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Tips on How To Use Lavender Essential Oils

Essential oils have become increasingly popular, as many people are trying to use nontoxic products. They serve a purpose in personal care and around the home, as well as in…

Grow Your Own Medicinal Herbs

The last couple of years I have been growing herbs not just for cooking or tea but also to be used as natural medicine. I know summer is in full swing but there is…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jul, 11, 2021
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Uses for Fresh Herbs

At our home, we love to grow our own veggies whenever possible. Fresh herbs top the list for culinary and medicinal uses. Every spring, I start a container garden for the season. Invariably, I…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Jun, 04, 2021
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DIY Herb Salt

Fresh herbs are among my favorite things to grow. This time of year my garden produces lots of them. I love using herbs when cooking, canning and baking, and will dry and freeze some…

Fredrika Syren
Urban Homestead
May, 17, 2021
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Benefits of Elderberry Syrup and Recipe

Last winter all three kids and I got sick at the same time. We ended up with a loooooong three weeks of coughing, sneezing and that overall icky feeling. My friend Corri brought me a…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Urban Homestead
Oct, 11, 2020
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Healing Golden Milk

You might have heard of the new trend — golden milk. Suddenly, everyone is drinking it and raving about its benefits … including me! So, what exactly is it? Golden milk refers to a…

Fredrika Syren
Plant-Based, Vegan, Recipes - Drink
Jun, 20, 2019
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The Stinging Truth about Stinging Nettles

By Fredrica Syren:
The other day someone told me they found stinging nettle and I could barely contain my excitement. Stingingnettle is one of the earliest green plants to emerge each spring in many cold…

Fredrika Syren
Gardening, Plant-Based Recipes, Urban Homestead
Feb, 03, 2019
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