My husband Joel has been making this awesome homemade natural fertilizer for our garden using comfrey, and its been working amazingly well! It’s super easy, too, especially if you have comfrey growing in your garden already. Basically, it’s a simple comfrey tea, or infusion to be exact. Joel wrote this post for us today to…
Wild Rose and Yarrow Soap
Making homemade soap is one of my new favorite skills. I especially love soaps that are made with foraged and wildcrafted ingredients. This wild rose and yarrow soap is lovely and great for the skin! Wild Rose and Yarrow Soap Recipe My friend Jan Berry, blogger at The Nerdy Farm Wife and author of The…
5 Medicinal Herbs in Your Spice Rack
I love herbal medicine, and when I first got really into it I was surprised and pleased to learn that so many common herbs and spices are medicinal. Many herbs and spices that most of us already have in our spice racks do double duty as powerful healers. I’m going to go over five of…
Wildflower Herbal Infusion Tea
I love cooking with foraged ingredients, but I especially love it when I can do something fun with wildflowers (wildflower mead, anyone?)Â While the season for fresh wildflowers is generally pretty short, they are easy to dry on a drying screen and store for use throughout the year. Dried edible flowers are perfect for using…
Fermented Sweet Potato Kvass
Fermenting foods is one of my favorite pastimes, and I’ve been especially fond of naturally fermented sodas recently. This fermented turmeric soda I made recently really got me hooked! They are so easy to make and can be flavored any way you like, plus they are actually good for you. I had heard of sweet…
DIY Herbal No Bug Balm (with Lemon Balm)
Summer is the time for bugs, and not always the good kind! There’s nothing worse than going on a relaxing camping trip near a beautiful river or lake, only to get eaten alive by mosquitoes the whole time. The only problem with commercial bug spray is that there is often toxic chemicals in them that…
Vanilla Lavender Lip Balm
This vanilla lavender lip balm is made with real vanilla beans and dried lavender flowers, which makes it smell amazing! Homemade herbal products are some of my favorite things to make. It’s so satisfying to make an all natural herbal lip balm, salve, or herbal remedy with real ingredients from scratch. It’s easier than you…
Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
This rhubarb upside down cake is easy to make, beautiful, and delicious! It’s a little bit sweet and a little bit tart – the perfect spring dessert when rhubarb is in season. Baking with Rhubarb Rhubarb is an interesting vegetable that is most commonly eaten as a fruit. It is tart and delicious with an…
Fermented Asparagus with Garlic
Asparagus is one of my very favorite spring vegetables. I love when I start seeing them at the farmers market, as that’s a sure sign that warm weather is near! Plus it’s just a tasty vegetable that can make any meal feel fancy. Making fermented asparagus with garlic is one of the best ways to…
How to Grow and Use Violas + Sweet Viola Bath Soak Recipe
Violas are one of my favorite flowers, not necessarily because of their beauty, but because of their hardiness and multiple uses. Here is how to grow and use violas, including a recipe for a Sweet Viola Bath Soak from Jan Berry’s Natural Bath Care eBook package! Violas: an Edible & Medicinal Flower Violas are an…
