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Oh man, it’s going to be cold outside! As we enter into the latter part of this winter, we can be grateful that (at least in the Northeast) it has been a fairly warm season. Well, that’s about to change! So as we begin prepping for a couple of solid days (and nights!) indoors, our…
Read MoreA bit about measurements…
So as you poke around the shops you’ll see things like “by the cup” or “by the ounce.” I can understand that this can lead to a bit of confusion at times. So to help out here are some of the standards that we have developed over the years at UsefulWeeds. All of our herbal…
Read MoreStephen Harrod Buhner – Author
Work related to COVID-19 Most of all though, I have spent the last half century doing my best to learn how to be a human being, the hardest thing of all, I have realized, to learn. “I am and always have been interested in the invisibles of life, those meanings and communications that touch us…
Read MoreBook by the bedside: Review of “The Modern Herbal Dispensatory” by Thomas Easley & Steven Horne
This is an in-depth book covering all the various aspects of herbalism for medicinal purposes: from harvesting herbs, obtaining them from reputable vendors, to the various processes used to extract the medicines you want. It covers a variety of herbal extraction methods from basic tinctures and macerations to soxhlet and percolation extractions and flower essences.…
Read MoreUnsplash is the preferred image source of UsefulWeeds!
Simply.Amazing.Photos Unsplash, the free stock photo website with thousands of amazing images anyone can use on their website, is now available on WordPress. This gives you the ability to search for an image while writing a blog post, and immediately add it to your content. The Unsplash library has grown from hundreds to hundreds of…
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