Crataegus spp. - otherwise known as Hawthorn - has been a staple in my herbal apothecary for years. I use both the flowering tops and the berries in herbal teas and other preparations. Today I want to

Living in a rural area with very little access to health care I feel that growing herbs for medicine is totally an essential task. So many of the herbs that were scattered throughout this land I brought

Hello herbalists! Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the never ending tasks before you? I certainly do! Often. Harvesting herbs and formulating teas is the most fun a homesteading herbalist like myself can

The word Alchemy has been wrongly applied to herbalism many times. And I am going to have to repeat that mis-use here because I like the word so much. Yes I know there is no dissolving or coagulating going

I imagine a world where everyone has access to abundant remedies crafted from the natural world. Every person has a home, every home has a garden, and every garden has a person who transforms ...

What's up Hivers! It's @mac once again welcomes you to my new blog. It's been a while since I published my last blog. I even rarely open the app due to some circumstances. I've been busy these past few

Rather than spending my mornings collecting herbs I am stuck inside wishing that the world would defrost. Winter can be a bit boring as an herbalist with very few herbs around to harvest...

There are so many other remedies I could mention. But, my goal isn't to overwhelm you with herb names and facts. Rather, I hope to slowly show the world that herbs do have measurable effects...

As herbalists there is a tendency to use all of the remedies at hand rather than focus on simple practices. Red light therapy, saunas, healing crystals, massage ... there are so many remedies at our disposal

Suburban gardens have their challenges but, they also present opportunities for growing medicine that is always just steps away from the home. And there are three herbs that I recommend to any herbali

Hello dear Hive Alien Art Crew, Hive Community and Splinterlands Fans, Heyhey dear ones, are you all well doing so far? Today I'm showing my variant of the Splinterlands character Herbalist and taking

All is well on the herbal homestead. After a couple of dramatic weeks with visits from a realtor and some prospective buyers life has calmed down again. Without the frequent visits from unwanted folks

On the plains of North America the purple cone flower has been used for snake bites, as well as to ward of fevers and cure slow healing wounds. The eclectic herbalists of the 19th century saw the local

I promised myself to go out each morning and take a walk around the homestead with a basket in hand. No plans, no distractions, just a nature loving girl seeing what there is to collect in the garden,

The long days of summer are here and with them come an abundance of opportunities for foraging right in my yard. I have been monitoring the blackberries that grow all along the hedgerow and are now beginning

Spring is here and so are the flowers🌼 Hawthorn for heart medicine, calendula for healing skin salves and daisies just for fun. With a quantity of new herbs and flowers to process there is also a need

Spiky leaves of nettles are just beginning to emerge between the greens of arugula and kale. It is a miracle of nature's timing that fresh nettles appear just as the wind blows pollen off the fruit blossoms

Warm greetings to all the beautiful C/Hive Garden. It is my pleasure to wake up with the twittering of birds to meditate in my planetary garden. Today it is Saturday morning. I smell the pleasant scent

Happy meeting with the hivers of the C/Hive Garden; I like this tune because it is a flourishing of fabulous experiences in the world of gardening culture and agri-food production. This weekend, here in

_Hello. I would like to tell you about my adventure of propagating my favorite plant. My mother left two large Crassula Ovata plants on the balcony in cold weather last year, causing them to freeze. He