Tag: <span>herbs</span>

Foraging: Novelty vs practicality

Where we live, the idea of foraging is often seen as a hobby for those who can afford all the gadgety gear that tends to accompany hobbyist ideals. Some have even written books about this, literally filled with every gadget under the sun to make your outdoor adventure as enjoyable …

Happy Celebration Week! And News of Our Own Too!

Happy Canada Day (July 1st) to my Canadian readers, and Happy Independence Day (July 4th) to my US readers!  Here at home, we spent Canada Day more or less in recovery mode after how June went.  Not that June was bad, but it was incredibly busy between several large fairs, …

Update on my concussion/contusion incident from Easter weekend

Readers may remember the heavy duty eye oil infusion that my daughter used to knock down the inflammation that was forming at the back of her eye when we were out doing some repairs around our place before Christmas. Over the past few weeks, beginning around late March and stretching …

Spring Wellness Fair and 3 Days Crammed Into One for a Home School Workshop Adventure!

Well, well, well. . . if that weekend wasn’t another knock-em-out-of-the-park whirlwind! We attended both the Vernon Wellness Fair on Saturday and Sunday, as well as put on a concatenated version of my 3-day Make Your Own Trailkit Advanced Foraging Workshop on Monday! What made the wellness fair successful wasn’t …

Another COVID Shot Side Effect is Rearing It’s Head: Tuberculosis. What is TB and can Herbs Help?

Today’s blog post is brought to you by more “adverse events” being reported from those who have taken the “shot”.  That news will be linked to partway through this piece.  To begin with, what is TB?! Tuberculosis is a bacterial-caused infection that most understand to affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is …

Ocular Herbal Healing for Human and Horse

The idea of potentially doing a workshop around herbs for you and your horse, got another boost this winter. For those who have been following me awhile, you’ll know that near the tail end of 2020, we downsized into a fifth wheel to tiny home not only our lives, but …

Wild-herbed Ricotta Cheese

What do you do with soured milk? Make cheese!!! I typically make my own cheese salsa dip (recipe near bottom of this post) these days, but for some time now, I’ve been wanting to make a batch of wild-herbed ricotta. I was making my son’s Caesar salad dressing this morning …

Next Up on the Mainstream Medicine Shortage List: Epilepsy! Can Herbs Help?

Another medicine shortage finally made mainstream news in recent days here in Canada, and it has to do with a common epilepsy drug. Published Dec. 12, 2024 11:27 a.m. PST  “TORONTO – The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they’ll …

Story of Herbal Wound Speed-Healing in The Horse That Started It All

Today’s blog article is going to be a bit different from what I often write, for three reasons: A) It is a clear example of how the spirit world can impact the physical world, B) It is a story of one way God answered prayer for healing, and C) It …

Antibiotics = anti – life??? That, and Alternatives To Think About

Antibiotics – the medical discovery that the modern world swooned over, has become as big a threat as those it was discovered to treat. Doctors saw this class of drug as a cure-all, or at the very least, a bandaid across a such a wide swath of minor conditions, that …