Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide {Book Review}

Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs {Book Review}

As an herbalist, I absolutely adore reading all about herbal medicine and plants. And as a bookworm, I love whenever I can get my hands on an honest to goodness, crisp pages, colorful pictures, real life herb book. That’s why I was so excited to take a look at Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs, A Beginnner’s Guide. My first introduction to …

Calendula-Hula-Who!??? And why YOU should know.

Calendula-Hula-Who!?? (and why YOU should know)

Well, it looks as though old Punxsutawney Phil got it wrong this year. Where I’m located, I think that we are in for a late start to spring. Bummer. On a positive note, this gives me more time to get my garden seeds started inside, seeing as how I waited until today to place my order. Oops. I’ve been putting a …

WooBamboo Eco-Friendly, Green Toothbrush Review - You Need This!

Saving The World (& my health), One Toothbrush At A Time!

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. Well, that title might sound a little dramatic, but in a way…it’s true! I received two WooBamboo! toothbrushes to review. You might be thinking… Yeah, and who cares about a toothbrush!?? Well, me. I do. And maybe you should, too. From WooBamboo!’s website… There are over 7 billion people in …

An 8 Foot Beauty…In Beautiful Orange!

It’s Another Fun Miniseries! My first miniseries revolved around skincare (check out the posts here). Now…since I am super amped up about gardening season, I thought I’d do a little miniseries this week featuring some of the things I’ll be growing this season and explaining to you why I am growing them. Sure, I’m growing the standard carrots, cauliflower, and cucumbers, …

Soothing Homemade Tea, Anyone…?

German Chamomile – What Can’t It Do!?? Welcome to Part Two of my gardening miniseries! If you missed part one (all about a beautiful, massive orange giant), click here to read it. Today I’d like to introduce you to a delicate white flower with a lovely yellow center…German Chamomile. This is an easy to grow flower and makes a lovely addition …

You Would Be ‘Blessed’ To Have This Holy Thistle In Your Gardens!

Welcome to Part Three of my gardening miniseries where I’m introducing a few things I’m growing in my gardens this summer (and tell you why I’m growing them)! Click the links for parts one (German Chamomile) and two (Orange Giant Amaranth). Today I’d like to introduce you to a a lovely flower/herb/thistle called Blessed or Holy Thistle (Cardernia benedicta). According …

Our First Garden Goodies!

We had a lovely dinner with our super neighbor friends a couple of nights ago. What did we eat? Some of my homemade chicken in a crock pot on top of lettuce from our garden. Woo Who! Our first garden goodies! It was a simple meal, but quite tasty and even better because of the excellent company. My Daddy and I …

The story of a Vegan turned meat lover

The Sacred Cow: Memoirs of a Former Vegan

Do you identify with any particular style or have any type of definition or label for the way you eat? Paleo? GAPS? Vegetarian? Vegan? WAPF? Just plain old *real* food? Today I bring you a heartfelt story from a wonderful blogger and amazing woman who shares her story from being a strict Vegan to (almost) Paleo. Yes, from Vegan to …