry Wine, is one of my absolute favorite summer fermentations. Use the...

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

The Dandelion tops in this recipe offer a good liver-supporting element that offsets the challenges alcohol offers the liver and...

Research shows that antioxidants are good for us. It’s not clear yet whether antioxidant supplements are healthful, but given how...

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

Insomnia is one of those problems I had all of two times in my life…until The change came a’knockin’ on...

We all love our animals but unfortunately, so do fleas. Gamera, one of my four cats, is particularly sensitive to...

Pumpkin Spice has risen so rapidly in popularity over the last few years that it dominates everything from coffee drinks...

Soap milling, also called French Milling, is an easy traditional process for enhancing cakes or bars of soaps. Milling allows...

This is a slow-cooker recipe. You can make it on the stove top as a standard decoction using the same...

The pomanders of my youth were made by pushing an endless bowl of cloves into what seemed to be an...

The self-love phenomenon that’s sweeping our culture right now is awesome because it is encouraging everyone to prioritize what feels...

Cayenne is just one of the many chili peppers herbalists love for their fiery hot medicine. One secret we’ve been...

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

This Tofu Scramble will bring zing to your fajitas, burritos or taco salad. The bolder palette may use it as...