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The Essential Herbal is an ever growing magazine dispersing herbal lore and uses. It is a bi-monthly publication containing 32 pages of herbal treasures. Remedies, recipes, stories, plant studies, lessons, reviews... you name it. This is our very favorite herbal publication. Tina Sams, the editor, will share articles with us on a regular basis. You can subscribe to the print publication at EssentialHerbal.com.

Recent articles

  Help with Kelp
Aug 12, 2010
The largest plant growing on the face of the earth, this plant of the ocean is also the most useful, indispensable to all other plants. Kelp joins the rank of herbs, the “workhorses of the plant kingdom.”
  A Spoonful of Sugar - Making Herbal Candy
Jul 22, 2010
A couple of years ago, Marty Webster wrote about making horehound lozenges, and the instructions were very inspirational for me.  Before I knew it, all kinds of ideas were running through my head! Oh, it started simply enough.... what about elderberry?
  Floral Cooking Delights
Jul 4, 2010
There are several edible flowers. Some of the easiest to grow in our climate include calendula, nasturtium, pansies and violas, dianthus, daylilies and roses. Using flowers in the kitchen is easy and will garnish you rave reviews...
  Just do it!
Jun 4, 2010
This spring has been filled with lots of experiments. Someone will say something that gives me an idea that sends me off in a new direction, a new thought, and before I know it there’s something happening on the kitchen counter.
  The Incredible, Edible, Healing Rose
May 6, 2010
The queen of flowers, the rose is an emblem of beauty and romance. It has been used for centuries for medicine, food and scent. What a delightful way to nourish and heal yourself...
  Creating Tub Teas (Bathing Herbs)
Apr 12, 2010
Aside from the hundred years here or there when bathing was considered dangerous and wicked, we have always enjoyed our baths. In many places the water itself is thought to cure, bringing throngs to soak in it...
  Sweet Violets of Spring
Mar 11, 2010
Have you ever had the pleasure of sitting in a field of violets and spending a couple of hours picking the flowers?  There is nothing quite like it.  Some people can smell them as they grow in the field...
  How to Build An Herb Drying Rack
Feb 13, 2010
Like most herb gardeners, I eagerly look forward to the harvest. How could I dry the herbs? Why not build an herb drying rack? It was surprisingly quick and easy to do and cost very little money...
  Warming Winter Spices
Jan 5, 2010
In summer, fresh, not dried, herbs are favored. It seems natural therefore in the winter to use more spices, most of which cannot be grown in a temperate climate anyway...
  Spice Clay Ornaments
Dec 5, 2009

Spice clay is a great craft medium to use with children (or alone) to make gifts and decorations for trees, packages, and lots of other cool ideas. Step by step instructions for some holiday family fun...
  Gifts for the Soul
Dec 4, 2009
Every year around this time we find ourselves searching for that special homemade herbal gift to give our friends & relatives. I’ve been told by all who receive my gifts that they love homemade gifts the best.
  Herbed Turkey Recipe or How I Broke Out of my Left Brained Cooking Mode
Nov 14, 2009
OK, admit it. Every year, it's the same old turkey. I know it's a tradition, but if you're looking for something a little different and wonderful, read on!
  An Herbal Halloween (and pumpkin stuffing recipe)
Oct 21, 2009

Jack O’ Lanterns, black cats, witches riding their brooms across a moonlit sky, bats? Many traditions that we use to celebrate the autumn holiday come from superstitions and the medieval use of herbs and charms to ward off evil spirits used for centuries...
 
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