http://www.mamasherbgarden.com Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/fresh-basil-aromatherapy http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/fresh-basil-aromatherapy#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:32:24 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=933 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 [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/fresh-basil-aromatherapy/feed 1 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/lion-hearted-motherwort http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/lion-hearted-motherwort#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:48:05 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=921 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 [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/lion-hearted-motherwort/feed 0 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/peaceful-wisdom http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/peaceful-wisdom#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:12:41 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=903 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 [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/peaceful-wisdom/feed 0 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/outside-the-garden/youre-invited-toxin-free-twitter-party http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/outside-the-garden/youre-invited-toxin-free-twitter-party#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:46:44 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=282 Ask anybody here. The one subject that is guaranteed to hoist me up on my soap box is untruths (a very nice way of saying deliberately misleading information) in product packaging. I’m a manufacturer, but I’m also a consumer. I buy products for myself and for my family to clean, moisturize and pamper. And like everyone [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/outside-the-garden/youre-invited-toxin-free-twitter-party/feed 4 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/the-attack-of-the-nefarious-spider http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/the-attack-of-the-nefarious-spider#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:08:42 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=259 I’d like to preface the following comments by acknowledging that people’s fears are real and worthy of respectful consideration. There. That’s out of the way. Now I want to tell you about what happened last week. One of our Customer Care Mamas, let’s just call her “Trixie” to afford her some measure of anonymity, had a [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/the-attack-of-the-nefarious-spider/feed 7 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/bee-positive http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/bee-positive#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:56:08 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=206 I’ve been pondering the apparent plight of bees the past few days. I mean more so than usual. I tried to take a picture of the lavender that is dancing under the weight of bees that zip from one blossom to the next, but photographs just don’t capture the magic. Still pictures just can’t show [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/bee-positive/feed 2 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/to-nettle http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/to-nettle#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:58:14 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=177 To Nettle net·tle (ntl) n. tr.v. net·tled, net·tling, net·tles 1. To sting with or as if with a nettle. 2. To irritate; vex. If you’re planning on hiking, camping or being out in the Great Outdoors this summer, you would do well knowing how to identify our nettlesome, herbal friend, Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica. Nettles can be irritating, vexing villains, deliciously nutritious [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/to-nettle/feed 1 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/st-johns-wort http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/st-johns-wort#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:18:53 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=154 One of my dearest new friends recently asked me to name my favorite herbs and I had to think fast. It felt like choosing my favorite child because I love so many for their own unique gifts. St. John’s wort, or Hypericum perforatum, was one of the plants I named. Sunday was summer solstice — [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/st-johns-wort/feed 0 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/neils-radishes http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/neils-radishes#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:44:00 +0000 mama http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=115 This is Neil. Neil is the only man-person in Earth Mama Angel Baby’s shipping department, and one of only four men who work here. He’d say “Aw Shucks” to this, but it’s a rare man who can hold his own working alongside a cadre of estrogen types packing nipple butter all day. He’s a gem. Neil [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/inside-emab/neils-radishes/feed 0 http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/the-birds-and-the-bees http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/the-birds-and-the-bees#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 20:29:15 +0000 admin http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/?p=73 I’ve still got it. It’s been years, but I just dusted off my bee gloves, the smoker and goofy hat with the netting and gingerly got back in the bee business. Some weeks ago I found a discarded bird’s nest under one of our huge cedar trees. At first I wasn’t sure what it was because [...]]]> http://www.mamasherbgarden.com/my-garden/the-birds-and-the-bees/feed 0