How’s your Burdock stepping stone looking? It will make a great entrance to your herb garden! I hope you enjoyed your month of learning about Burdock! Starting tomorrow we will start learning all about Wild Cherry!

Burdock leaves get so large, they make great stepping stone molds! Make a few today to add to your herb garden. The complete how-to is listed in this month’s Craft section.

Your tincture has been sitting for 3 weeks now if you started it on the 8th. You can strain it off or leave the roots in it to let it continue to get stronger. Either way, it’s ready to start using!

These snowfalls are such a tease! Especially intermingled with warm summery feeling days. The saps are really flowing in the trees now and it’s the perfect time to harvest some Wild Cherry bark to learn about this month. Wild Cherry is typically associated with coughs and lung ailments but he is good for so much [...]

I love spring peepers! They are one of the earliest signs that spring is on its way. When I hear them start up their annual spring chorus, I know it’s time to pull the taps out of my maple trees and start sowing seeds for my spring garden! This little fella is a great reminder [...]

Congratulations to Gx3blog! Your name was drawn from all the entries to receive the April issue of Herbal Roots zine! Look for it in your inbox in the next day or two!!

If you started your burdock oil back on 4th, it is ready to use now! Try it out on some itchy skin, dry scalp or other skin problems today!

It’s fun to see what other kids are up to in their month of activities. I created a Flickr Group page so everyone could share their experiences, crafts and findings with each month’s herb. Check it out and post your own pictures here!

Poems are another great way to memorize information about herbs. Can you write a poem about Burdock to help you remember his healing potential?

When I am learning about an herb, I like to read what other herbalists have to say about that herb. I like to read about other people’s experiences, what did or did not work for them, new ways they discovered to use an herb and more. I’ve listed several articles some of my favorite herbalists [...]