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I’ve seen those picture perfect social media accounts. You know them, the ones that make you feel like a failure as a parent! The ones that make you feel like you shouldn’t even bother trying because you’ll never be even close to giving your kids that kind of learning...

Nettles are so well known, that they need no description; they may be found by feeling, in the darkest night. -Nicholas Culpeper Cursed for his nasty sting, Stinging Nettles, also referred to as Nettles, may take some getting used to but knowing how to harvest and...

The Native Americans rate Yarrow as one of their most important herbs and with good reason, Yarrow has many uses, as you’ll soon discover! Yarrow is related to Asters such as Echinacea, Dandelion, and Chicory, to name a few. Yarrow’s botanical name is Achillea...

Herbs of sunshine warm and brightHerb of skin care, healer’s delightSuch healing power received from you One of Calendula’s common names is pot marigold. There is another plant known as marigold too, which has a genus name of Tagetes. Though they are not related, they...

Elderberry is so very, extra-ordinary that she must be (surely) part Fairy! Lore abounds for this elegant bush! Folklore around the world connects Elder with protection from evil spirits and bad luck, as well as many nature spirits such as dryads and fairies.  The...

Peppermint is good for what ails In the tummies of girls and males If something’s feeling funny Infuse and add honey I promise it never fails! What would summer be without a little Peppermint? Minted ice tea is a popular refreshing drink that many enjoy.  Peppermint...

Lifting,Eraser of tension,Mood enhancing herbObliteratesNervousness and  Banishes colds, flus andAnxiety whileLeaving one feelingMellow Lemon Balm is a well loved plant that is grown in gardens around the world. This plant’s sweet, lemony scent and taste are delicious...

The weather has been just lovely! For most, school’s out for the summer and it’s time to celebrate! So, why not throw a herbal flower tea party to welcome in the summer festivities? It’s fun and easy to create a flower tea party environment! All you need are a lot of...

Cleavers growing in the yard,Tangled, sprawling all aroundOh, those itchy, scratchy stemsMake them easy to be found. Cleavers will often find you before you find it! That’s because it has fine hooked hairs that grab onto anything that moves by it, including the fur of...

Chickweed, Chickweed, flower starSuch a great healer you are!Harvest in the winter lightHeal our cuts and dry skin quiteChickweed, Chickweed, flower starSuch a great healer you are Chickweed is lush and abundant right now! Do you know about this wonderful herb? It’s a...

Spring has sprung, the grass is greenThe Violets bloom, the birds all singDandelions, Chickweed, and Cleavers growWhile peepers peep and rain starts to flowWinter’s done, on the way outFor Spring is here without a doubt. Spring is here! In just a few short weeks,...

Onion soothes my chestWhen my lungs are aching fromSpasmodic coughing Are you on Instagram? On Monday, I posted a quick video on some fun ideas to explore the mighty kitchen onion with your kids! Botany lessons and art lessons, all wrapped up in one!  You can check it...

Luscious Lemons,Yellow and round,Ripened by sun,They fall to the ground.From fruits juicy and sour,Medicine is made,When life gives you Lemons,Make lemonade! I just adore anything Lemon, how about you?  In the winter, a cup of hot lemonade is soothing and warming, and...

Evergreen refers to plants which retain their leaves year round as opposed to shedding them in the fall and donning new ones in the spring. There are many different kinds of plants that fall into this category and can be trees or shrubs. Most species of the conifers...

Spicy and warming, Ginger is often associated with the holidays: Gingerbread houses and people and Ginger snaps are all part of traditional customs. This warming herb is a carminative, anti-nausea, circulatory stimulant, diaphoretic, rubefacient, antispasmodic,...

Cool and refreshing, peppermint is a great summertime herb to have around, as it is a natural refrigerant. However, Peppermint is often found hanging around the winter holidays! The coolness is a great representation of wintertime! Peppermint is full of vitamins A and...

It’s already October! The leaves are falling and the temperatures are dropping. Outdoor excursions are getting shorter so it’s time to seek out some fun indoor activities. I love games for keeping minds active and bodies busy. The following are ten of our favorite...

When doing research for my teen series, I went straight to the source. I asked my 16 year old, “What are important healthcare concerns for you as a teen?” I mentioned that I already had anxiety, stress, the stresses of general hormones and puberty, and skincare...

Mood swings…Anger. Frustration. Anxiousness. Depression. Confusion An emotional rollercoaster. Sleep disturbances…Staying up too late. Oversleeping in the morning. Exhaustion. Body image issues…Acne. Oily hair and skin. Weight gain. Feeling too tall or too short....

Is your teen feeling anxious and stressed? Do they have trouble sleeping, suffer from panic attacks, have trouble eating, focusing on schoolwork, feel physically sick with nausea, headaches, stomachaches, or diarrhea? Are they depressed, forgetful, or even careless?...

Is acne a frustration for your teen? Do they spend hours in front of the mirror, agonizing about the condition of their skin? Are they embarrassed about blemishes and try to hide their face from the world?  If so, you and your teen might find this week’s article...

Teas…infusions….decoctions…what’s the difference between these water based herbal remedies? When should you make one over the other? Does it even matter?  In past articles, I’ve written about making herbal teas and making herbal infusions. Today I’m going to tell you...

Just what is an herbal glycerite and why would you want to use it? Have you ever heard of a glycerite? Have you ever used one?  In today’s article, I am going to talk all about glycerites, the pros and cons, and how to make them. What are glycerites? Glycerites are...

Do you use store purchased tinctures for your family on a regular basis? Or are you curious about using tinctures but the cost of a small one ounce tincture bottle has you balking at purchasing something you are not sure will work for you or your family? Or have you...

Many people have loved using Herbal Roots zine for teaching their children about herbs over the years but did you know that you can develop an entire school curriculum around the zine? Today I’m going to show you how!  Grab yourself a cup of tea, a notebook and a pen,...

If you have a picky eater who balks at any herbal remedy you attempt to offer them, try making an herbal honey to make the herbs more tempting. As Mary Poppins sang, “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”! Why use honey? Honey is a great medium for...

As a mom who cares about the health of your child, you probably spend a lot of time making sure your home environment is as healthy as possible. You choose foods with the best ingredients you can find, skincare products that don’t contain any harsh chemicals, and...

Looking for a cooling treat that’s easy to make and easy on the sugar content? Make some herbal popsicles, it’s easy as 1-2-3. My son loves popsicles and when I showed him how easy it is to make them, he took over the job to make sure he’s always got popsicles on...

Whew! It’s getting hot out there. Summer is definitely HERE! That means it’s time for some refreshing drinks.  And if your kids are like mine, they like SODA! Great news – you can make a healthier version of soda using herbal syrups and seltzer water! It’s really that...

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down….so the popular Mary Poppins’ tune declares. Sweetening herbs is an easy way to make them more palatable for young taste buds.  And because we are making the remedy ourself, we can control the type and amount of...

Last week I talked about making and blending herbal teas with kids. This week I’d like to teach you about another water infusion with herbs known simply as herbal infusions. While teas involve a few teaspoons to tablespoons of herbs steeped in water for under 30...

One of the cornerstones of herbal medicine is herbal tea. It’s probably something that is familiar to you, perhaps you’ve had a cup of chamomile tea to soothe a stomach ache, or a cup of peppermint tea for nausea, or even a warming, spicy cup of ginger tea for...

Got mint?! Besides harvesting and drying them for tea, chopping and adding them to salads, and freezing them in ice cubes, candied mint leaves are a great way to use them up! This is a delightful treat to make with your abundance of mint leaves! You can use any kind...

Parents are sighing a collective sigh of relief as school concludes for the year. No more sticking to a schedule, dealing with online meetings and Google classroom.  No more worrying about getting your kids to finish their assignments and trying to figure out if all...

Do you have Yarrow growing in your garden and you’re curious about its medicinal properties? Read on to learn all about this lovely perennial herb. The Basics of Yarrow Yarrow’s botanical name is Achillea millefolium. She is a member of the Asteraceae family, the...

Hydrosols are a fun activity that you can make with kids. It’s easy and creates a versatile product that can be used in a variety of ways while capturing the essence of the plant. What are Hydrosols? Hydrosols are a product of steaming plant material with water and...

I get a lot of questions asking about the shelf life of dried herbs and herbal preparations so I thought I’d take time to answer these questions in this week’s newsletter. If you’ve studied herbs for any length of time, you’ve probably be given numbers for determining...

This is a happy little accident that I created when making Dandelion Fritters – I had too much flour to liquid ratio (because I am bad at following recipes) and ended up with a firmer than usual batter. It’s very versatile and you can add Nettles, Violet flowers and...

Did you know that Violets can be used to create a litmus test? This is a great activity to do with kids to get a mini-science activity into your day. Are you starting a garden this year? If so, you can expand this activity to use the Violet infusions to test the...

Curious how to introduce your kids to herbs? Are you a mom or dad who has just learned about how awesome herbs are? Or have you been studying them for awhile and now want to incorporate the medicinal uses of herbs into your household? Maybe you want to use herbs in...

It’s time for some sobering, inspiring talk. My children are fearful. They are 13 and 15. This year, they went to public school for the first time after a lifetime of homeschooling. Living in Illinois, it was required that our schools close for the next several weeks...

This is going to be a rather lengthy article! I apologize in advance, there is so much to say on this topic. I tried to be as succinct as I could. In my last article, I talked about how to help boost and keep the immune system healthy. There’s been a lot of fear and...

This time of the year is especially challenging to stay healthy – after a long winter, the lack of daily fresh air and sunshine providing vitamin D tends to find our immune systems weakened. This is the time of year we often see influenza on the rise. This season,...

If you’re new to herbalism, chances are you have a lot of questions. I completely understand, I still have lots of questions and I’ve been doing this for many years! One of the biggest questions I get about herbs is what is the best way to store herbs? Is one way...

For the past 5+ years, a battle has been happening. An unscrupulous company decided that they wanted to claim the term “Fire Cider” as their own, taking it away from fire cider makers around the world (who had been doing so for many years, even before the owners of...

This year, International Screen Free Week is from April 29 – May 5. All around the world schools, communities, families and individuals participate in this event. Turn off the computers, smart phones and electronic devices for a week, go outside and enjoy nature. Why...

Saturday, May 4 is Herb Day, a day that is celebrated all around the world. Falling on the first Saturday of May every year, this is a great day to celebrate your love of herbs with friends and family. So why not throw a Herb Day Party? Make some herbal decorated...

“I have a vision on the earth made green again through the efforts of children. I can see children of all nations planting trees and holding hands around the globe in celebration on the Earth as their home and all children, all people as their family.” – Richard St....

“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” I’m sure you’ve heard that saying before as an argument to get outside regardless of the weather. But often, even with the right clothing it can be almost impossible to get kids out into the elements.  The...

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how to get children to get involved in herbal learning. With the distraction of video games, social media and other electronic pulls, sitting down to learn about herbs the old fashioned way can sometimes seem a bit...

When you think “Cranberry sauce” what comes to mind? Do you envision a gelatinous loaf, globbed out of a can and sliced onto a dainty glass serving tray? Cranberry sauce, for me, has always been up there with fruitcake – something that was served at family holiday...

Often found in the produce aisle of grocery stores, Oyster Mushrooms are a popular culinary mushroom. In Japan, Oyster Mushroom is known as Hiratake and is revered as a potent medicinal mushroom. Oyster Mushroom is a saprophytic mushroom, meaning he likes to grow on...

Commonly called Joe Pye Weed due to a native medicine man who used this plant for typhoid fever and Queen of the Meadow due to this plant’s stunning blooms in mid to late summer, Gravel Root is a plant that is related to Boneset, and previously shared the same genus,...

Elecampane is often called Elfwort or Elfdock due to his association with  elves throughout history. Another common name is Scabwort as he was used to heal scabs on sheep. Generally the root is used in herbal medicine although some herbalists experiment with the...

“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.” – Antoinette Brown Blackwell Known by many common names including Sweet Flag and Bitterroot, Calamus is a plant that has long been revered by Europeans, Asians and Native Americans...

“As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells...

“The most important thing we can teach our young people is to observe well.” –Dr. Ernest Mayr EDITED TO ADD: This was such a hit that I turned it into a free 30-day online course. You can find it here: https://herbalrootszine.com/courses/30-days-one-herb/ I had such...

“Many young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.” – John Burroughs The peepers started their call late this afternoon...

  Winter gives me silent hope:Touch the terminal buds on branches.Clear the snow and find green moss below.Watch the sunlight fade, then linger longer.Stand with the strength of evergreen trees.Listen to birds cheeping at the feeder. -Joyce Ruff, The Circle of...

“Time in nature is not leisure time; it’s an essential investment in our children’s health (and also, by the way, in our own).” ― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Ginkgo trees are one of the ancients, having been...

A huge thank you to Angela Willard for all the great photos of Gumweed! “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” – Mohandas K. Gandhi Gumweed is also known as Gumplant and Resinweed, Rosinweed, Tarweed, Stickyheads and Curlytop Gum...

“By suggestion and example, I believe children can be helped to hear the many voices about them.  Take Time to listen and talk about the voices of the earth and what they mean—the majestic voice of thunder, the winds, the sound of surf or flowing streams.“ – Rachel...

Once I spoke the language of the flowers,once I understood each word the caterpillar said,once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,and shared a conversation with the house fly in my bed. Once I heard and answered all the questions of the crickets,and...

“There is no one way to become a healer: no particular age and no special way for medicine spirits to come. When the time is right, they come.” -Evelyn Wolfson, From the Earth to Beyond the Sky: Native American Medicine In last week’s newsletter, I mentioned dandelion...

The child should learn to recognize and gather wild foods such as green salad herbs, berries and nuts of the hedgerows, and “fool-proof” mushrooms such as puffballs and orange chanterelles, though they should not be allowed to eat such foods until parents have passed...

“To see a world in a grain of sand,And a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,An eternity in an hour.” – William Blake Known as Siberian Ginseng in some parts of the world, Eleuthero has a long history of use as medicine. In the United...

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I just love this time of year! (I can’t say it enough). The peepers are peeping, the grass is greening and...

Officinale….officinalis….vulgaris….purpurea….canadensis….nigra….have you ever wondered about the meanings behind the botanical names? Often a mix of Latin, Greek and other languages, what is the purpose of such strange names? Botanical Naming History Botanical names,...

“Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing?” -Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder History, Energetics and...

“Children the world over have a right to a childhood filled with beauty, joy, adventure, and companionship. They will grow toward ecological literacy if the soil they are nurtured in is rich with experience, love, and good examples.” – Alan Dyer, “A Sense of...

“It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility.” – Rachel Carson A popular spice in a variety of cuisines, Cumin has a long standing use in Ayurvedic medicine as well....

“Children are born with a sense of wonder and an affinity for Nature.  Properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into sustainable patterns of living.” – Zenobia Barlow, “Confluence of Streams” Kids love to make herbal...

“Once upon a time, children would have learned about the many uses of plants—as food, as decoration, and most importantly, as medicine—from their elders. A wise woman or man who had learned the ways of the plants would have guided children as they discovered the...

“Foolish things:A blacksmith who never touches horses, a musician with only music paper, a physician who sees no patients, a theoretical ballet dancer, a pharmacist reduced to counting pills, an herbalist who gathers no plants.” ― Michael Moore, Southwest School of...

“The Environmental Protection Agency now warns us that indoor air pollution is the nation’s number one environmental threat to health- and it’s from two to ten times worse than outdoor air pollution. A child indoors is more susceptible to spore of toxic molds growing...

“Hands-on experience at the critical time, not systematic knowledge, is what counts in the making of a naturalist. Better to be an untutored savage for a while, not to know the names or anatomical detail. Better to spend long stretches of time just searching and...

“If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I...

“Without continuous hands-on experience, it is impossible for children to acquire a deep intuitive understanding of the natural world that is the foundation of sustainable development. ….A critical aspect of the present-day crisis in education is that children are...

“If getting our kids out into nature is a search for perfection, or is one more chore, then the belief in perfection and the chore defeats the joy. It’s a good thing to learn more about nature in order to share this knowledge with children; it’s even better if the...

“There is no one way to become a healer: no particular age and no special way for medicine spirits to come. When the time is right, they come.” -Evelyn Wolfson, From the Earth to Beyond the Sky: Native American Medicine With a name like Feverfew, it might be assumed...

“Nature’s economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore like a physicist without knowledge of mathematics.” — Carolus Linnaeus Chicorium intybus (Chicory), a member of the...

“If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Perhaps this is what Thoreau had in mind when he said, “the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and I...

“They would suppose that there is some principle harmful to man; heat or cold, wetness or dryness, and that the right way to bring about cures is to correct cold with warmth, or dryness with moisture and so on…These are the causes of disease, and the remedy lies in...

“The healing powers of nature are only limited by man’s idleness.” – Shawna @ Nature For Kids Is it Coriander or Cilantro? That depends on the part of the plant you are using and the part of the world you live in! Both come from the plant Coriandrum sativum. Coriander...

“We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children’s memories, the adventures we’ve had together in nature will always exist.” ― Richard...

Mulberries have been dubbed a ‘superfruit’ in recent years but herbalists around the world have known of Mulberry’s healing properties long before he was made popular. While the new rage is focused on the berry, the leaves, root bark and twigs all have great medicinal...

“One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener’s own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race.” -Wendell Berry The sky is sunny, temperatures have...

“Once we have tasted wildness, we begin to hunger for a food long denied us, and the more we eat the more we will awaken.” – Stephen Harrod Buhner It’s always exciting when the first Blackberries are ready for picking! Caution is needed as the prickles are vicious....

“Long before people bought medicine or food at a store, they learned to use the wild plants growing all around them. They watched animals to see which plants were good to eat and which plants were poisonous. They experimented and learned which plants could heal people...

Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless...

In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against Nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.   – John Milton Friday, March 20 is the first day of spring...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.  – Helen Hayes It’s never too soon to prepare your garden beds for planting! This can become a fun...

Only as a child’s awareness and reverence for the wholeness of life are developed can his humanity to his own kind reach its full development.   – Rachel Carson So, now your kids are excited about making their own herbal remedies. Perhaps you’ve even made a nice all...

“Whenever I have found myself stuck in the ways I relate to things, I return to nature. It is my principal teacher, and I try to open my whole being to what it has to say.” – Wynn Bullock Brrr! It’s cold outside and now that the novelty of snow has worn off and...

“I love being asked to identify plants, and I don’t know which gives me more pleasure: to know what they are or not to know what they are.” -Elizabeth Lawrence, Through the Garden Gates, 1990 This month’s herb is Usnea here at Herbal Roots zine. I’ve gotten a lot of...

“We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.” ― Desmond Tutu This week is all about love and the heart in celebration of Valentine’s day! It’s the perfect time to introduce heart herbs to your kids by making some herbal treats that...

“Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence…The voice of nature is always encouraging.”  – Henry David...

My spirit was lifted and my soul nourished by my time in the garden. It gave me a calm connection with all of life, and an awareness that remains with me now, long after leaving the garden.  -Nancy Ross This time of year, seed catalogs arrive in the mail daily,...

“One of my students told me that every time she learns the name of a plant, she feels as if she is meeting someone new. Giving a name to something is a way of knowing it.”  ― Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder It’s...

“As children observe, reflect, record, and share nature’s patterns and rhythms, they are participating in a process that promotes scientific and ecological awareness, problem solving, and creativity.”  – Deb Matthews Hensley, early childhood consultant Now that the...

Your deepest roots are in nature.  No matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of life you lead, you remain irrevocably linked with the rest of creation.  – Charles Cook It’s the last day of 2014 and time for reflection on the past year as well as insight for...

“All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.“ – Helen Hayes This is our last week of Cayenne and then we’ll be moving on to Bay Laurel so I...

“The physical exercise and emotional stretching that children enjoy in unorganized play is more varied and less time-bound than is found in organized sports. Playtime—especially unstructured, imaginative, exploratory play—is increasingly recognized as an essential...

“If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.“ -Rachel Carson This time of year often casts a sense of wonder over...

“If you wish your children to think deep thoughts, to know the holiest emotions, take them to the woods and hills, and give them the freedom of the meadows; the hills purify those who walk upon them.“ -Richard Jefferies The holiday season is upon us and if you’re like...

We return thanks to our mother, the earth,which sustains us.We return thanks to the rivers and streams,which supply us with water.We return thanks to all herbs,which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.We return thanks to the moon and stars,which have given...

“Children learn best through their everyday experiences  with the people they love and trust, and when the learning is fun. And the best place for these experiences is outdoors, in the natural world.” – Center for Families, Communities, Schools and Children’s Learning...

“Our children no longer learn how to read the great Book of Nature from their own direct experience or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water comes from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate...

“Without continuous hands-on experience, it is impossible for children to acquire a deep intuitive understanding of the natural world that is the foundation of sustainable development. ….A critical aspect of the present-day crisis in education is that children are...

“An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological health, risk to children’s concept and perception of community, risk to self-confidence and the ability to discern...

“Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless...

“Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water come from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate...

As I write this, there is a chill in the air and the leaves are falling from the trees. As the season starts to wind down, it can start to get harder to get kids outside and exploring herbs. Though most plants are dying back for the winter, there is plenty to do!...

I’d like to welcome all the new subscribers in the past few weeks and to those who were able to take a moment and respond to my questions, I’d like to say thank you! I know your time is valuable and I appreciated every response I get. I am sorry I have not been able...

So you’ve decided to have your kids start an herbal journal. Now what? What exactly should they “journal” about? If they need help to get started, these ideas should help! – Leaf rubbings. They can write the common and botanical name next to the leaves if they know...

Everyone keeps asking, “What’s the secret to getting kids interested in herbs?” It’s simple really. Kids naturally want to learn. It doesn’t matter WHAT we teach them, they love to learn. Kids are naturally curious. And, unless we squash that desire, they will do...

It’s August now and summer is starting to wind down. But, there’s still plenty of time to have some herbal fun! Are the kids bored? Do you find that they are now spending more time playing video games than enjoying the beautiful outdoors? Try out a few of these ideas...

Summer is here and the plants are lush and plentiful. You want to learn more about herbs and you want to bring your kids along on that journey. But how? How can you incorporate herbal learning into your daily routine? Well, summertime is the perfect time for starting...