I recently came across someone who was inquiring if I had any herbs to help support their various auto-immune diseases. It became apparen...

This is an incredibly soothing and healing bath tea that I created during my first pregnancy. Adding herbs to your bath is a wonderful wa...

On December 13th I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, and I wanted to share my recovery tricks with you. This time around I was very luc...

We have finally had our first frost here on Vancouver Island so that means time to harvest Rose Hips! This year our weather was a little w...

Last week my daughter and I went for a walk around our neighbourhood and we came across a lakefront lot that looks fairly abandoned. Up t...

This morning I woke up and the woodstove had gone out overnight making the house a little chillier then usual. I felt like I needed to be...

Turkey Tail - Trametes versicolor Wildly common and prolific this medicinally potent mushroom can be found on dead hardwood logs in almos...

So happy to announce the arrival of two new Lollipop Creations to the Nettle Co. arsenal of flu season fighters! There are two new Honey ...

Herb Profile: Hawthorne - Crataegus doulasii, Crataegus columbiana Look at these beautiful Hawthorne berries, leaves and twigs! All parts...

You probably have Turmeric in your spice rack, and you have probably read headlines singing its praises for various uses but this spice t...

The leaves are changing color, the crisp air is settling in and where I am on Vancouver Island the rain is pouring; as I write this a tor...

I love tea, and beleive that herbal teas and infusions are a wonderful way to get the benefits of herbs into your body in an easily absor...

As a child I used to pick these and suck the sweet nectar out of each 'petal' little did I know that I was consuming what we herbalists c...

Plantain is one of the first herbs that I began to use regularily. I mostly used it for its external purposes as natures most amazing ban...

One man's garbage is another man or womans treasure! I know my neighbours, and likely my landlord sigh when they see the amount of dandel...

This last week I had the pleasure of sharing some herbal knowledge with a group of young women, being a few years ahead of them myself it...