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I remember as a young girl a large bush my mother had with small flowers that formed large and pretty round blue or white clusters of flowers called a Hydrangea bush. The kind that you can cut and dry if you wish for a dried flower arrangement. In this post, we’re referring to the [...]
Herbs and Christmas come together when I think about the gifts the wise men brought to Jesus according to the biblical accounts of Christ’s birth. Two were herbal, and one isn’t an herb, but does have medicinal properties. Frankincense is a resin that is very aromatic, taken from a tree with the botanical name Boswellia [...]
I have used Jojoba in my hair, it is an oil that is pressed from the seeds of the Jojoba plant, also called “Joshua Tree”. This woody, bushy evergreen plant grows in semi-dry climates, such as southern Arizona, southern California, and in parts of Mexico. It is cultivated because of it’s use by the cosmetic [...]
Kava kava goes by the botanical name, Piper methysticum, is a member of the pepper family. It grows in the South Pacific, from Hawaii to the New Guinea. The parts used medicinally are the roots and rhizome. James Cook first described the plant in an account of his voyage in the South Seas in 1768. [...]
We where in Maine in November of 2007 when this picture was taken. It was a mild fall, and a very late one, if you remember. We spent some time in the tide pools during low tide looking for sea creatures, and there is no shortage of kelp! We spent the night in Kittery, Maine, and [...]