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Mountain Apothecary Holiday Gifts You Can Make by Hand
Mountain apothecary holiday gifts you can make from your own dried herbs — a yarrow salve, an infused oil, and a herbal tea blend, the way…
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Beginner Mountain Apothecary Supplies: What You Actually Need
The beginner mountain apothecary supplies I actually reach for after forty years up a cove in Madison County — what earns a shelf spot, and what…
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Foraging White Pine Needles for Winter Tea in Appalachia
How I forage eastern white pine needles in the Appalachian mountains and steep them into a bright winter tea — how to know the tree, gather…
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How to Identify Appalachian Medicinal Plants in Winter
How to identify Appalachian medicinal plants in winter — the mullein, rabbit tobacco, witch hazel, white pine, and sumac I can still find on the mountain…
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How to Make a Yarrow Salve at Home, the Mountain Way
How to make a yarrow salve the old mountain way — how I identify and dry the plant, infuse the oil, and set it with beeswax…
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How to Forage and Use Chickweed, a Common Spring Weed
Forage chickweed the careful way — how I tell it from its one dangerous lookalike, when to gather it, and how I use it fresh and…
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How to Forage and Use Wild Violet, Leaf and Flower
Forage wild violet the honest way — how I tell a true Viola from its lookalikes, when to gather leaf and flower, and how I turn…
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What to Forage in the Pacific Northwest in Spring
What to forage in the Pacific Northwest in spring — the medicinal plants I gather from March into May on the Olympic Peninsula, how to know…
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How to Make an Herbal Oxymel (Honey and Vinegar)
How to make an oxymel — the old honey-and-vinegar herbal preparation — step by step. The ratio I use, which herbs to start with, and how…
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How to Make Herbal Honey: A Simple Beginner’s Recipe
A simple herbal honey recipe for beginners — how to infuse honey with thyme, sage, or elderflower, strain it clear, and put it up for the…