Mama’s Herb Garden

Fresh Basil Aromatherapy

I just picked some fresh basil and it smells so good, I can’t stand myself.  The smell of freshly picked basil is sharp, bright and almost resinous. It’s distinctively glorious. I have a huge handful of those smooth, shiny leaves to sprinkle over the fresh green beans and goat cheese we’re having for dinner. I [...]

Lion Hearted Motherwort

I’ve always had a particular fondness for Leonurus cardiaca, the botanical name for the otherwise christened Motherwort. It means “lion heart.”
Motherwort is a perennial herb that comes back strong and faithful every year. According to the Doctrine of Signatures, the way a plant grows — its habits and characteristics — give valuable clues about the [...]

Peaceful Wisdom

When we first moved Earth Mama Angel Baby into the current manufacturing facility, we all knew the place needed to feel like home.  Surrounded by concrete and steel, it was important for us to stay connected to the earth. So in the middle of an industrial park, we planted herbs.

Right outside my office window are beautiful herbs that [...]

That’s No Lady, That’s My Pest Control

I’m not sure why, but this year there seems to be a bumper crop of aphids. Especially on the roses.  Maybe it’s because we had a mild-ish winter. Or maybe because it was a wet-ish spring. Whatever the conditions, the aphids seem to be thriving and happily sucking the very gorgeousness from my [...]

Sprouting Health

My new/old favorite nearly instantly gratifying food trick is making sprouts. I say old, because back in the day when we were wearing tie dye and bellbottoms for the first time and before we realized the nutritional value of sprouts, I used to make sprouts all the time. At the time when I was first [...]

Non-Toxic Waste Dump

The good news about having a certified organic manufacturing facility is that the industrial waste is disposed of sustainably. Non-toxic herbal industrial waste = organic compost.
Now that’s some good garbage.
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Yarrow To The Rescue

While washing dishes a few nights ago I accidentally bounced my best Rachel Ray knife off my index finger. Since my hands were warm from the dishwater, the cut bled like I’d just opened the valve to Old Faithful. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Like all cooks busy hacking and chopping, I’ve [...]

Cream of Green Soup

What better way to say I Love You than with a fresh stinging nettle soup, right?  I thought so too. My husband had a cold and was a touch off his game, so this past Valentine’s day I decided to harvest the first crop of spring nettles, spinach and kale and make him a steaming bowl of Cream [...]

Drooling Over Seed Catalogs

I heard a robin singing last week. Not only that, little green stinging nettle plants and brave daffodil shoots are peeking out through the mud. And the raspberry plants have fresh new buds emerging from the dry, brown canes. That means two things that make my wee heart leap: It’s almost spring, and it’s seed catalog time!

I [...]

Suzanne is Leaving and We’re Happy About It

Suzanne’s last day at Earth Mama Angel Baby was last week and we’re happy about it. Not because we’re happy she’s leaving, but because we’re  happy she is leaving to have a baby.
She came to work at Earth Mama Angel Baby, and has been our #1 Mama’s Helper ever since. It was the same month we packed up the [...]