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Meet St. Joan’s Wort

Posted on July 1, 2018 by The Holistic Homestead

I am always ecstatic when I get to meet a new plant – an energetic signature that I’ve never felt growing in-between my hands before, new opportunities to crouch down and disappear in fields of golden hypericum blossoms and listen…

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Conversations with a mullein plant

Posted on July 5, 2015 by The Holistic Homestead

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Overlooked, undervalued and even criminalized – is that any way to treat such a soft, unassuming and generous plant? Mullein grows everywhere along the Peak to Peak: along highways, railroads and in everybody’s back yard. Mullein is officially classified as…

Category: Apothecary, Headlines Tags: colorado rockies, ethical harvesting, helpful weeds, herbal cough remedies, how to use mullein, lung conditions, medicinal herbs in colorado, mullein, mullein herb, rocky mountains, wildcrafting