ByJen
I started keeping mullein tincture in my medicine cabinet after we had a brutal chest cold two winters ago — and making it yourself costs a fraction of the store price.
ByJen
I picked up my first pineapple sage plant at a farmers market on a whim — the vendor crushed a leaf between her fingers and held it out, and I was immediately sold on the smell.
ByJen
I had honeysuckle climbing along my back fence for three years before it occurred to me to do anything with it — turns out it’s been a cornerstone herb in Traditional Chinese Medicine for over a thousand years.
ByJen
Jewelweed salve is one of the most useful things you can make from a plant that grows wild in shaded spots all over the Midwest and Eastern US.
ByJen
Every summer, my rose bushes get completely out of hand. A few years ago I started making rose petal infused oil — one of the simplest homestead projects I’ve done.
ByJen
The first time I made calendula salve, I had a mixing bowl full of dried orange flowers sitting on my kitchen counter and genuinely no idea if what I was about to do would work.
ByJen
I was already headed toward the shed to grab the mower when I stopped at the edge of our back yard. The whole lower corner was covered in dandelions — hundreds of them, open and yellow, right at their peak.
ByJen
Every spring, a low-growing, purple-tinged plant takes over the bare spots in my garden beds before I’ve even made my seed order.
