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A guide for those interested in wildcrafting, or wild harvesting, medicinal herbs. Includes tips for safe and sustainable harvesting practices, plant identification, and how to find the plants you're looking for. Herbal Wisdom Institute was founded in 2016 by clinical herbalist, Kris Vaughan. Kris began practicing as an herbalist in 2009 and has been called to share her knowledge with others in her community. Experience one day hands-on workshops, Herbal Medicine Basics courses, plant walks, and herbalist certification courses.

You’ll be treated to recipes for wild foods and drinks that range from simple to decadent, and there’s always an accompanying story. This is home-style, creative wild foods cooking with a mythic twist. The blog is written by Danielle Prohom Olson and Jennifer Aikman, who live and gather in British Columbia, Canada.

Combine all the items in a jar and use 1 to 2 teaspoons for 1 cup of hot water. There are lots of ways to enjoy the goodness of plants, but for accessibility and simplicity, it’s hard to beat a good cup of tea. I especially enjoy it when Kräuter-Blog it the tea contains herbs I grew, foraged, or blended myself. With a handful of herbs, many of which can be found in your kitchen cabinets or garden, and a few basic techniques, you can brew up healing teas for everyday ailments.

The best dehydrators in the UK are excalibur brand (non-affiliated), but they come at a price (£200-£2,000), however, it will be a lifetime investment as they are high quality. It isnt something we do here in the UK, at least that I have never come across. Polish ethnobotanist, Łukasz Łuczaj @thewildfood said he has only seen it in Poland, and kindly agreed to translate his video into an English version so that you can learn how to do it here too. Perhaps you are facing a big life change or the adjustments of back to school and new routines may... We are excited to be launching support for every stage of life in our line of Wisdom Kits! Plants clean the air we breathe while also adding beauty through texture, colors and fragrance to your environment.

Join me as I share my thoughts and how-tos about herbal remedies, personal care and green cleaning, homemade soaps, whole foods, gardening, traditional skills and much more. Old Ways Herbal offers articles and herbal recipes for the home healer, with the intention of helping folks reclaim the lost wisdom of family and community self-care. Old Ways Herbal is written by Juliette Abigail Carr from her herb school, farm, and clinical practice in Southern Vermont. A blog written by herbalist, wild edibles aficionado and wise woman Linda Conroy.

The basil was at its licorice best today and the purple basil was especially pungent. The earwigs enjoyed it more than any other herb in the garden. Then the soap mixture I sprayed it with caused the sun to fry the leaves that were not eaten. However, my thyme plants are very happy and the scent is strong even in the heat of the day which makes my nose sing. It gets spindly this time of year, but the leaves are plentiful and the flavor is finally reaching its apex. I chew on a branch of it to keep me from being thirsty.

Compiled by Rosalee de la Forêt—it’s the most comprehensive directory of herbal blogs that I know of. For those of you who like to make your own creams and lotions, I'll share my personal recipe with you. I formulated this one early in my career as a soap/lotion making supplier, and over the years, it has remained my personal favorite. Because this isn't an article about lotion making, I'm not going to get into a detailed explanation of the process, and assume that anyone attempting it has a working knowledge of the basic process.

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