Besides being a beautiful plant with a bright orange flower, calendula has so many wonderful healing properties. The flowers are edible...

What do you think of the phrase, "We can do hard things"? To me, it represents the meme-ification of life (reduce everything into a...

Creating ease and balance with plants When I started learning about herbs, I was drawn to how many there are to help women. And, being a...

Happy Spring Equinox! Today in the Northern Hemisphere we have 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. It feels like we are still in...

The first holiday of the seasonal natural cycles is Imbolc - half way between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. We're not quite done...

Short answer: It depends. In our modern culture, we are used to popping a pill and having our pain go away within 5 minutes. We want...

Want beautiful, glowing skin? Want to have fun with other herb-loving people for a few hours? Want to have some "me time" before the...

Today is a new day. Every morning I wake without an alarm, just waking when my body tells me it’s time to get up (or when my dog whines...

In a time of change, support yourself The Fall Equinox, which falls on Thursday, September 22 this year, is a day of the year when the...

How and why to make large batches of herbal tea and herbs you can eat to support your health You may want to take large quantities of...

How do you know whether you need a tea or a tincture for your herbal medicine? Which is best? Is one more potent than the other? First of...

My version of a mid-life crisis came as I decided to change my career and life path. I've always loved being outside in nature, cooking,...

As Spring really gets going, I'm enjoying all the fresh herbs and flowers presenting themselves to us - wild nettles, chickweed,...