Note: Bits of Wisdom posts are normally posts taken from my social media accounts and placed here to reference back to easily. Click on the “Bits of Wisdom” tag to read more. Earlier this week I read a post that…
16 Sick Chicken Symptoms & Sick Chicken Treatments
As a backyard chicken keeper, it is important to be aware of common sick chicken symptoms and sick chicken treatment. Many symptoms of illness in chickens also double as normal occurrences in molting and growing birds. In order to determine…
Bits of Wisdom | “Better Than Me”
Three separate (and very different) things happened over the last few days that, as parents, we got to use as learning opportunities. Three separate situations where someone assumed that someone else thought they were better than them. You know how…
Is It Really Airborne? Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid
It has been all over the headlines recently—SARS-CoV-2 is airborne! Hello, 2020 called and it wants its headlines back. In fact, the reality is that we’ve known that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be airborne. This isn’t new news, at all….
14 Herbs that Grow in Shade
When you think about herb gardening, you probably imagine a large spot of healthy soil in a space with abundant sunshine. Unfortunately, many gardeners don’t have that. But did you know you can grow herbs in shade? There are plenty…
Bits of Wisdom | When Iron Sharpens Iron
Note: Bits of Wisdom posts are normally posts taken from my social media accounts and placed here to reference back to easily. Click on the “Bits of Wisdom” tag to read more. Have you ever wondered why the Bible talks…
Using Herbs as Tomato Companion Plants
There is so much possibility when you grow tomatoes in your vegetable garden, especially when using herbs as tomato companion plants. From eating raw slices on a sandwich, to processing and canning them into paste or salsa, the options are…
Yellow Rocket Cress | Wild Edible & Medicinal Plant
Yellow Rocket Cress (Barbarea vulgaris) is the wild edible, much like broccoli, that most people see in open fields each spring. It can bloom from spring through summer, and is one of the many weeds with yellow flowers that you…
6 Medicinal Herbs to Forage in Spring
What to forage in spring—that’s a hot question this time of year. The herbalist’s medicinal year doesn’t begin in the fall with cold and flu season. It begins in the spring, as plants begin to come alive. The herbalist waits…
The Hypocrisy of the Vaccine Industry, Viruses, and Modern Media | From an Herbalist
I have never written about vaccines on my blog. I’m not one to get into the vaccine debate unless it’s forcing people to feel like they should be vaccinated. Or, actually forcing people to vaccinate. Let me clearly state right…
