Current Issue
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
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 being wholesale and retail soap makers 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
Learn a little about each of those who made this issue possible!
Puzzle Solutions
For the Next Issue, ideas for writers and what to look forward to.