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What is a salve? And how to easily make one!

March 24, 2020 By Angi Schneider Leave a Comment

image of two jars of herbal salve on wooden table

Salves are probably the easiest herbal skin care product to make at home. They’re fantastic for healing and soothing all kinds of skin conditions. If you’re new to this diy lifestyle you may find yourself asking, “Yeah, but what IS a salve?” What is a salve? A salve is basically an ointment that is applied […]

Using Honey for Allergies – breaking down the evidence

February 6, 2020 By Angi Schneider 4 Comments

image of a jar of honey with a honey dipper being pulled out

As a family who keeps bees I’m often asked about using honey for allergies – mainly, does it work? The simple answer is “it depends.” There are a lot of variables to consider when deciding to use local raw honey as part of your seasonal allergy protocol. The basic thought process of using honey for […]

How to make a drawing salve for thorns, splinters, and other working outside hazards

May 15, 2018 By Angi Schneider 15 Comments

Black drawing salve is great to use on thorns, splinters, blemishes, and even frost bitten roster combs. Learn how to make this simple and effective diy herbal remedy in your own kitchen.

It’s dewberry season around here which means we have stained fingernails and small thorns in our hands. We should wear gloves, I’m not sure exactly what it is about gloves that we don’t like when we pick berries but there’s something…and so we don’t wear them. We just deal with dirty looking fingernails; eventually they’ll […]

Growing and Using Passionflowers aka Maypop

March 14, 2018 By Angi Schneider 30 Comments

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Soon after my husband and I got married, he brought home a beautiful purple flower that he had found on a pasture fence line. It was a passionflower, Passiflora incarnata, which is also known as maypop in areas where it grows wild. We’ve been growing and using passionflowers ever since. Beautiful flowers aren’t the only […]

Making herbal tea blends – what you need to know

August 18, 2017 By Angi Schneider 4 Comments

Herbal tea blends | SchneiderPeeps.comMaking your own herbal tea blends is easy and much more cost effective than buying premade blends. Learn how to make DIY tea blends using traditional methods.

We are a tea loving family. In fact, I joke that growing up while other kids drank Kool-Aid® or Tang®, we drank tea (meaning sweet iced tea, I am from the South, you know). As a young adult I was introduce to herbal teas and fell in love with them, too. At first I would […]

DIY Body Butter for Healthy Skin

March 14, 2017 By Angi Schneider 3 Comments

Making homemade body butter is a great way to combat dry skin naturally. Learn how to make body butter with just a few easy to find ingredients.

Dry skin is something that drives me crazy but putting chemicals on my skin is something I’m not willing to do to moisturize it. I’ve been on the hunt for a homemade moisturizer for quite a while. I’ve tried several recipes and techniques; some have been super oily and didn’t absorb well, others had water […]

Pink Lemonade Herbal Bath Fizzy

November 8, 2016 By Angi Schneider Leave a Comment

There is nothing quite like a warm bath with soothing herbs and salt in it. Why not add some herbal bath fizzy to take it to the next level. This bath soak is super fun and also makes a great gift!

A few years ago we tried to make bath bombs and let’s just say they were one of my more epic DIY fails. We had fun, but they didn’t work the way Martha said they would. The problem was you had to add water to them to get them to stick together and the water […]

Homemade Vapor Rub for the Cold and Flu Season

October 24, 2016 By Angi Schneider 6 Comments

When my big kids were little we used to use something we called “nose medicine” when we were stuffy, most people call it Vicks® Vapor Rub. It works great, but we decided to stop using it for a several reasons. Now, I make homemade vapor rub salve for our family using essential oils, carrier oils, […]

8 Tips for Ethical Foraging and Finding Wild Edible Plants

September 22, 2016 By Angi Schneider 1 Comment

Ethical foraging ensures that there will be edible and medicinal wild plants available in the future. It also means protecting your family, the environment and the plants.

I was first introduced to foraging (finding wild edible plants) by my husband who happens to be an Eagle Scout. Early in our marriage he found a an empty field that used to have a nursery on it and it was full of blackberry brambles. Carl loves to explore and every where we have lived […]

How to Make and Use Infused Oils

September 20, 2016 By Angi Schneider 15 Comments

Infusing herbs into oils is a great way to add flavor, color and medicinal value to oils. Learn how to make and use infused oils as both food and medicine.

In fusing herbs in oils is such a great way to add flavor, scent, color and health benefits to oils. I’ve been making infused oils for quite some time and thought I’d share with you my no-fuss way of infusing the oil. But first let’s chat about why you would even want to infuse oil. […]

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