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Purple dead nettle.

Purple Dead Nettle – Foraging, Medicinal, and Cooking Guide

How to Plan a Medicinal Herb Garden

Rosehips in a basket.

Benefits of Rosehips (Growing, Harvesting & Medicinal Uses)

Echinacea flowers and a tincture bottle sitting on a wooden counter top.

Echinacea Tincture – How To Make It & Use It

A glass of ginger water with ginger, brown sugar and a spoon on a counter.

Old-Fashioned Ginger Water Recipe (Switchel or Haymaker Punch)

Ingredients for elderberry syrup: honey, dried elderberries and apple cider vinegar.

29 of the BEST Elderberry Recipes (Dried Elderberry Recipes)

Dried elderberries in a jar and two small jars of elderberry syrup sitting on a counter.

How to Make Elderberry Syrup + Additional Add-Ins

5 bars of soap with decorative twine tied around them as gifts.

How to Make Soap at Home- Beginner’s Guide to Soap Making

How To Make Rose Water Syrup – Ma Ingall’s Recipe

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