I know it’s summer when herbal things abound around my house. I have catnip drying, comfrey oil steeping, and flower waters infusing all simultaneously. This time of year is so abundantly wonderful! The comfrey oil is a concoction of the healthiest leaves and flowers from my comfrey plants, first wilted a bit and then covered [...]
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herbal things abounding
Posted in herbs and other green bits, things made from the garden, tagged catnip, comfrey, comfrey oil, herbal oils, herbs, rose flower water, roses on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
one boy’s dinner
Posted in herbs and other green bits, kiddos, tagged foraging, gardening with kids, kids, kids and vegetables, picky eaters, wild edibles on May 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I know the dilemma of how to get kids to eat their vegetables is nothing new. There are millions of picky eaters out there. I just never expected my kid to be one of them. I’m a mama who has been known to eat kale for breakfast. I’m in love with vegetables. All of them. [...]
radish pâté
Posted in good things to eat & drink, herbs and other green bits, tagged carrots, chives, radish pate, radishes, spring, spring food on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My six-year-old has this word delishum. It’s his little hybrid of delicious and yum that he reserves as the highest form of food praise. He’d hardly touch radish pâté with a ten foot pole let alone use the holiest of words to describe it, but this springy mix of fresh chives, carrots and radishes is [...]
herbal vinegars
Posted in good things to eat & drink, herbs and other green bits, things made from the garden, tagged chives, herbal vinegar, herbs, hostess gifts, nasturtiums on June 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
An abundance of chive blossoms along with snips of sage, thyme and nasturtium petals go into the making of these sunset-colored herbal vinegars
I am Heather
I'm a letter writer and card designer. I'm a dancer and dreamer and putterer of all things crafty. I'm a mama of two and a grower of certain things. I especially like berries.
I'm here to celebrate my love of correspondence, share my crafty endeavors and explore the edges and depths of that which makes me authentically human and (sort of) perfectly flawed.
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