His Hands Apothecary

05/27/2024

How to Build Hugelkultur Beds and Why You Need Them
Full guide in the first comment 💬👀

05/27/2024

How many do you have in your garden? Whats your favorite tea?

Have you caught the spring gardening bug? 🐞

While it’s tempting to grow alllll the herbs, it can also be fun and helpful to create a garden theme. Having a theme will help you narrow down your options to plants you know you’ll use and love. A theme that’s particularly dear to our hearts is the tea garden.

HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE TEA GARDEN HERBS:

🍵 Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) -supports digestion and sleep, nurtures the nervous system, and soothes nausea and fevers.

🍵 Nettle (Urtica dioica) - high in vitamins A and C and is a good source of quercetin, iron, magnesium, and potassium.

🍵 Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) - a mild adaptogen, meaning it can directly help the body “adapt” to physical, chemical, metabolic, and psychological stressors.

What are your favorites?

https://theherbalacademy.com/?s=tea&post_type=post

03/23/2024

This is awesome in every way!!

03/05/2024

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03/04/2024

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How to Grow a Banana Tree from a Banana 👇👇

01/20/2024

It's time to learn how to make spinach last for a couple of years on your pantry shelf without having to can or freeze it!

Try this → https://www.thepurposefulpantry.com/dehydrate-spinach/

01/10/2024

I love this idea - healthy and no sugar ketchup and the kiddos really do love it! Its perfect that it's fermented too! The Homesteading Family is simply wonderful! If you don't have a ferment already started - the sauerkraut ferment is the easiest to get started.

Ketchup is a staple in most homes. What if you could have healthier homemade fermented ketchup made from pantry ingredients? Here's how!

01/09/2024

This is very true! It is common to prescribe gardening for the elderly to lift their mood ❤️

01/08/2024

01/04/2024

Always good to have this recipe handy!

Ever made your own homemade tartar sauce? (We often wing it, but this is very similar to what we do.)

https://www.jerseygirlcooks.com/homemade-tartar-sauce/

01/03/2024

Chickens definitely earn their keep!!

8 Ways to Use Chickens in the Garden
Full guide in the first comment 💬👀

01/02/2024

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01/02/2024

Love love love Dr. Nicole Apelian!!

12/29/2023

5 Benefits of Herbal Steam Inhalation for a Decongestant
1. Instant relief
2. Cleans and Drys Mucous Membranes
3. Easy, safe, and effective for all ages
4. Keeps respiratory passages clear to resist infections
5. Provides active antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties directly to the irritated tissues.

Essential oils can be used in place of dried herbs though the herbs provide a more potent and thus a more effective remedy. Fresh herbs are best when possible.
Excellent herbs to use for respiratory and sinus congestion are:
-Eucalyptus
-Hyssop
-Peppermint
-Lavender
-Thyme
-Rosemary
Directions: Add a few teaspoons of herb to a large bowl of hot water. Place your face over the water with a towel over your head and breathe deeply for 10 minutes. Be careful the steam is not too hot and transition slowly when you change from hot to cold air.

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11/28/2023

Tea is Medicine.

Perfect TEA for every mood🍵👌💯

11/17/2023

What is an Electuary? Glad you asked.

11/14/2023

Ways to use turkey tail mushroom.

11/12/2023

My son was playing in his friends backyard and he brought this home saying…Isn’t this the turkey tail mushroom?!! It’s a true blessing when you realize your children are listening and learning ❤️. This is very close to a true turkey tail mushroom with the coloring and spores on the back, but it is too rigid and hard, a true turkey tail is thin and flexible. Based on my mushroom hunting friends I believe this is a Trametes Gibbosa.
Identification and beneficial properties in comments.

11/12/2023

Good reminder for a healthy blueberry harvest!

How & When To Prune Blueberry Bushes For Huge Harvests > https://www.ruralsprout.com/prune-blueberry-bushes/

11/10/2023

Another free and effective soil amendedment. Crush the eggshells and add to your soil. Eggshells are high in Calcium, Phosphorous, magnesium, sodium, potassium and trace minerals!!

Why You Should Bake Your Eggshells & Spread Them In Your Garden > https://www.ruralsprout.com/eggshells-garden/

11/03/2023

I did not know this. Ingenious!

11/01/2023

Don’t get rid of your leaves - pack them in your garden beds as they are a wonderful free mulch that God provides just before winter. Precisely when the plant roots need extra warmth. They also help fertilize the soil and keep it moist… plus - reduce w**ds that sprout in the spring!!

10/31/2023

Huge ringless honey mushroom harvest today! These will be dried and stored for cooking. These are awesome sautéed till well done in coconut oil. 😋
(Desarmillaria caespitosa)

10/31/2023

Just clipped the last of the dahlias till next spring before our first freeze tonight.

10/02/2023

Effortless Gardening - free workshop. How to easily turn hard, useless ground into to rich black soil - great for the entire family! RSVP to save your seat!
Find out more: https://www.hishandsapothecary.com/extracts-syrups

09/26/2023

Don’t kill this w**d! Instead, replant it to a designated spot in your garden (being careful to dig up all of the roots and prevent them from breaking as the most potent medicinal property is in the ends of the root), then harvest it for highly nutritious food, herbal tea, and/or medicine. The entire plant from the roots to the flowers is edible, and after two years, the root can be harvested to make a strong herbal tincture or tea.
See the info in the first comment. 

09/14/2023

Turkey tail mushroom (Tremetes Versicolor) for immune health, muscle support, fatigue, helps fight infections and so much more!!