Mountain Mage Herbals

10/30/2026

My next event is ringing in the holiday season at Homestead Hollow 🎄

The weekend after that is Holly Jolly Market at allmanfarms.

Remember you can always shop online:
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Have a fun, festive, and safe Halloween! 🎃
See you in November!

10/27/2026

Clearing a trail
We have 19 acres, about half of which is wooded. We’re currently working with the NCRS on a bid to get some funding to really finish up that part of the property with the cleaning up we started when we bought it. There were trails already in place that we’ve maintained and widened, but we’ve always wanted to cut just a couple more connectors. This one is on the edge of our property and it’s 2 very steep hills leading down to the creek bed where water really only runs when it rains. We’ve cut the path before, but because of the steep incline, it’s hard to keep maintained. So we’re hoping to try putting in a bridge that will alleviate some of that difficult maintenance.

So I sent out this morning to clear some of that trail with the chainsaw and my loppers, and before I got very far in my chain came off. I have not had to put a chain back on in a long time so I didn’t feel comfortable pursuing that and just went with the loppers.

I found giant blue sage and SO many blueberry bushes. So my secondary goal is opening up the canopy so these blueberries will get enough light to produce.

I also want to tell you about pine- you can see 2 different pictures of pine here. The long needles are our native loblolly pine. The short needles are Virginia pine. Virginia pine is the one that always has broken off branches lower down and looks kind of scrubby. I’m told we don’t really want those. The loblollies are better for our area. So I also took out some baby pines and some sweet gums because they are invasive.

10/23/2026

Quick! This is tonight!!
Grab a ticket and your girls and have some fun!
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10/22/2026

Mountain Mage Herbals
This business is my heart and soul. I endeavor to bring my community safe solutions and plant-based wellness support. I’m so grateful to all of you for supporting me!
We will be expanding in the next year, and I cannot wait to share the things we will be doing with the extension service and the conservation resources service. These next projects will bring more products that I’m passionate about, classes, farm tours…
We need your continued to support to make these things happen, so please don’t forget about me over the winter!
If you need to shop the website, use code “thanks10”!
With plants and love- Anna

10/19/2026

I often have customers return for more product and tell me that they are using it for something I have not marketed that product for - I love that!

My sister posted about Skin Salve and how she is using it for her face and in her skin care and makeup routine - please check out that post! She's using it to more fully remove her makeup and clearing the skin on her face. Plantain has a drawing quality, so it will pull things out of the skin while softening and healing. (note: the jar pictured and given to my sister is the recipe with comfrey leaf oil; the current and original recipe include yarrow leaf instead of comfrey - both are healers)

I delivered a Lavender Salve to a neighbor today (yes, if you're local, we can meet up!). She told me she's been using it to help with her neuropathy! I always suggest Gentle Joint Balm because of the comfrey or Sacred Salve because of frankincense or Magnesium Spray. I have never thought about lavender for that use, but lo and behold, there is a PubMed article about lavender essential oil and its efficacy on alleviating nerve pain in mice! My salve is made with lavender bloom infused oils and lavender essential oil for potency.

And today, I took a wholesale order of Magnesium Spray over to Orchards. Speaking with the owner, I learned that her use of the Magnesium Spray on her shoulder has increased her range of movement and decreased her discomfort in the joint over several months of use! That is such sweet news for me!

The things to understand about plant-based medicine:
- we need consistent use; there is no magic bullet or quick fix
- we don't need harsh chemicals; the earth contains the necessities
- we need to slow down, listen to our bodies, and pay attention to what heals and hurts us

If you have stories to share, I always love to hear them!

10/17/2026

Happy chilly Saturday morning!
I’m watching high school cross country and having celebratory lunch for some birthdays around here today.

Next week- Friday night is Girls Night Out at mountainview_gardens, hosted by Southern Impressions! You and your girls need to get tickets today! And check out that vendor list!

Then Saturday I will be at Mt Laurel’s Fall Festival hosted by The Town of Mt Laurel - ARC Realty. This is a free event! So many vendors and fun thing to shop. Mountain Mage has never been to the Mt Laurel or Chelsea area, but I know some of you and I’m excited to see you out there! Look for my mushroom sign!

These will be my last events in October 🎃

10/14/2026

I need to talk to you about the extension service.
Do you guys know how amazing they are??

I’ve never known how to fully utilize all they offer, aside from just looking up what classes they offer online. And that is a good way!
I’ve also been to the Regenerative Growers Conference at Jones Valley Teaching Farm the last 2 years- definitely sign yourself up for that! (I can’t go this year because of my son running XC, but I’ll be back next year.) I’ve learned so much from that conference.

I was contacted about a passionflower research project going on and asked if I’d be interested in sharing some info about my experience growing, which I was! So I did! That included me giving a mini farm tour which turned out to be the start of some amazing new things for us!

We are now involved in 2 research projects that will include farming native herbal/beneficial plants! We’ve also found some very beneficial programs available with the NRCS and applied for those. They have grants available to help farmers improve their land, rewild parts of the land, and those include learning how to sustain the work for yourself. So get to know your local extension service!

Today, I went to a class on learning to grow strawberries (which I have had success with the, but can always learn more about) with Alabama Extension. This class included taking 20 plants home. It was great info, it was fun, and now I have planting to do 😅