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©2011 Shanna Ohmes During the cold winter months, especially when those cold fronts blast through, it can be hard to keep warm. To keep warm during these short days and long winter nights, add these 5 herbal winter warmers to keep the chill at bay. If you grew herbs in the summer and dried . . . → Read More: 5 Ways to Use Herbs to Keep Warm in the Winter—Herbal Winter Warmers 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes For a limited time (5 days only), you can sign up for the Culinary Herbalism Course with K.P. Khalsa (President of the American Herbalist Guild) from LearningHerbs.com, where you can learn how to use everyday herbs and foods for healing. In this course, you will learn how to . . . → Read More: Culinary Herbalism Online Course with K.P. Khalsa 
by Rosalee de la Forêt Turmeric has been used for thousands of years for countless ailments. In recent years it has also caught the attention of western researchers and there are many studies touting its many benefits. Some benefits include… Digestion and the liver (Ulcers, diverticulitis, flatulence, leaky gut) Heart heath (High blood pressure, . . . → Read More: Golden Milk: An Ancient & Healing Remedy  Leave a comment  Health, Herbal courses, Herbs, Home, Homestead Kitchen, Recipes, Remedies  ancient remedy, Culinary Herbalism, Culinary Herbalism course, golden milk, herbal, herbs, Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, make turmeric paste, remedies, Rosalee de la Foret, turmeric, turmeric benefits, turmeric paste, turmeric remedy 
©2011 Shanna Ohmes When you are new to trying your hand at growing your own food, it can be daunting to know where to begin. How do you plan a garden for food production? Is it possible to become self-sufficient in a short time? It’s understandable to want to grow everything your first year. . . . → Read More: How to Plan Your Garden Food Production for Self-Sufficiency 
“For thousands of years–indeed, for all of human history except the past 50-70 years in Western societies–plants have been our chief source of medicine. The fascinating story that unfolds in the pages of this book is much more than a catalog of natural cures. Equal parts scientific inquiry and cultural history, it’s nothing less . . . → Read More: Nature’s Medicine Plants That Heal 
©2010 Shanna Ohmes Wildcraft!, by LearningHerbs.com is a cooperative board game that teaches about edible and medicinal plants. It’s an excellent game to teach your kids and your family about herbs and the ecosystems they grow in. You can even just play the game by yourself to reinforce your studies in herbalism! The . . . → Read More: Wildcraft! An Herbal Adventure Board Game Leave a comment Babies and Children, Bookstore, Crafts and Skills, Health, Herbs, Home, Homeschooling, Homestead Kitchen, Nature, Nature & Naturalist Studies, Products, Self Reliance board games, ecosystems, harvesting herbs, herbal game, herbal studies, herbalism, herbs, homeschooling, huckleberries, learn herbs, learning aids, Learning Herbs, LearningHerbs.com, sustainable, Wildcraft, wildcrafting 
©2010 Shanna Ohmes Have you ever thought about following the diet of your ancestors? I have thought a lot about it over the last few years and recently started focusing my research in on my ancestry and what they would have had in their diet. I started with lots of root veggies and . . . → Read More: The Celtic Diet Leave a comment Bookstore, Food and Preserving, Health, Healthy Foods, Home, Homestead Kitchen, Recipes alcohol, Breanne Findlay, Celtic tribes, dairy, diet, fish, fruit, Germanic diet, grass fed meat, haggis, herbs, historical, oat, root vegetables, Sardines, seaweeds, spices, sweeteners, The Celtic Diet, vegetables Editor’s note: Today we are excited to have a guest herbal columnist on our site today. Kiva Rose is a well-known herbal blogger, and co-founder of the Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference. Kiva is finally coming out with her secrets of how she learns so much about plants without using books. Her plant monographs, . . . → Read More: Herb Energetics with Kiva Rose Leave a comment Babies and Children, Health, Herbal courses, Herbs, Home, Homestead Kitchen, People atopic dermatitis, chamomile, common inflammatory skin conditions, conjunctivitis, Crohn’s disease, earth apple, eczema, eye infections, eye inflammations, Herb Energetics, herbal course, herbalist, herbs, irritable bowel syndrome, Kiva Rose, leaky gut, Manzanilla, Matricaria, Pineapple Weed, pink eye, psoriasis, styes, Traditions in Western Herbalism Conference. 
School is just around the corner, and that means buying new clothes, school supplies and cold and flu remedies. Cold and flu remedies? Yes, adding herbs and other pantry items to your list now will help you feel more secure, knowing you can take care of your family. Stock up and have these items ready . . . → Read More: Natural Cold and Flu Remedies Leave a comment Bookstore, Colds and Flu, Health, Herbs, Home, Homestead Kitchen, Recipes, Self Reliance chest rubs, cold and flu remedies, cold symptoms, compresses, congestion, coughing, digital books, earaches, flu symptoms, herbalists, herbs, home remedies, how to make, Infusions, lung issues, natural cold and flu remedies, poultices, recipes, school, Self Reliance, Shanna Ohmes, sinus drainage, sore throats, teas ©2010 Shanna Ohmes You have a great job in the city, but long to live in the country. Your life is a hectic rat race, but you can’t justify leaving your current lifestyle for a slower paced one. You’re stressed out, pulling your hair out and thinking the grass has got to be greener . . . → Read More: Homesteading and Self-Reliance: 7 Tips on How to Get Started Without Leaving your Current Life Leave a comment Country Living, Home, Homesteading, Self Reliance canning, Coturnix Quail, dehydrating food, freezing food, get started homesteading, herbs, Homesteading, pigeons, preserving food, rabbits, Rendezvous, Self Reliance, Society for Creative Anachronism, spinning wool, squab, storage pantry, weaving, worm farm |
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