Blog Detail
essentialherbalblog
http://theessentialherbal.blogspot.com
Complements The Essential Herbal magazine with ramblings of walks in the woods, crafting with herbs, teas, medicinal, and everyday joy found in plants.
Recent Posts
Great Christmas Trees in Lancaster County
There are tons of choices around here, and you can spend anywhere from $30 right on up to way over $100 for a fresh cut tree that you choose and cut yourself. What is the difference? Probably a cup of cocoa and a hay ride, really.Frog Hollow Evergree...
New Classes for Jan/Feb announced!
We still have the Bath Crafts, the Intro to Aromatherapy, and Blending Herbal Teas (who knew that one would get so much attention?) to go, but we've put together the classes that will begin after the holidays.For those of you at a distance, we're wor...
Stay tuned - we\'ve been busy!
During the past week, things have been humming along at a brisk pace here on the hill.The next issue is packed up and ready to go to the printer bright and early on Monday. It is fabulous (again)!Midweek we did a demo for a local women's group, and t...
...and suddenly, it is mid-November!
How did this happen? The geese are honking away, hurrying south before it gets any later. The other day (surely it couldn't have been more than a week... could it?) I was hurrying around, harvesting, drying, and brewing potions in the kitchen while ...
..met a pieman, going to the shore...
A month or so ago, I baked a delicious elderberry pie. A berry/pie fiend/friend of mine was beside himself when he saw the picture. So into the freezer went a pie-sized quantity of fresh berries, biding their time for their big moment.Tomorrow he and...
fruit, herbs, and alcohol
Today we had a class on making tinctures. It was a lot of fun, and since we're just starting out with the classes, they are small. A benefit of small classes is taking home some great stuff. Last week we poured beautiful lavender oatmeal soap into li...
