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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...

Herbs for Digestion in Summer: Cooling and Settling

Digestion in summer operates differently from winter. The traditional medical systems understood this: in Ayurveda, the digestive fire (agni) is considered weaker in hot weather, when the body’s energy is directed toward managing heat rather than powering...

Herbs for the Skin in Late Summer: Sunburn, Bites, and Heat

By August, summer has been doing its work on skin for several weeks: sun exposure, insect activity, swimming, heat rash, and the general abrasion of an active outdoor season. The herbs that address these specific late-summer skin situations are often growing in the...

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