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Hawthorn & Rose: Healing the Heart apothecary tips grief rose self development valentine's day Feb 14, 2024

Holly's essay is excerpted from "Of Thorns and Thickets: Herbs That Give Us Heart" published in Taproot Magazine.

Like many plant people, in the course...

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Using Summer's Fresh Herbs apothecary tips garden design tinctures Jan 02, 2024

When making medicines (with the exception of infusions, powders, and suppositories), fresh herbs are almost always preferable to dried. Fresh herbs still...

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Label Your Jars: Good Herbalist Habits apothecary tips diy and crafts Dec 27, 2023

If you're a new herbalist (or aspiring!), you may be seduced by glass jars, hinge jars, mason jars, canning jars, and bottles of all sorts and sizes. It's...

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Learning about Elderberry apothecary tips elderberry herbal actions Dec 20, 2023

Elderberry: Sambucus nigra or S. Canadensis

Want to learn more about using elderberry? Let's start off with a little poem, and then we'll dive into...

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Think Outside the Bottle: Creative Herbal Remedies apothecary tips herbal honeys herbal teas homestead oxymels syrups tinctures Nov 21, 2023

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...

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