New Year's Blessings

HAPPY NEW YEAR!I pray that 2012 is filled with bountiful blessings for you and yours!We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.  ~Edith Lovejoy Pie...
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End of the Year Inventory

Tomorrow I will finish up my End of the Year Inventory and continue working on my annual Herb Order.  At the beginning of the year I like to order a supply of dried herbs and supplies to restock the still room herb pantry.  I have some staple herbs that I always like to have on hand, such as:PeppermintSpearmintLemon VerbenaRosemaryThymeElderberriesYarrowEchinaceaCalendulaLavenderGingerArnicaComfreyNettle(this...
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Lovely Printable Calendar

Alice Cantrell is offering a lovely, free, printable calendar featuring herbs on her site.  A Small Collection of Useful Herbs is beautifully illustrated by her daughter and filled with those things we herbie folks love- herbs!  Do visit her blog- a number of things and check out the other lovely things she has for sale in her etsy shoppe as well.She is very talented and very generous too! Blessings,Cather...
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Best Recipes of 2011 Giveaway

You will want to visit Mountain Rose Herbs to enter their Best Recipes of 2011 Giveaway.  I love Mountain Rose Herbs- always quality products, always great prices, always green :)...
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Sweet Orange Lavender Mist

I made this simple fragrance mist to add a bit of aromatherapy to my day and also to refresh my skin which is feeling the effects of the dry air due from our heating system.  Sweet Orange essential oil is said to be "brightening".   I know that I enjoy the scent and find it useful for other householding tasks such as removing sticky junk left behind by labels. Lavender is soothing to skin and soul, and I use it...
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Merry Christmas

Sending Christmas Blessingsfrom my home to your heart!I pray your holiday is filled with love and laught...
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Oh dear ...

I thought I'd just make a few tweaks to my blog ... and well, there you have it!Tomorrow- I'll fix this ugly mess tomorrow ;) .  (sigh) ...
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Herbal Holidays

The holiday season is in full force at my house. We go from Thanksgiving right into the Christmas season around here. Herbs play a part in all of our holidays, just as they do in daily life. Spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, bay … all associated with Christmas whether in delicious baked goods, pomanders to scent and decorate the house, or fashioned into ornaments for the tree or gift giving, herbs...
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