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...

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

This wonderous little flower was the first herb that we looked at when I began studying herbs. I noted that an infusion tasted sweet and ...

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...