Using more herbs and less salt in your cooking? There’s an novel idea, right? Though we do use the Real Salt brand salt, which is healthier than your average iodized table salt, I still find myself relying too heavily on salt to add excitement to […]
I am hoping to restart this series on using herbs in pregnancy and share some information I have learned. I tried this last year around the same time & found out I was pregnant with Eli a few weeks later, but I’m only 4 months […]
Simple straightforward directions for making a dairy free, two-ingredient sourdough starter, how to maintain it for baking amazing sourdough bread, and the benefits of keeping a sourdough starter
How Herbs can warm you up In celebration of our first snow of the season, I have been learning about how herbs can keep you warm when the temperatures drop. Generally more than a bit cold-blooded, I was always the kid with four layers of pants on just to […]
One thing that has always bothered me about blogs is the lack of topical organization that is produced by displaying blog posts sequentially. I love trying to wrap my mind around something one subject at a time and I love outlines. Thus, I’ve created this post […]
Dirt covered everything. Dried herbs poured everywhere but the pot of water. Herb seedlings “transplanted” by being crushed in chubby little hands. Yep, I’m raising a toddler herbalist. And I couldn’t be happier. My Little Herbalist Last night at supper I got the privilege […]
Crunchy. Flavorful. Savory. Delicious. Today I’d like to share with you all a recipe for herbal crackers that I tried yesterday. I’ll spare you the paragraphs of stories about what we did last Friday that is only slightly related to crackers that every other blogger […]
We have talked about why to try to germinate seeds during the off season in my last blog post. Now in this post I would like to share a few things herbs need to sprout and a few tips for germinating seeds yourself. As I […]
For Black Friday I wanted to gather a list of the herb websites offering sales this weekend for your convenience (and mine!) None of these are affiliates & I’m not making any money off them, I just wanted to share and let you know what is […]
Why am I bothering to germinate herb seeds in November? Planting more herbs while still wrapping up my vegetable garden and finishing up my weeding for the season doesn’t seem to make too much sense, but I am eager to experiment and see if I […]