happy mayday! is everyone making their mayday baskets to go leave on doors? this month’s edition of herbal roots has a may day basket craft to put some sunny dandelions into. just remember, if you get caught, the person catching you is supposed to kiss you!this month, i’m starting an exciting partnership with an amazingly [...]

jaden drew a name and this month’s contest winner to receive a free copy of may’s herbal roots is leslie and evan at comfrey cottages! congratulations!
leslie wrote about her experience with violets:
this weekend 3 of my grandchildren and i spent the day gathering violets. wish i could post pics here, but since i can’t here [...]

jaden drew a name and this month’s contest winner to receive a free copy of may’s herbal roots is leslie and evan at comfrey cottages! congratulations!
leslie wrote about her experience with violets:
this weekend 3 of my grandchildren and i spent the day gathering violets. wish i could post pics here, but since i can’t here [...]

may’s edition is finished and ready to go! this month, is all about that infamous ‘weed’ dandelion. just in time since they are popping up like crazy!this is such a great herb, i could have written twice as much about his many virtues. i hope this edition will give you enough of a taste of [...]

may’s edition is finished and ready to go! this month, is all about that infamous ‘weed’ dandelion. just in time since they are popping up like crazy!this is such a great herb, i could have written twice as much about his many virtues. i hope this edition will give you enough of a taste of [...]

we have a large patch of violets out by the barn. they keep growing and growing and they are so beautiful that i let them. i am also transplanting a bunch to grow by the sidewalk next to the back door. they are very hardy so once they are established, if people walk on them, [...]

we have a large patch of violets out by the barn. they keep growing and growing and they are so beautiful that i let them. i am also transplanting a bunch to grow by the sidewalk next to the back door. they are very hardy so once they are established, if people walk on them, [...]

violets are very soothing and are great for helping the respiratory and digestive systems as the leaves are very mucilaginous. this is useful for treating coughs, even those from bronchitis, as well as throat infections (used as a gargle). it treat urinary infections and rheumatism quite well too.
there have been studies done showing violet’s usefulness [...]

violets are very soothing and are great for helping the respiratory and digestive systems as the leaves are very mucilaginous. this is useful for treating coughs, even those from bronchitis, as well as throat infections (used as a gargle). it treat urinary infections and rheumatism quite well too.
there have been studies done showing violet’s usefulness [...]

today jaden and i did the litmus test (it’s the first craft listed in my april edition of herbal roots).did anyone else try the litmus test today? how did yours turn out? we did not let the violet water sit overnight…i may save the leftover and do another test tomorrow and see if we get [...]