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Healing Herbal Honeys — The Power of Garlic & Honey

When my dear friend Michele over at Chocolate Box Cottage gifted me Sweet Remedies: Healing Herbal Honeys by Dawn Combs, I wasn’t expecting it to change how I saw honey. Around here, honey is as common as a jar of jam on the counter, but until then, I’d mostly used it to sweeten tea or drizzle ov...

DIY Herbal Lip Balm for Winter | Calendula & Tallow Recipes

The first time I made my own lip balm, I felt like I’d uncovered one of homemaking’s best-kept secrets: it’s easy, it’s fun, and it actually works. Lip balm was one of my very first herbal DIY projects—partly because I was already using so much of it! Once I learned what was actually in those li...

Spiced Cranberry Orange Wassail (Alcohol-Free) | Cozy Winter Recipe

Warm up the holiday season with this Spiced Cranberry Orange Wassail recipe, a cozy and alcohol-free twist on a traditional Christmas punch that’s full of festive flavor and symbolic meaning. When I think of wassail, I always think of the Feast of Saint Nicholas on December 6th. When I convert...

Grow & Use Hawthorn Berries: Tea, Tincture & Heart Benefits

Discover how to make an herbal hawthorn berry tea recipe, explore heart-supportive benefits, and craft a homemade tincture with this wintery, homegrown herbal guide rooted in slow living. When winter comes, the leaves are gone and hawthorn looks bare except for its poky branches and those brig...

Old-Fashioned DIY Cough Syrup with Honey and Kitchen Herbs (No Elderberry or Apothecary Needed)

On the farm, our go-to is usually a wild cherry bark syrup I keep on hand for the colder months. But let’s be honest—there are times when the kids are coughing, and I realize I haven’t brewed a fresh batch yet. That’s when I head to the kitchen and grab what’s already there: honey, garlic, onion,...

Everything You’ve Ever Wondered About Elderberry Plants

Elderberries grow all over where we are, at the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range. My grandfather used to tell me that when they first moved here, they would go up and down the country roads collecting elderberries.    I firmly believe that our Creator left us all sorts of useful plants t...

DIY Herbal Tea for Flu & Cold Season

I don’t even want to think about flu season, but here we are in September, and if some sort of illness hasn’t hit everyone yet, it's a matter of when, not if. The most important thing to remember is that being ready for flu season is half of the battle. Making sure your immune system has everythi...

Top 10 Herbs Every Home Apothecary Needs (And How to Use Them)

There’s something comforting about keeping jars of herbs in your kitchen cupboard. You don’t need a whole shelf full of them to get started. Just a few well-chosen staples can go a long way. In fact, my very first step into herbalism started with a packet of calendula seeds. I didn’t know much a...

Make Your Own Mint Majesty Tea (Starbucks Copycat Recipe)

In the days following the passing of Charlie Kirk, the internet filled with memories—not only of his words but of the small details that reminded many who followed him. Many of those people were you our readers. One memory that quickly spread was his go-to Starbucks order: a Mint Majesty Tea with...

How to Make Elderflower Tea for Immune Support & Calming Benefits

Here in the Pacific Northwest, elderberries grow wild along roadsides and riverbanks. Most people pass them by, never realizing there’s a powerful, immune-supporting plant right there waiting to be foraged. Each season, I face the same choice: do I snip the creamy, fragrant flowers or wait for th...