Practice herbalism on your homestead to support natural wellness for both people and animals. From crafting healing salves like a simple plantain salve to infusing honey, tincturing dandelion, and blending herbal bath and body recipes, we bring you hands-on tutorials rooted in traditional herbalism and simple living.
Whether you’re drawn to creating herbal remedies from foraged plants or stewarding a garden for medicinal herbs, Rootsy welcomes you with practical, approachable herbal self-care that grows from your own backyard.
Plantain is a plant that grows in many untreated lawns and often goes unnoticed but this common weed is a powerhouse for our homes. The plantain weed is edible and medicinal making it a great plant to know and harvest from the backyard and nearby wild areas. Gather some of this useful plant material and …
Make a simple dandelion tincture to help ease indigestion, calm gout symptoms, and more. A tincture is a concentrated herbal extract made by soaking plant material in alcohol — it’s one of the oldest and most effective ways to preserve and use medicinal herbs. The flowers are delicious in dandelion fritters and the leaves can …
Herb infused honey is not only a delicious treat but a nourishing one, too! It’s easy to make and even easier to use to get extra herbs into the body in times of need. This is a simple wonderful project that can provide extra healing and comfort to you and your family. All you need …
Soothe and protect lips with this easy to make natural homemade lip balm recipe! Learning how to make lip balm is truly nothing more than heating together some oil, beeswax, and honey. It’s a simple process that is also frugal and allow you to know and understand every ingredient being applied to your body. This …
Wondering how to make bath bombs? These DIY bath bomb recipes are all easy to make. By using common kitchen ingredients you can create lucious all natural bath bombs on the cheap! What are bath bombs? Technically, bath bombs are small balls that are made out of baking soda and citric acid, plus some other …
The great thing about gardening is that we can grow exactly what we want and need. This is as true for vegetables as it for plants in the medicinal herb garden. Growing our own medicinal herb garden means we can plan and plant the useful herbs needed for the ailments and conditions we encounter most …
Once a cold or flu hits your home, it’s a bugger of a thing to fight and get on top off. Of course, are numerous remedies and medications available at the local pharmacy. However, you can also find natural relief by making herb garden remedies right from the abundance in your backyard or on the windowsill. …
Summer is often the season of abundance. This abundance applies as much to food as it does to herbal remedies. Make these flower tinctures as they bloom this summer and be ready to care for a variety of ailments in the seasons ahead. Rose to Calm Anxiety Tinctures are often made with alcohol but can …
Use easy to make plantain salve as a homemade herbal remedy to soothe bug bites, soothe itching, and more. Plantain grows wild in most untreated lawns and green spaces making it one of the easiest wild herbs to forage and use at home and this healing salves is a great way to make use of …
There are times when you need a little something to help boost your immunity but don’t want to make a full batch of infused herbs. In those cases, this single serving herbal cordial recipe is just what you need. There are several methods used to make herbal cordials. The first is to infuse herbs in …