goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • 2 months agoDandelion time!Here's another foraging post to hep folks make their food and medicine budgets stretch a little further. This ongoldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • 6 months agoA classic tea for colds and flu symptoms - Yarrow, Elder Flower and Peppermint.Of late, I've been so busy writing about individual herbs and how to prepare different types of remedies from them thgoldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • 9 months ago'Oils ain't oils'. Part one on making herbal infused oils.Oil is a useful way to extract the properties of some herbs. It is gentle, non-alcoholic and well suited to external applications. It is also very, very simple to make.…goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • 9 months agoFully worked weight to volume tincture making.Some folks can find the maths in tincturing a little daunting but once you get used to it, it’s easy. I’ve prepared this fully worked example of making a ratio tincture…goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • 9 months agoPrickly Lettuce, Wild Lettuce (Lactuca serriola) Herbal monograph uipdate takes over roadsides and some gardens around Gawler and probably the gardens of many @hivegarden and…goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-120078 • last yearWhat's that goo in my herbal remedy?Some of you may have seen that I've been writing a series of posts about making herbal remedies at home. I want to share what I know of this topic so that, as the world gets…goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-140635 • last yearMaking potent herbal vinegars (acetae)Some of you may have seen that I've been writing a series of posts about making herbal remedies at home. I want to share what I know of this topic so that, as the world gets…goldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-140635 • last yearSuccessful Succi - an alternative to tincturesSome of you may have seen that I've been writing a series of posts about making herbal remedies at home. I want to share what Igoldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-140635 • last yearTinctures - why alcohol concentration is important to herbalistsFolk tinctures are easy to make from the plants in your @hivegarden but you can figoldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-123046 • last yearThe easiest herbalism - teas and infusionsThere’s little better than taking some time out of your day for agoldenoakfarm rebloggedligayagardener in #hive-140635 • 2 years agoMaking gentle herbal oxymelsI make a lot of tinctures for folks and ourselves but they’re time consuming to make and sometimes people just don’t drink alcohol. 
