As an herbalist, I’ve always been amazed at how many of our wonderful medicinal plants have specific applications for women. It’s almost as if God knew that the ladies would be doing lots more than their share in this project and put some wonderful green things in place to lighten some of their load. I’ve […]
As we gear up for the holidays, we spend a lot of time and money shopping for presents and stocking stuffers for the folks we love. We put out decorations; wreaths on the door, trees in the living room, and tinsel everywhere. We do all of these things so that we can be ready for […]
Well, it’s that time again. The time that everyone in the country starts awake in the middle of the night in a cold sweat asking… “Yikes! What if THAT guy wins?! Yes, it’s a stressful question regardless of which side of the political football stadium you’re sitting in. We sit in the bleachers of that […]
Charlie is a young boxer. He had a busy morning last week running around his owner’s farm. First he ran through some wonderful mud. Then he popped over to the neighbor’s fence line to bark at their dogs for a minute so that they would remember to stay out of his yard. While he was […]
It seems, of late, that the world is trying to tell us something. And what is it trying to tell us? Bad Stuff Happens! We used to turn on the news to see what the weather was going to do tomorrow. Now we tune in to find out which city is in flames today or […]
I have nine daughters. My six sons were outnumbered early on and never really had a chance. Have a look. Cute no? That picture was taken about 10 years ago. All of the kids are adults now…mostly married and producing some particularly cute grandbabies. As you might imagine, my home is regularly full of visiting kids and grandkids. […]
We have some exciting news here at HomeGrown Herbalist. Moving day is upon us! As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we have purchased some new property and will be moving our facilities a few miles East of our current location in the next day or so. So, what does that mean to you? It […]
Spring has sprung and folks are venturing from their homes after their cozy Covid quarantines to explore their yards and see what’s up. And what is it that’s up? Weeds! That’s right, our yards and gardens are burgeoning with weeds at every turn, dandelions, mallow, purslane…well the purslane isn’t burgeoning yet but I’m betting […]
More than ever before, people are realizing that things can change. Recent events have shown the fragility of our normal lifestyle of ease and abundance. Historically, people have often taken measures to prepare for difficult times. Whether that preparation involves a few extra cases of canned goods in the pantry or a completely-stocked, bug-out bunker buried […]
A few months ago I wrote a blog article called The Turf War and Idealogical Tribalism. It expressed my thoughts on the importance and value of both modern medicine and traditional medicine and how both sides would do well to be more open minded and cooperative. I mention this to emphasize that my intent in expressing the […]
