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How to Make a Skullcap Tincture (Fresh or Dried)
A skullcap tincture keeps for years and travels better than tea. Ratios, alcohol strength, and the fresh-versus-dried question, using garbled skullcap from our Québec farm.
How to Make a Skullcap Tincture (Fresh or Dried)
A skullcap tincture keeps for years and travels better than tea. Ratios, alcohol strength, and the fresh-versus-dried question, using garbled skullcap from our Québec farm.
How to Grow Skullcap From Seed
Skullcap needs cold stratification and light to germinate, and almost nothing after that. How we start it, space it, harvest it at eighteen inches, and dry it on our Québec...
How to Grow Skullcap From Seed
Skullcap needs cold stratification and light to germinate, and almost nothing after that. How we start it, space it, harvest it at eighteen inches, and dry it on our Québec...
Mad Dog Skullcap: How This Herb Got Its Name
Why American skullcap is called mad dog skullcap, what separates it from Chinese skullcap, and the adulteration story that put this quiet plant at the centre of a real safety...
Mad Dog Skullcap: How This Herb Got Its Name
Why American skullcap is called mad dog skullcap, what separates it from Chinese skullcap, and the adulteration story that put this quiet plant at the centre of a real safety...
Skullcap Tea: Benefits, Taste, and How to Brew It
What skullcap tea actually does, what it tastes like, and how to brew it. A North American nervine for tension that is held in the body, grown and garbled on...
Skullcap Tea: Benefits, Taste, and How to Brew It
What skullcap tea actually does, what it tastes like, and how to brew it. A North American nervine for tension that is held in the body, grown and garbled on...
Where to Buy Wormwood: A Sourcing Guide for Dis...
How to judge dried wormwood before you buy it, how much you actually need for absinthe, vermouth, or bitters, and how to store it once it arrives.
Where to Buy Wormwood: A Sourcing Guide for Dis...
How to judge dried wormwood before you buy it, how much you actually need for absinthe, vermouth, or bitters, and how to store it once it arrives.
Hyssop vs Anise Hyssop: Two Different Plants, O...
Hyssop and anise hyssop share half a name and almost nothing else — one a bitter Mediterranean medicinal herb, the other a sweet North American pollinator plant. Here's the plain...
Hyssop vs Anise Hyssop: Two Different Plants, O...
Hyssop and anise hyssop share half a name and almost nothing else — one a bitter Mediterranean medicinal herb, the other a sweet North American pollinator plant. Here's the plain...