Simple, easy healthy. Slice lemons and place on a cookie sheet while you pre-heat your oven to 250. Drizzle honey onto the lemon slices and bake for about an hour or until they look like the photo above. Let cool completly and your bee pollen. (Bee pollen is very bitter so add just a little.) They are great for allergies, if you use local honey… Read More »Dried Lemons with Honey & Bee Pollen
Cold pressed, virgin and unrefined oils are best when choosing oils to infuse botanicals. Carrier oils are natural oils that don’t have much scent so when plant matter is placed in them they take on the botanical properties of the plant. AKA Macerated Oils. Cold-pressed, virgin, and unrefined oils are best when choosing oils to infuse botanicals. The most common to start with is Olive… Read More »Carrier oils
The first wildflower that I noticed growing this year was the Hounds Tongue or Cynoglossum Officnale. It is in the Borage family and has toxic properties. Beware! Its broad flat-leaf sitting on a think stalk was everywhere. I was so excited to see what flowers would come from this early growing plant. The delicate purple flower was not a dissapontment. The plentiful plant is having… Read More »Spring Wildflowers
Calendula flowers have been used for centuries for skin healing. It has amazing anti-inflammatory and rejuvenation properties. My mother and I have used it under our eyes to reduce puffiness. My sister used it on the exit wounds of her chemotherapy, and even her doctor was amazed at the reduction of scarring and healing results. $30
One of your greatest inspirations is the family recipe box or book. If you are lucky enough to have yours, then celebrate. If not go in search of those family favorites! Ask relatives to share what they have. Collect as many as you can and then spend time exploring the same recipes that you grew up loving. One of my favorite gifts ever was a… Read More »Family Receipes
When I was a young teen my Uncle took me hiking in Desolation Valley which is above Yosemite. It’s hard to explain how it made me feel. I am the oldest of my generation and he is the youngest of his. This gave us a unique relationship. And I was so excited to be allowed to go into the wilderness. We come from a family… Read More »Lost Lake
Are everywhere here on The Butterfly Hill in the late winter and all thru spring. I used to pull them and think of them as weeds. But now in true Permaculture style, everything grows right where it sprouts. I had heard of people making soup with them and wanted to give it a try. We first harvested a big bunch of the Onions and washed… Read More »Wild Spring Onions
A quick video for our youngest new member Stella! Happy Valentine making. Come and join our fun community, we make stuff!
