The Crazy Plant Lady

Crazy Plant Lady AND obscure book collector. Those are names that I have been called and really, I’m okay with that—because I do LIVE up

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Winter

Winter.  Nature is stripped bare and we are driven to spend more time inside, cuddled under blankets and curled up by the fire, filling our

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Marshmallow Root

Althea Officinalis – I grew these plants by seed and LOVED seeing them grow–the bees adored them! I do recommend having something they can lean

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Sage

SAGE, Salvia Officinalis — Is Thanksgiving the only time you use sage? Have you tried sage tea? I’m a blender of herbs to create teas.

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Yarrow – The Warrior

Yarrow — Achillea millefoliumThe other day I was pulled the Yarrow card from my Herbiary illustrated Oracle Deck (check out Maia Toll). It was a timely

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Wild Pesto!

And here it is my first venture into a Pesto other than straight up Basil!!!! As you can see, I did incorporate a little Basil

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Toothwort

Toothwort, Common names: CrinkleRoo, CutLeafed, Toothwort, Milkmaids, Pepper Roo, Pepper Wort, Spring Blossoms. Toothwort is a small plant with three deeply lobed and toothed leaves in a whorl around the flower

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Blood Root

Blood Root

Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis-The rhizome — a small part of the stem — and the roots contain a red fluid that gives the plant its

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Dutchman breeches

Dutchman’s Breeches

Oh!!! I found something today — have you been noticing all the spring perennial woodland flowers that are sprouting now? The spring ephemeral are the

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dead nettle herb salve

Nettle Salve

This salve is made with Nettle, Comfrey, Calendula, Arnica and Purple Dead Nettle. It’s a wonderful skin healer. 2oz

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Purple Dead Nettle

Dead Nettle

DeadNettle -Lamium purpureum — DeadNettle is in the mint family, but it doesn’t smell or taste minty. It’s a real musky, earthy taste. You can

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tooth powder

Tooth Powder

I’ve always been a researcher. It’s one of the parts I love about writing novels! And over the years I landed on some nuggets that

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Persian Speedwell

Speedwell

Speedwell – Veronica persica — also known as Gypsy weed. It has a small, about 1 cm wide, solitary flowers. The top three petals are

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