Long ago, when I lived at a sweet yellow farmhouse on a hill overlooking a river valley, I discovered the value of a thermos. I was never a coffee drinker...

Many of us are enamored with the fragrance of essential oils: they smell heavenly and are incredibly concentrated. But using them comes with a certain...

What is an Oxymel?

An oxymel is an exotic-tasting and incredibly easy remedy to create. It’s one of my favorites because I love sweet-and-sour...

I love making infused honeys. These are honey remedies made by infusing (soaking, steeping, brewing, extracting) herbs into pure honey, creating a sweet,...

This recipe is one I’ve used for years, adapted from fellow herbalists including Rosemary Gladstar, and edited and tweaked with the input of students...

If you want to brew herbal teas, using dried herbs will give you the strongest brew and the most intense flavor.

The Easiest Ways to Dry Herbs

These are my...

As an herbalist, do you find yourself enamored with bottles and jars? You can easily let yourself—ahem, I have easily let myself—get carried away...

Looking back on my early days of gardening, I realize I should have invested more in the infrastructure. In my early twenties I was renting and moving from...

If you’re planning a garden space, there are so many ideas to choose from. You can create keyhole gardens (planted in the shape of a giant keyhole), or...

Mother Nature Therapy

Few things are more therapeutic than stepping barefoot through the lush and spongy soils of a flourishing garden! When the chores are...

Herbal Bathing

I’ve never been much of a bath person; I prefer showers as baths generally seem boring. But bathing took on a sweet charm—and an...

If you have access to deer, you can prepare the many cuts of meat and use the bones and other parts to make broth, using a pressure canner and glass canning...