January February 2025 Essential Herbal

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 were are 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.