11 Best Medicinal Herbs to Grow (Herb Garden & Wildcrafted)
These are my top picks for best medicinal herbs to grow in your herb garden and yard. I love being able to use remedies that I can grow myself, instead of expensive exotic herbs.
How to Make a Salve with Infused Oils – Easy DIY Skincare
In this post I’ll show you how to make a salve with infused oils. Plantain leaf salve is good for insect bites and stings, removing slivers, hemorrhoids and winter dry skin. Plantain is a common lawn and garden weed. It has many medicinal properties, and can be used inside and out. Learn more in Broadleaf…
Best Cold Remedies – Herbs, Spices, and Something You Might Not Expect
My choice for the best cold remedies are those that are easy to use and have stood the test of time. We’ll share how to use spices and herbs for colds and flu, plus a germ fighter you may not know. I’ve made a habit of adding these herbs and spices into our meals and…
Protect Yourself from Salmonella and E Coli Naturally
It seems like every time you turn on the news there’s another food recall. If you check the FDA food recall list, there are literally dozens of products listed at any given time. Big gatherings where food sits out for hours – for instance, potlucks – often end up with people ill from some degree…
Chicory – Prebiotic, Coffee Substitute, Health Tonic – Weekly Weeder #5
Welcome to the Weekly Weeder series. Today’s featured plant is chicory, Chicorium intybus. The wild and domesticated varieties of chicory have a long history of use for food and medicine, and as a forage crop for livestock. Chicory is prized for its long taproot, which is roasted and used as a coffee substitute or coffee…