Sunday, December 29, 2024

The Essential Herbal January/February 2025

 Another year begins.  I'm starting to get the hang of this!  Seriously though, we still love what we're doing, and that's very fortunate indeed.

The new issue is full of wonderful information.  The cover is Skylar in the Way-Back machine, on a warm day in winter, a first visit to the woods with her mom and Molly a decade ago.

The Table of Contents:

Crossword – Happy New Year 2025         
Words of beginnings and clean slates and herbs                                                                               

Field Notes from the Editor
For Auld Lang Syne – where we’ve been, where we’re going        

About the Cover
Tiny Skylar’s first walk in the icy, cold creek in March, years ago  

Time to Start Planning Your Herb Garden, Jackie Johnson, ND
There are lots of things to think about before starting an herb garden!                                                  

Winter Embrace: An Herbal Tea Blend for Immunity and Warmth, Amy Jeanroy
A delicious warming blend of herbs, spices,  and rooibos tea.

Color My World, Alicia Allen       
Great recipes to help us eat the rainbow and get the health benefits of all those nutrients.                         

All Washed Up – A Series from The Twisted Sisters
Our adventures of 30+ years of wholesale and retail soapmakers and business women                    

Word Search     
All about what’s inside this issue 

 Calming Chamomile: 2025 Herb of the Year, Kristine Brown, RH (AHG)   
Superb monograph to get us started on the Int’l Herb Assoc’s Herb of the Year                 

Kitchen Cough Syrup, Connie Byers
You’ve probably got everything you need in your kitchen!  

Herbal Winter Tea, Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh
Delightful blend of herbs for immunity and good cheer    

Bee’s Knees Mocktail with Lemon Balm, Jessicka Nebesni
Delicious alternative to a cocktail for Dry January (and beyond).                                                

“Rose Quartz” Hot Process Soap, Marci Tsohonis
No rose quartz was harmed in the making of this soap – it just looks like rose quartz and smells great.   

Book Excerpt – The Herbal Dog, Rita Hogan, CH 
Great information about allergies in dogs.                                                                           

Meet Our Contributors.                                                                                                                        

Next Issue and Puzzle Solutions
                   

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