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This recipe was shared inward The Essential Herbal journal concluding spring.

Purple Archangel (Dead Nettle) Enchiladas
Jamie Jackson of MissouriHerbs.com

 Sauté 1.5 quarts royal archangel for twenty minutes inward a broth piece making enchilada sauce:
 This is the base of operations recipe, I ordinarily triple it.

1/4 C oil
1/4 C flour (I operate GF)
1/2 t dark pepper
1/8 t salt
1 t garlic powder
2 t cumin
1/2 t oregano
1 T chili powder
Less than two cups of H2O (you tin operate broth, but don't add together salt)
Cheese for sprinkling on travel past times (a loving cup or so)

Make only similar a gravy.  Fry the flour together with spices inward crude for a few minutes.  Slowly add together the liquid, stirring constantly.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 apartment wooden spatula is squeamish to continuously scrape the bottom of the pan. Simmer on low, till the consistency of enchilada sauce out of tin (not thick similar gravy, you lot volition hold upward cooking this again.)
Cover thickly the bottom of your pan amongst the enchilada sauce.

Heat corn tortillas on a hot shape Fe comal for a few seconds until they wilt over the side when slid to the border (usually eleven seconds ane side 3-4 seconds the 2nd side.)  Keep them warm inward a towel.

Mix 1/4 loving cup of your enchilada sauce into your cooked greens together with stir. 

Put a tortilla on a cutting board, comprehend the surface amongst enchilada sauce using a spoon.  Put greenish filling inward the middle along amongst whatsoever shredded cheese, wild chives or whatever else.

Roll up, lay inward pan on travel past times of the enchilada sauce.  When done, completely smoother amongst the residual of the enchilada sauce together with travel past times amongst only about grated cheese.

Picture from Old El Paso - where you lot tin uncovering many other recipes.
 Put inward the oven till the cheese is melted.  I create mine on the stove travel past times inward a massive wok.  I tin cash inward one's chips nearly 8 enchiladas inward there. I lay the open fire on depression together with cover.  I cash inward one's chips on peeking till the cheese on travel past times is melted together with you lot are done!
If I intend I've smothered the enchiladas enough, I salvage only about of the sauce off for dipping.  Also, if the sauce gets also thick, fifty-fifty if you lot bring the enchiladas already inward it, you lot tin add together a wee flake of H2O together with variety of stir it amongst a fork.
This is plenty for 8 enchiladas, summation plenty for dipping amongst chips

Purple Archangel (Dead Nettle) Enchiladas

As I've in all probability mentioned a K times, Essential Herbal had a website redesign.  It was fun in addition to challenging, in addition to too involved the tiresome retyping of lists of products. 
In the class of 1 such session, I accidentally typed inwards "Stress" instead of  "Sinus" on the Aromatherapy Roll-On dropdown.

...and didn't respect the error.
...and in addition to thus sold 1 - at which time, I noticed the error.
...and in addition to thus wondered why nosotros didn't bring it.
My sister's been making these things for over twenty years, without actually adding to them.  I talked her into the Amber & Sandalwood, in addition to customers insisted on the Wise Woman, simply otherwise, it's been a good, reliable mix.
So nosotros made one!

And people dearest it!
Maybe I'll allow my encephalon larn on autopilot to a greater extent than often.

Oops - Fault To Novel Product

Lancaster County is good known for the PA Dutch/Amish connection, but inward the past times decade or so, we're garnering attending for lots of other things.  Lititz is over the colina inward 1 direction, as well as they accept been named the Coolest Small Town inward the US, accept the best Brew Pub inward the country, as well as Lititz Rock has snuff it a mecca for musicians preparing for globe tours.  Lancaster metropolis has been called the novel Brooklyn as well as was late honored for having the best java roaster inward America.  We've got a lot of slap-up things going on here.
Nice large jars of elderberry jelly.  EH readers know to maintain some elderberry some during influenza season!

There are ever surprises.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few weeks ago, my sister's lather society took an social club of lather out to the Masonic Village Farm Market inward Elizabethtown (over the colina inward some other directon).  We'd never been there, as well as entering the retirement community was almost similar a completely split upwards town.  Fields as well as orchards, meadows as well as farms, all stunning as well as good kept.  We were awed!

Then nosotros got to the market.  Beautiful, local, as well as almost everything grown on the farm.  Additionally, at that topographic point was milk, H2O ice cream, cheeses, meat, dip mixes, baked goods, olive oil, jellies, as well as sauces.  The marketplace is opened upwards twelvemonth round, but the cafe isn't opened upwards quite nonetheless - but volition survive inward some other calendar week or so.

Here are a few pics.  I snagged the lather motion painting off their facebook page.

Small dairy farm - drinking glass bottles.
Beautiful cheeses.
I won't snuff it along as well as on as well as on close the baked goods.  But I'd similar to. 
Look at this beautiful display of Lancaster Soapworks, Etc. soaps!
I'm looking frontward to our side past times side trip.  They accept hand-dipped H2O ice cream inward the cafe, as well as I tin simply imagine sitting to savor it, as well as looking out over the valley of farmland spreading our below.
Check it out if you're local OR if you lot watch our beautiful surface area on vacation.  This is actually an out of the way, non-touristy gem.

Masonic Hamlet Farm Marketplace - Wow!

The No-Nonsense Guide to Growing Naturally
Mark Highland

We were fortunate to come across Mark 10 years agone at a small, local wholesale show.  We gear upward adjacent to him for a dyad of years, getting to pass a dyad days chatting betwixt customers.  He showed upward amongst his ain java loving cup at a fourth dimension when that wasn't typical in addition to didn't brand me experience terrible for non doing the same.  Instead, he laid an example, in addition to my sis in addition to I shortly started carrying our ain cups in addition to utensils to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than often. 
At a demo inward '08.
It was fun to verbalize to someone in addition to so excited almost what they were doing.

So I was excited to take in his majority come upward out, knowing that his enthusiasm in addition to earnest fondness for dirt in addition to the globe would hold upward a groovy read.  I also knew that he would learn me something, because he's that sort of person. You e'er walk away knowing something yous didn't know before.  And in addition to so it is amongst his book.  Seriously.  Get this book.

I've been gardening for decades.  Sometimes vegetables, only to a greater extent than ofttimes than non herbs in addition to flowers, in addition to inward all that time, I never bothered to mean value likewise much almost the soil.  This is Lancaster County.  The mycelium is almost anywhere i powerfulness insert a spade or fork, in addition to so I've rarely considered amendments. 
That powerfulness change, now.
This book...
Some things I've never fifty-fifty idea about. How much oxygen is inward the soil?  When should yous till?  Should yous examine your H2O pH, in addition to how create yous install a pelting barrel?  Fermenting seeds earlier saving them (might explicate my lack of success amongst persimmon in addition to mitt paw seeds), in addition to organic weed control.  How almost chickens to assistance inward the garden?

Some things I've wanted to larn to a greater extent than about, similar tilth in addition to biochar. 
And everything else.
Naturally command pests, how in addition to when to fertilize, what to plant, how to relieve seeds, raised beds, hoop houses, on in addition to on - it's all inward there, in addition to it's amazing!

In i actually beautifully illustrated in addition to good written book, a consummate novice volition notice everything they involve to confidently commence organic growing.

It is much to a greater extent than than I expected, in addition to I highly recommend it to novices in addition to people similar me, who bring been growing for years, only even in addition to so desire to know more. Everyone volition larn something they didn't know before.

240 pgs., Hardcover.
Get it from Mark at OrganicMechanicSoil.com

Practical Organic Gardening

Today was the sort of jump solar daytime that drags you lot outside, no affair what your plans mightiness bring been.  It was a proficient peril to view the plants too come across who is peeking out of the solid soil or popping out the tip of a stem.  There's a lot going on out there!
The elders are only start to force tiny leaves.  In some other duad of weeks, at that spot volition live regular sized leaves.

Carnelian cherry blossoms!  They blossom early, too sometimes a mutual coldness snap cuts dorsum on the fruit harvest.  They are a diversity of dogwood.  The cherries are smallish too oval shaped, too delicious.

Catnip is real mutual here.  Look how lush this is!

Last twelvemonth the cleavers were INSANE.  They climbed over the struggle too upward the trees.  From the looks of things, they bring similar plans for this year.  They did brand weeding easy, though.


Heal-all is only starting to poke tiny leaves out.  I'm anxious to come across if it's spreading.  That's the plan, but for some argue it acts a piddling timid here, fifty-fifty though nosotros actually encourage almost weeds.

Douglas fir cones blow off the trees inward the jump storms too they bring lots of resin on them.  On chilly days, it's pleasant to gather.  When it's warm, it's much stickier.

Lemon balm is hold upward spreading around the garden.  Don't laugh!  I've likely planted it iv times amongst no success.  Molly planted it once, too forthwith it's got a squeamish two human foot land going.

This maple tree... I dearest her.  She shades the deck inward summer, too shines yellows too greens into the kitchen inward the morning.  Today, I patted her every bit I walked by, too earlier I knew it, she had me hugging her.  If you've never hugged a tree, you lot should essay it.  Choose ane that is comfortable to hug.  See if it doesn't experience good.  Bet it will.

Nettles too chickweed along the side of the house.  The nettles are going to withdraw to live controlled, or only constantly kept after, fifty-fifty though I dearest them every bit a vegetable too tea ingredient.  The chickweed is only the carpet here.

There's a pocket-sized orchard beside the house, too I intend this is the plum tree.  Last twelvemonth was the initiatory off twelvemonth nosotros got peaches, too it looks similar at that spot mightiness live some plums this year.  There are blooms on some of the apple tree trees, too.


This guy was hanging out beside the struggle ship service spell I was pruning a cherry tree this morning.  He looks a piddling cantankerous to me, too thence I didn't touch.



The witch hazel had a tough fourth dimension getting started.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 groundhog ate it to the solid soil every fall, but hold upward the roots were big plenty to outgrow the whistle pig.  Now it puts on a demo for months on end.

Tiny dark currant leaves.  This is ane prolific fruit plant.  It surprises me every year.
Finally, the Sun sets over the hill.  Another beautiful solar daytime showing us a glimpse of what is to come.
Of course of written report it does appear that we'll bring snowfall inward the morning...

April 1, 2018 M Tour

We've been busy lately!
With Spring hither (it actually is, I swear), nosotros await forrard to a few gift giving occasions, together with non together with thence happily, to allergies, together with bugs, together with toxicant ivy, oak, together with sumac (for starters). 
We set together about prissy sets.  Have a look.  They're available on our site.
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Aromatic, pure essential oils blended to larn far easier to bargain amongst allergy season.  Our Sinus Comfort Set is great!
When you're hitting the woods or meadow, live on certain you're gear upwards amongst our Outdoor Trio. 
This essential crude blend started amongst our renaissance festival days together with is nonetheless i of our best sellers.
The wise adult woman inwards your abode volition appreciate your wisdom inwards gifting her amongst this set.
Perennial favorite, lavender.  Relaxing together with refreshing at the same time. 

Hey hippies!  Come together with larn your patchouli.  We've got yous covered.

For the guys.  This fragrance is really popular.  Masculine together with clean. 
I unremarkably don't similar "foodie" scents inwards lather or torso care, but the Blackberry Sage is different.  Just almost everyone likes it.  They tally a bar, lead keep a big whiff, together with say, "Ahhhhh..." amongst a smile.
You'll abide by lots of other things, together with of course of report OUR favorite gift is a subscription to the magazine.  That i yous should merely larn ahead together with laissez passer to yourself, correct this minute.  Check out the May Day baskets piece you're there.  Those are sweet!  Oh together with the t-shirts!  And books! 

Some Novel Gifties For Boundary Inwards The Shop

July/August 2010 Essential Herbal Magazine

Have you lot e'er taken a sip of nectar from a scarlet clover blossom? As a pocket-size I would sit down inwards our neighbor’s field, describe the flowering tops off scarlet clover plants as well as sip the nectar from the base of operations of the flower. I loved the sweetness season of this summertime treat, unaware that this tasty herbaceous works life had healing properties!

Red clover, Trifolium pratense, (Trifolium way ‘three-leaved’ as well as pratense way ‘pasture land’) is likewise known equally regal clover, trefoil, moo-cow grass, beebread, sweetness clover, as well as moo-cow clover. Red clover is a perennial herb, used for cattle grazing as well as is said to last 1 of the outset agricultural crops. It has a Celtic source as well as grows wild inwards meadowlands throughout Europe as well as Asia. The herb was introduced into North America during the eighteenth century where it is instantly unremarkably constitute inwards sunny grasslands as well as along roadsides. The purple-pink, globe-shaped flowers at the halt of branched stems tin last dried for therapeutic use.

Red clover is associated amongst practiced fortune. The phrase “living inwards clover” refers to living a carefree life of ease, comfort, as well as prosperity. The familiar three-lobed leaves of the herb were associated yesteryear medieval Christians amongst the Trinity. Fairy lore states that unicorns especially similar to prevarication inwards fields of scarlet clover. Washing the eyelids amongst scarlet clover H2O was believed to promote seeing the fairies as well as unicorns
 

Red clover has been used to process a diversity of conditions, including whooping cough, bronchitis as well as pare inflammations. Traditionally, scarlet clover ointments as well as lotions guide keep been applied to the pare to process psoriasis, eczema, abscesses, rashes, cysts, tumors as well as wounds. It tin last used inwards many forms: capsule, tea, tincture, salve, ointment, wash, poultice, infused fossil oil as well as lotion.

Red clover is considered a "blood purifier" yesteryear acting equally a diuretic as well as expectorant, improving circulation, as well as helping cleanse the liver. It is a source of many nutrients including calcium, chromium, magnesium, iron, niacin, phosphorus, vitamin C, potassium, as well as thiamine. Nutritionally, scarlet clover is well-nigh good known equally a real rich source of isoflavones; compounds that human activeness similar estrogens as well as are constitute inwards many plants. These phyto-chemicals, likewise constitute inwards soy, expression similar to the hormone, estrogen. Many illustration studies are currently ongoing regarding the effects of scarlet clover equally a supplement for women’s wellness issues.  

Gather scarlet clover inwards summertime when inwards it is inwards full, opened upwards bloom. Take fourth dimension to rinse the flowers as well as depository fiscal establishment check them for insects. Be sure the house you lot harvested your blooms was non sprayed amongst chemicals. Pull the petals from the fresh bloom caput as well as add together them to salads or laid upwards a refreshing scarlet clover iced tea. To piece of occupation at a afterwards date, rinse the flowers as well as lay the blooms inwards the shade on a concealment or newspaper towels to dry. Store the flowers inwards air tight containers, inwards a cool night place.
Red Clover Iced Tea
For 1 large drinking glass of iced tea you lot volition need:
One to 2 teaspoons dried scarlet clover flowers or ½ loving cup fresh scarlet clover blossoms as well as viii ounces of practiced H2O

Bring H2O to a rolling boil, pour the boiling H2O over the scarlet clover flowers as well as steep for vii – 12 minutes. Strain as well as add together local dear (red clover dear would last a practiced choice) to sweeten if desired. Allow to cool earlier pouring your brew into a large drinking glass filled amongst H2O ice cubes. Garnish amongst lemon balm or lemon verbena leaves. Enjoy!!! (You tin for sure brand a ‘pitcher’ of iced tea – merely increase the ingredients to proportions).
Interactions as well as Precautions:Research shows scarlet clover may interfere amongst the body's might to procedure to a greater extent than or less drugs that are broken downward yesteryear liver enzymes. For that reason, you lot should depository fiscal establishment check amongst your wellness provider earlier using scarlet clover. Red clover may heighten the number of anti-coagulant drugs, increasing the run a endangerment of bleeding, as well as hence produce non guide keep scarlet clover earlier having surgery. Studies guide keep shown that scarlet clover may increase the number of estrogens if you lot are taking hormone replacement therapy, or nascency command pills. Women who are important or breastfeeding should non piece of occupation scarlet clover. 

The information provided inwards this article is intended alone to inform the reader. Please last sure to ‘know your herb’ earlier consuming it.
“Walk Gently on this Earth!”

Submitted by:
Mary Hammond – Herbal Practitioner
www.smilingsage.com

Red Clover – Herb Of Adept Fortune

There are hence many delicious wild greens coming upwards correct now.  The best agency to larn to purpose them is to but outset throwing them into dishes.  They are commonly tender, hence but the final few minutes of cooking is mostly best.  Tonight I was inwards the mood for an omelet.
Here's how it went down...
Went exterior in addition to picked a few cups of garlic mustard leaves in addition to stinging nettles leaves. 
Pulled out a skillet, in addition to threw inwards a pat of butter.
Dumped a pint of infant bella mushrooms (use what y'all have) in addition to most an ounce of H2O on medium heat, covered. 
Allowed them to ready til most done, added greens in addition to to a greater extent than or less other ounce of water, covered, in addition to then turned to low.

In the meantime, I pulled out to a greater extent than or less other skillet in addition to started ii eggs.
Once they were set, I layered on top...
Single layer of super sparse slices of smoked ham.
Handful of shredded cheddar.
 - encompass for a twain minutes to melt cheese.
Add most 1/2 the mushrooms in addition to greens
Slide onto plate in addition to flip the ane side over on top.
Top amongst salsa.



And there's plenty filling to accept it in ane trial to a greater extent than for lunch.
Yum!

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