by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 19, 2017 | Digestive Health, Fermented Foods, Homesteading, Natural Health, Recipes
Gut health is a big deal these days and for good reason. As a natural health practitioner and herbalist I know that one of the key factors to obtaining overall wellness is a healthy and well functioning digestive system. Simply speaking, if your digestion (this...
by Spiraea Herbs | Apr 12, 2017 | Canning & Preserving, Homesteading, Recipes
Homesteading can mean a lot of things depending on who you ask. For us one of the key components is self sufficiency and home-cooked food. Over the last few weeks I’ve read terrifying articles, one after another about mass produced food found in our grocery...
by Spiraea Herbs | Feb 8, 2017 | Homesteading, Recipes
So last year I wrote about leaving my vegetarian ways and after much soul-searching my family did decide to start eating meat again. There were many reasons for this change and we did not come to the decision lightly. If you are interested in my thought process you...
by Spiraea Herbs | Dec 9, 2016 | Herbalism, Homesteading, Recipes, Wild Food Recipes
Remember back in the early days of June when I told you to harvest spruce tips? Well today’s recipe is my number one reason why you need spruce tip love in your life! We are very blessed to have a wild field behind our property and that is where Monkey Man and I...
by Spiraea Herbs | Dec 1, 2016 | DIY Herbal, Herbalism, Materia Medica, Recipes
I am so excited to be bringing you this post today! Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is one of my absolute favourite medicinal herbs to work both in my clinic and in my home remedies. I use it in tinctures, bone broth, fire cider and my new favourite way; Golden Milk. As a...
by Spiraea Herbs | Nov 29, 2016 | Homesteading, Recipes
Monkey man has an appointment today with his neuro-ophthalmologist, Dr. R. Eye appointment days are long, stressful and emotional. Thankfully Dr. R started working at a new clinic which is only an hour away instead of driving all the way to Sick Kids in downtown...
