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In my opinion, herb-infused oils might be one of the most underrated herbal preparations in many herbal home. As family herbalists, we often call upon herbal teas, syrups, tinctures, and essential oils first, but herbal oils are an excellent preparation that are not only easy to make but quite potent and supportive too! What Are […]

In the beginning… of herbalism that is… it’s not uncommon to feel overwhelmed. There are so many people sharing online, so many books to read, so many schools teaching different approaches. Today, I want to cut through the overwhelm and talk to you about what to focus on first as a family herbalist. What Family […]

Here we are, already at the point of mid-December, and I don’t know about you, but I can feel the rush of the holiday season weighing on my mind a bit more these days. Added stress can often deplete the immune system, and I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be sick during […]

This week, I wanted to open the doors to my winter medicine cabinet and share a simple, practical checklist of the herbal recipes I like to keep on hand this time of the year as well as how I like to use each one. If you’ve been wanting to start a natural medicine cabinet that […]

The air is chilly, colored leaves are falling around my home, and in the morning the frosty grass crunches beneath my feet. It’s November—that magical moment where autumn and winter overlap, and a quiet transition begins. If you aren’t paying attention, you might miss it entirely. Autumn has always been one of my favorite seasons […]

If you can’t tell from the photos in this post, we recently took a kayaking trip out on the lake. Now, we live up in the mountains of East TN in a little town called Butler, and we live right next to a big man-made lake known as Watauga Lake. In the mid-1900s, people were […]