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An Herbal Diary

Apr 26, 2018

Welcome to my backyard.. I’m talking nature awareness, plant people, growing and gathering nettle. ☀️

Pardon the contractor noise.

Nettle Gathering Outfit: gardening gloves, long sleeves, long pants

Favorite Garden Gloves 🧤

Lessons and Steps:

  • Select planting area carefully
  • Plant seeds sparingly
  • Wear gloves...


Apr 19, 2018

Nettle will never be the new kale unless we negotiate its sting. We delve deep into the why of nettle sting, how it feels, then diffuse it by turning fresh to dried.

Recipe:

Nette-infused hot cocoa 🍃☕️

For one cup:

1 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder (non-alkalinized, organic)

1 Tablespoon honey (raw, local)

8...


Apr 12, 2018

Wondering how to use stinging nettles without suffering a sting? In today’s kitchen medicine making venture we embrace dried nettles - sting deactivated - infusing them into vinegar. The result: a vitamin and mineral packed ingredient for your herbal pantry. 🍾

Nettle Leaf (Urtica dioica)

 

Recipe for nettle-infused...


Apr 5, 2018

Materia Medica is a fancy way of telling a plant’s story and the herbal monograph documents it in an organized way. In this episode I share my own monograph on roses. 🌹📜

You can find the full rose profile HERE

Quick episode recap:

* Materia Medica and herbal monograph introduction

* considerations for...