Nurture Your Nature

This Spring the decision was made to grow everything we can to use in our body products.  The year started out slow and when the plants caught up, I was busy everyday picking herbs to dry. I will harvest even the smallest amount because it all adds up in the end.

Once you have medicinal plants and herbs growing in your gardens and yard, they will come up every year if they are perennial plants.  Plants that come up only once are called annuals. Such as basil, peppers, and chamomile...etc.  

This year we are drying all the basil too. It m...

CBD's can actually make you feel better. They don't make you high and have NO THC in it.

Here is a great soup recipe that I think would warm any cold afternoon.
 

Vegetable Soup

1 14 oz can organic chicken or veggie broth

1 11.5 oz can vegetable-tomato juice cocktail (store brand is great)

1 small red potato, diced 

1 small red yam, diced

2 carrots, sliced

2 stalks celery, diced

1 can of petite diced tomatoes, small can

1/2 cup green beans, snapped fresh

1/4 cup frozen corn

1 small zucchini, diced

1/2 tsp. onion pieces or bits or granules

1 cup organic green tea

1 can red beans

1/2 cup rice egg noodles or macaroni noodles

1/2 tsp. basil

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Healthy Herbal Teas: Made from herbs, fruits, seeds or roots steeped in hot water. Herbal teas have lower concentrations of antioxidants than green, white, black, or oolong teas.

In Pacific Northwest the flu is rising with 7 victims right here in Lane County. Th elderly and babies are at a high risk and flu shots are still available. Elderberry tea is great for the flue as well as an elderberry syrup for the throat.

The infusions I have had on the shelf are ready to be strained and used in the different recipes we have for salves, face creams and lotion bars.  Infusions can be just some tea slipped into the right

temperature of water.  We let it infuse for 3 minutes and it is done.  When we make an herbal infusion it can infuse for as long as an hour if one wants.  Drinking herbal infused water is great for our bodies. So I decided to write down the different ways to infuse herbs.  

1. Honey

2. Water

3. Alcohol

4. Glycerin

5. Oils of all...

My goal I have for my business is to help others feel better. It is that simple to say, but putting it into action is another thing.  I have plans on building up a knowledge base for people to be able to look up what herbs can be used for what.  I truly believe that we need to stop and think about our illnesses and bumps and bruises. We all go to the doctors way too much. We rush to the Pediatrician the minute our child coughs or sneezes or has a temperature.  

We have many herbs that were given to us to help heal  every illness on...

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The leaves have a powerful effect on the sugar levels in our body along with headaches and constipation.