PostsCommentsPayoutscalendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • 3 days agoBack to the Homestead 🌿🌧Hello homesteading community!! It is the height of summer here in South America. And after a very social trip during the holidays, I have returned to the homestead. There is a lot of weeding to do, plantscalendulacraft (73)in Daily Blog • 5 days ago⛰️ Exploring the Mountains I call Home ⛰️Hi friends of the internet! After a two week break from social media, I am feeling a new inspiration. For the most part I enjoy sharing and channeling my creativity into…calendulacraft (73)in The Herbal Hive • 20 days agoFeverfew or, as I call it, the migraine miracle cure!In these mountains spring comes with intense winds that carry pollen right into my eyes. And my work often involves sifting through piles of dust. I have suffered these last few months and have triedcalendulacraft (73)in Daily Blog • 24 days agoReturning to a Slow Morning Routine.Instead of buying a new BuJo each year, I return to the same books again and again until they are full and truly cannot hold anymore. Not only is journaling an anecdote to loosing my ability to create,calendulacraft (73)in The Herbal Hive • 26 days agoa Homemade Herbal Gift GuideThere is a lot of talk online of supporting the local economy during the holidays rather than purchasing everything from mega-corporations. And without really even planning to, I have participated in thiscalendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • 29 days agoDay-to-day as a Natural Builder (part 7)Hello Homesteading Community! Another rainy day, another opportunity to fill you all in on the latest news of our DIY build. Lately, my days have been super busy going to…calendulacraft (73)in The Herbal Hive • last monthAchillea millefolium ~ Yarrow flowers and how I use their pungent medicine.Out to the garden I go. A basket in one hand, garden scissors in another, I am ready for the harvest! For a few days I have been eyeing the approaching yarrow bloom and finally it is time to harvest thecalendulacraft (73)in HiveGarden • last monthAnother ode to microgreensMy garden has grown, shrunk, been eaten by horses, been neglected, and will eventually be moved a mile up the moutnain. Through all these paste & future changes there is one thing that stays constantcalendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • last monthDay-to-day as a Natural Builder (part 6)Hello Homesteading Community! Our DIY build is keeping us as busy as ever. So, I want to share a bit about both elements of my daily life with you all. We have nearly completed the first layer of plastering.calendulacraft (73)in HerbLore • last monthGathering the Spell Supplies of SpringPoppies are growing in my spiral garden and beside the rock wall at the house we are building. I sow these seeds year after year because these flowers have long been associated with dream magick and spellscalendulacraft (73)in DIYHub • last monthHow I make Rose-Infused Oil (the video tutorial)Each and every spring I collect baskets of roses buds and petals to dry. Some of them I put into packets to sell and others I keep in jars for herbal purposes. One of my favorite uses for rose petals iscalendulacraft (73)in Daily Blog • 2 months agoA morning in the print shopEvery week I ponder my role as a "content creator". I have a notebook dedicated to this aspect of my job where I scribble ideas for future videos and posts for Hive. I really do enjoy sharingcalendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • 2 months agoDay-to-day as a Natural Builder ((part 5))Hello Homesteading community! Here I am, once again, sharing updates of our DIY build. Yestersay my man informed me that we will be working on this house for two more years.…calendulacraft (73)in Magick • 2 months agoenchanted cycles.Halloween is the perfect holiday to create a spark in my magickal life. It isn't that I had given up magick completely before that. I would light a candle now and then. I'd flip through my witchy bookscalendulacraft (73)in HiveGarden • 2 months agomy November Garden Journal ((microgreens and herbs))People of the garden! I wish you a happy Monday. I write to you while gazing out the kitchen window that looks at my small, disorganized garden. And I want to share a few images of what I did with thecalendulacraft (73)in DIYHub • 2 months agothe Filo-Fax Files (part two)In my last post in DIYHub I shared a tutorial of how I created my own version of the filo-fax organization system. I realize now that, I didn't really explain what a filo-fax is. I will do that today ascalendulacraft (73)in HerbLore • 2 months agoLore Learned on Herb WalksI write about herbs online. I share my own pictures of the plants and their medicinal properties with the hopes that people will be inspired to use these herbs in their healing journeys. So yeah, I amcalendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • 2 months agoMulberry SeasonDuring spring, I am constantly distracted by the most delicious berries in the forest ~ Muberries . For many years I heard about the importance of mulberries in…calendulacraft (73)in Homesteading • 2 months agoDay-to-day as a Natural Builder ((part 4))Hello Homesteading community! Things are really moving along with our DIY earthen home. The outside of the house is completely covered with the first layer of plastering, and…calendulacraft (73)in The Herbal Hive • 2 months agoLet food be thy medicine.This isn't just any dip. This is a healing pesto . A pesto made with herbs from my garden and herbs bought at the farmers market. Olive oil pressed in this very valley. And…