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Category: Herbal Medicine
How to Make Pine Needle Tea
Pine needle tea is excellent for your overall health, easy to make, and delicious too! Read on for a step-by-step guide.
Herbal Chest Salve for Flu Season
The oils I use in this chest salve have wonderful decongestant and antiviral properties, and also help you smell pretty fabulous when you're feeling sickly and gross.
7 Medicinal Herbs to Grow in Your Garden
Grow some of these amazing healing plant allies for your home apothecary cabinet!
How “What the World Eats” Inspired a Modern Victory Garden
Author MK Martin shares her family's plans to create a modern "Victory garden", inspired by grandparents, and global eating habits.
Homemade Elderberry Syrup Recipe
Elderberry syrup is one of the best and easiest remedies to make for the home medicine chest. Here's a tried-and-true recipe from one of our resident herbalists!
Make Your Own Immune-Boosting Herbal Harvest Cider Tonic
Brew up a batch of this savory, immune-boosting harvest cider with just a few simple kitchen ingredients.
How to Propagate Cannabis Clones from Cuttings
Growing medicinal cannabis plants from cuttings is far more effective than growing from seed. Read on to learn how to take strong, healthy cuttings, and grow your own!
3 Reasons to Grow Yarrow
Yarrow might be considered a weed by some people, but this humble little plant is a superstar in the garden. Read on to find out why.
DIY Insect Repellent
DIY repellents such as these can be quite effective alternatives to their more toxic counterparts, and use essential oils to fend off mosquitoes, black flies, and more.