The Full Moon was on the 3rd and we strained our last Liquid Botanicals started on the New Moon six weeks earlier in November 2025! This past year we added many new extracts to our inventory and also a few more Flower and Gem Essences. I will be updating all lists of our inventory soon. We now have to offer the extract/tincture (organic vodka) made from the combined ingredients for Essiac Tea. We also made a batch of Fire Cider from the original Recipe of Rosemary Gladstar's.

Last year was a marathon and that is the only way to describe it! After a two years study with Alaskan Flower Essence and as of January 17, 2025 I am a Certified Flower Essence Practitioner. I chose to study and become certified through Alaskan Flower Essence s because many of their flowers are similar to what grow wild in Minnesota. I am familiar with so many in Minnesota from self-study, collecting and making the essences. Last summer we were truly amazed at how many diffe

AFTER the Fourth of July the summer seems to head toward the Fall in an amazing fast pace! I love the Autumn Season but I wish that the summers would last a bit longer...of course without the humidity, and bugs! It rained again this morning...sigh...but it's lush and green this summer. This morning I was checking through our Flower Essence inventory and discovered I needed new Hosta essence. They are in full bloom, and the sun actually is peaking out between the clouds now th

It's been quite a few years since we've had goats on our homestead. I'll have to look back and see how many, but I think it's been at...