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Working with the plant kingdom for health and well-being. Plant spirit healing, flower power, and growing your own.

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  • Herb of the Month - Oats

    Posted on Thursday February 12th, 2009 at 17:32 in skin, immune system, oats, almonds, lavender, nervines, heart and blood

    According to Judith Berger in Herbal Rituals, the Herb of the Month for February is Oat Avena sativa. Originating in the near east and Mediterranean, they quickly adapted to the cold and wet sea climates of Northern Europe. They were brought to Ameri...

  • November - Visioning, Dreaming, Remembering

    Posted on Saturday November 8th, 2008 at 17:12 in recipes, arthritis, lavender, mugwort, women's herb

    Awhile ago I found a book on the remainder table that I have come to appreciate more over time and I guess others have too, since it now costs more used than it did new.It's called "Herbal Rituals: " by Judith Berger, who says "The book records, mont...

  • Taos Lavender Potato Soup

    Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 12:26 in recipes, fall, lavender

    The Lavender Cookbook by Sharon Shipley (available on this page) has lavender recipes for each season. For Fall there are two soups that soup wonderful. Here's the recipe for one of them. The other is Lavender Cream of Mushroom Soup.Taos Lavender Pot...

  • Cooking with Lavender

    Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 16:40 in recipes, lavender

    If you have never used lavender in cooking, here are some ideas and recipes to try. It is important to use organically grown, culinary lavender for obvious reasons. There are some types of lavender that taste "soapy". Make sure you have one that has ...

  • Issue of the Week - July 28 - August 3

    Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 10:24 in essential oils, relaxation, teas, lavender, chamomile, fes, traditional medicinals

    RelaxationFirst I must apologize to my readers for the delay. I am a day late and hopefully, not a dollar short. Both my social and work schedules have been fuller than usual. I know many Leos and they are all having birthday celebrations. Ah! Too...

  • Ras el Hanout

    Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 at 17:19 in rose, lavender, moroccan, nigella, wisewomenofthewest.com

    For those of you who don't know that I started elsewhere - let me tell you that there are several posts on Lavender, Calendula, Flower Essences and Plant Spirit Healing on my original blog. There you find more recipes using Lavender and Calendula as ...