Medicinal plants you can grow in your garden are the perfect solution for those of us who love to garden and natural treatments.

If you have a glass jar and access to fresh water, you can grow a supply of herbs right on your windowsill! While any medium-sized container will do, Mason jars are particularly cute! You could also head to your local thrift store and stock up on a few decorative glasses for cheap. The next step […]

These herbs do not require any special treatments and growing conditions and yet the advantages they possess are invaluable.

How to infuse herbs - Make your own flavored cooking oils or flavored vinegars, delicious extracts and sweet treats, or homemade medicines from your garden.

Sage & Honey Cough Syrup is so simple and effective that I think everyone should make some. Did you know that honey works better than regular cough syrup?

Get herbal relief for sore muscles from the pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties of birch leaf oil. This is an easy and rewarding DIY project sure to be useful all year long.

Wondering what do with the violets popping up all over your yard? Make violet jam, or try your hand at one of these violet recipes!

Herbal salve is often used for healing skin ailments. Learn how to use herbs from your garden to make a healing herbal salve.

The benefits of yarrow include reducing inflammation and fever, and relieving menstrual cramps and bleeding wounds. Find out these and other yarrow uses!

I am impressed with how much creating a home apothecary has improved our lifestyle. I want to share some tips to get you started on your herbal journey.

Here are ten useful things you can make with plantain leaves!

Make the most of common yard weeds by using white clover for food and medicine with these easy tips and recipes and still leaving plenty for the bees.

After harvesting, you want to dry herbs quickly to preserve their essential oils for the greatest flavor intensity and medicinal properties.

Indoor plants not only leave the environment more comfortable, they also improve air quality and increase the amount of oxygen in the room. Unfortunately, plants don’t always do as well as we would like, even if you try really hard to take care of them. Even when you water them regularly, they still look sad […]

It's incredibly easy to freeze fresh chives, so you can preserve the harvest whenever you have a glut of this flavourful herb.

A beginner's guide on how to grow, harvest and preserve fresh herbs at home for tea, winter, drying, tinctures, and cooking.