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The Essential Herbal Blog: Essential Herbal May/June 2024

 The latest issue:Click here for single issue or subscription.

Table of ContentsCrossword PuzzleHow does your garden grow?  Tidbits about
your favorite herbs will help solve this one.

Field Notes from the Editor, Tina Sams  Has your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone changed lately?  I can barely keep track!

About the Cover The Lunaria shines like jewels in the garden, beckoned on by the recent eclipse
no doubt!

Introducing Children to Culinary Herbs, Alicia Allen A delicious and easy array of recipes to help kids discover the flavors of
different herbs.

A Year of Foraging – May, Rebekah Bailey This month Rebekah discusses ramps (and the proper harvesting techniques),
garlic mustard, toothwort, and waterleaf varieties.  What a fun neighbor she would be!

DIY Instant Herbal Tea, Jessicka Nebesni Convenient ice cubes that can go into a glass of water and magically turn it
into tea!

12 Edible Flowers for Your Garden, Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh  Lots of choices for eating your way through the flower garden, and a lovely
Goat Cheese Spread to enjoy with Honeysuckle Vodka Lemoonade.

May Day Traditional Celebrations, Jackie Johnson ND Learn about the ancient lore and celebrations of the First of May.  From bonfires to feasts, kings and queens,
Maypoles, and baskets to the green man, there are many ways and reasons to
welcome May.

Virgin Mojito – Hot Process Soap, Marci TsohonisLuscious soap that was formulated to be reminiscent of the renowned
beverage.  There’s even a recipe to make
your own mojitos (with rum) by the glass or by the pitcher!

Plants to Try This Year, Kathy Musser A quartet of plants to try in the garden for beauty, flavor, or medicine.

Word Find, What’s in this Issue?

The Many Uses of Red Clover, Kristine Brown, RH(AHG)Full Monograph, including instructions for an infusion.  Kristine includes the tale of how Red Clover
Came to Be.

Herbal Wood Sealant for Garden Tools, Amy Jeanroy Gardeners take their tools seriously, and caring for the wooden handles is an
important part of that care.

Yarrow, Tina Sams Continuing with our attempt to include interesting information on yarrow in
every issue of  yarrow’s reign as Herb of
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