The natural soap coloring world is your oyster when making yellow soap. Usepumpkinor carrot puree (or juice), goldenrod, turmeric, or annatto to achieve everything from a soft pastel shade to electric yellow. Many of the shades listed for orange can give you shades of yellow if you use le...
Bees make honey perfectly well on their own, and if a beekeeper is impatient they can royally screw up the process. If they harvest the honey before its moisture is reduced it'll be prone to fermentation. That may taste fine if you lick the honey straight from the comb, but stored honey...
Most people use the word tea as a shorthand for a liquid brewed from plants, but herbalists distinguish between teas and infusions. Teas typically use less plant material and have a shorter brew time. When we’re trying to extract the maximum amounts of medicinal compounds from plants, we u...
And because no dinner party is complete without a cocktail, we've thought of that too. Try stirring up a delicious Harvest and Tonic — which is made with the vibrant, botanicals flavors ofBombay Sapphiregin — and then keep scrolling for more tips to make your Friendsgiving one for the bo...
you don’t usually need to staunch bleeding, keep reading. Yarrow is useful for so much more than just wound care – according to the revered Bavarian priest and herbalist Father Sebastian Kneipp, “Women could be spared many troubles if they just took yarrow tea from time to time!”(...
How to get the most from your cut flowers: Harvest flowers in the morning or late evening when temperatures are cool. 10 Take a clean container of fresh tepid water (up to 100°F) ...