Welcome to the Growing Up Herbal Journal where you'll find information on herbal education, recipes, tutorials, natural living tips and tricks, and behind the scenes glimpses of how I live life naturally.

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This week began just like any other ordinary week at home — our days filled with homeschool lessons, online wellness work, housework to-dos, and plenty of meals to make, and while the majority of our weekly rhythm remained the same, there was a bit of expectation and excitement surrounding the coming 4th of July weekend. […]

This week has been quite the rainy one, which has put our outdoor projects on hold for a bit. However, during a break from the rain one day, I decided to head outside to work on creating a DIY gnome garden I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while. This was a fairly […]

In between homeschooling, housekeeping, and online work, weekly meal prep is one of those constant tasks to keep up with here at Wild Rose Cottage! Is it that way at your home too? In this week’s vlog, I’m showing you my 2-week Aldi and Misfits Markets hauls, my weekly meal plan, some home projects Dean […]

Hey friends! Dean and I are off for a quick overnight anniversary trip to The Island in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Join us for some antiquing, sight-seeing, and fun—just the two of us. If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to subscribe to my YouTube channel. If you have any questions or comments about this […]

Hey friends! In the midst of a new website redesign, and therefore, not being able to post here on the blog so much, I thought it would be fun (and a challenge) to resurrect my old YouTube channel by sharing some weekly vlogs. You know, just some little clips of things that are happening throughout […]

Yarrow is one of my favorite herbs! Today I’d like to show you a quick video so you can see it actually growing in the wild. Hopefully, this will help you learn to identify it a bit better. Maybe you’ll recognize it on your next walk! I’m also going to give you some great information […]

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