Current
Issue - January/February 2011 Field
Notes from the Editor, Learning is a never-ending joy. We’ve been doing lots of it around here lately. Therapeutic Baths, Tiffany M Psichopaidas - Blending herbs to fill your tub with tea is a delightful
way to care for yourself in the winter and to chase away a chill. Instructions and recipes included. Lousiana Lagniappe, Sally Lunn, Sarah Liberta, Mouth-watering recipe for this buttery bread, with
several options to change it from savory to almost a desert. Vanilla Sugar, Rita Richardson, What could be better than sugar infused with the flavor and fragrance
of luscious vanilla? Make your own! Valentine Specialties from the Herb Garden, Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh, Sweets for the sweet — but this isn’t
chocolate. How about a massage oil or a special bath to spice things up? Sunchokes/Jerusalem Artichokes, Jackie Johnson, Learn about this plentiful, easy-to-grow root vegetable
and how to prepare, cook, and preserve it. So good for you! SouthRidge Treasures, Warming Masala Chai, Mary Ellen Wilcox, Exotic Masala Chai demystified with some
history and several delicious recipes. You’ll be trading this for cocoa (well, maybe not all the time…) once you’ve
gotten to know the scents and flavors in this decadent yet healthful beverage. Aphrodisiacs, Marita A Orr, Learn about what herbs will and won’t do in the love department. Long considered
to be almost magical in their effects, there are specific actions of some herbs that actually do work as aphrodisiacs.
Find out which ones. Herbal Topiaries, Kathy Musser, Full instructions for making standard (little trees) and wreath-shaped topiaries
as well as a listing of plants that work well for them, and how to care for them once you’ve got them started. Refilling Your Own Cup, Catherine Love, After the holiday season, most of us are running on fumes. How do you
refill that cup so that you have something left for yourself and your loved ones? Winter Soups, Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh, There is nothing like a pot of savory soup waiting at the end of a long,
cold day. They warm us up, nourish us, and taste delicious. The Mushroom Ginger Soup is a new favorite here! The Herbal Adventures of the Twisted Sisters, Part 6, Tina Sams & Maryanne Schwartz,
Sharing your biggest mistakes publicly isn’t always the smartest move, but it’s always been our favorite method of teaching.
We do it so you don’t have to! This is the final installment of the book. The Soap Pot, Soaping with Stored Herbs, Alicia Grosso,
Moving to a different climate can cause havoc in the garden.
Luckily there were some herbs stashed away so that the creativity
in the soap pot goes on. Tea — Cold Weather Ally, Cindy Jones, Some great, quick ways to take a regular Camelia sinensis tea and make it herbal. It’s All Good, Sandy Michelson, A favorite Gardeners Salve from rugged Montana! Working Together, Tina Sams, As small businesses, there are so many ways we can work together to make things simpler and easier to afford. Herbs of the Zodiac: Pisces, Susanna Reppert Brill/Bertha Reppert, Pisces finishes up this 2 year series from Susanna
(with much help from her mother, Bertha), and brings a little more ginger to the winter as well as several other Piscean herbs.
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