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Elderflower Preparations: Beyond Cordial

Elderflower cordial is one of Britain’s great summer traditions, and it is genuinely delicious. But most people who make the cordial do not realize that the same flower heads, processed differently, yield preparations that are medicinally significant and...

Making a Herb-Infused Honey with Summer Flowers

Midsummer is one of the best times of year to make infused honeys because the range of aromatic flowering herbs available is at its peak: lavender, chamomile, elderflower, calendula, rose, lemon balm, and rosemary all flower or peak within a relatively short window,...

Tincture-Making Season: Building Your Autumn Medicine Chest Now

There is a temptation to think of tincture-making as something you do in autumn with the harvest. But the best tinctures are often made in July and August, when the aromatic and flowering herbs that need fresh plant preparation are at their peak and when there is...

Chamomile: Growing, Harvesting, and Drying at Peak

German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) produces most of its flowers between June and August, and if you have established plants in your garden this is one of the most rewarding harvest periods of the year: a daily or every-other-day picking of the small daisy-like...

Making Herbal Syrups: A Complete Guide

Herbal syrups combine a concentrated herbal preparation (a decoction or infusion) with a sweetener (sugar, honey, or glycerine) to produce a stable, pleasant-tasting medicine that is one of the most practically useful preparations in the home apothecary. They are easy...

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