Month: October 2016

Herbs NOT to Use; Make Your Herbal Cheat Sheet

Herbs NOT to Use; Make Your Herbal Cheat Sheet

What herbs are safe? Which herbs are safe for you to take? Which herbs are not safe to take? How do you know which herbs to avoid? These are personal questions and the answers will be different for each person. Really, the answers will be […]

Face your fears to use your herbs

Face your fears to use your herbs

Why don’t you use herbs in your daily life more often? For me, it’s because I’m afraid. Afraid to waste money, afraid to invest time in something that really won’t work, and most irrationally, afraid to poison myself! Well, today that is changing! I want […]

Why Use Herbs?

Why Use Herbs?

Why should I use herbs? Another good question I have been asking myself! As I begin investing more of my free time (which is limited as any mama with a growing family will tell you!) into learning about herbalism I have been questioning why I want […]

What is an Herb?

What is an Herb?

For someone who wants to learn about herbs, this is a great place to start! When I think about taking care of my family’s health naturally and making a healthy home, I think about using different parts of plants to serve my purpose. However, after […]

Saving Stevia; Harvesting & Overwintering

Saving Stevia; Harvesting & Overwintering

As the weather has gotten colder I finally got motivated to figure out how to 1. harvest & 2. overwinter my stevia plant. It has been happily residing on the side of my house next to the air conditioner all summer, but I haven’t done […]

Starting from Scratch

Starting from Scratch

What do I know about herbs? Really, nothing. There. We got that out of the way. “What would I LIKE to learn about using herbs medicinally?” is the better question. The question that will drive my herbal homeschool. As a wife, mom, and homemaker I […]