Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe for Teas, Scones, and More
April 18, 2023Calming and cozy, lavender is the ultimate herb for aesthetic, aroma, and flavor. My latest obsession has been recreating a lavender London Fog latte I had at a café one evening, and this simple syrup is the secret.
Ultimate Virus Cold Remedy Tea from Your Garden
When we let our food be our medicine, we can find relief from common plants we grow in the garden. This cold remedy tea contains vitamin-rich plants and antiviral components for a soothing relief.
Homemade Rose Lemonade Recipe
While the rose petal is delicate and mild in flavor, the components of rose oil are present in this lemonade recipe, and the color is astounding.
Sugar-Free Dandelion Short Bread Cookies
Enjoy this scrumptious and easy sugar-free shortbread cookie recipe that incorporates dandelions for a delicate floral taste. These cookies are perfect for dipping in tea, as a base for a fruit pizza, or as a simple snack.
Dandelion-Infused Honey Recipe
Infuse this spring-to-summer flower into a beautiful golden honey to use with teas, baking, and more.
Fermenting Cabbage for Homemade Sauerkraut
After stews, slaws, salads, and soups, you may find you still have crunchy heads of cabbage turning soft in the fridge. For long-term preservation, a savvy gardener may turn to the most natural process: fermentation.
Skullcap for Sleep, Anxiety, and Headaches
As an effective sedative, skullcap is mixed into nighttime teas to calm a restless mind, freshly infused for anxiety relief, mixed in a tincture for tension headaches, and taken as capsules for nervous exhaustion.
Black Chai Alternative Herbal Tea Recipe
Curb your appetite for what the West calls "chai" and read about the benefits of each ingredient, including several black tea alternatives that taste great.
Sweet Chocolate Mint Herbal Tea Recipe
Enjoy a sweet chocolate mint herbal tea and all of its health benefits with this original recipe. While alternatives such as hot cocoa embody a cloying measure of overwhelming sugar, this herbal tea will satisfy your sweet tooth without the…
Natural At-Home Face Moisturizer Recipe
With the rising costs of skin care products and the unprecedented accessibility we now have for natural cosmetic ingredients, here is my tried-and-true face moisturizer recipe.
How to Make Compost at Home
By sustainably recycling used food scraps and organic material like cardboard and paper through means of creating compost, the gardener obtains an efficient growing medium for pennies on the dollar.
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