Blazing Star Herbal School

May Day Craft Fair (April 30th 2023)

Blazing Star Herbal School is hosting our second Annual 

May Day Craft Fair

APRIL 30th 2023!!!

 A Day long community building outdoor craft fair

open to the public 

11am-4pm

(Featuring herbalists, nature based artisans,  yummy snacks and more)

 

Check out our amazing Vendors

Lizz Ziter  @MuddyJane

Tynne Love @herbal_deva

Joanna Gabler. www.joannagablerart.com

Jennifer Goodheart @violet.hill.botanicals

Nancy Haver @nancyhaverart   

Tina Louise @tinalouiseart @boonbotanics

Megan Smithers The Painted Owl Studio @megansmithers8

A.T. Gibson Claywork https://atgibsonclaywork.bigcartel.com

Leslie Chaison. @peoplesmedicineproject

Denise Beaudet  https://www.facebook.com/denise.beaudet/

Nola Snyder @oakandroseherbal

Lilian Jackman wilderhillpress.com 

Nathalie Lewis Handmade Books

Amy  Solidago Botanical Arts

Lauren Mills (illustrator) @LaurenMillsArt

Laurel Rogers Passionato Books Handbound books @passionatobooks 

Kristen Jouannet Black Kite Creations Woodworking art

Sleepy Owl Herbs (Rebecca Hoffer) @sleepyowlherbfarmer

 Sahar Luna Faun Botanicals

Venus Free  Botanicalsbone flower botanikals & the foundation apothecary 

Lindsey Matarazzo Rhynia. org

Casey Williams @caseywilliamsartandmaps

 Evelyn Morrison Eve's Garden @evesgarden613 

Camille Tahar PickNature  @_picknature_

Sadie Westermann

Julia Carroll @wornattheedges

and myself Tony(a) Lemos @365artlog 

and now for the Give-Away. . .

 

We are giving away one of our

DIY Herbalism Correspondence Courses

(YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE!)

Do-it-Yourself Herbalism 

                         ...practical, thrify and fun! 

Course 1:

Optimum Winters Health  

- Starts Dec 3rd.....Now open to registration

 

Course 2:

Spring Tonics and Wild Foods  

- Registration opens March 1st March 21 starts date

 

Course 3:

Summers Remedies and First Aid 

- Registration opens May 15th,  June 1st starts date

 

For more info on the Correspondence Courses Click Here

 

Here is what you have to do to enter. It's simple...

1) leave a comment here with your name, contact info, and which course you would pick and why.

2)  tell a friend about this give away and encourage them to participate

And for an extra chance to win

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (see links on the sidebar)and Let your friends know that way also. Thanks

 

A winner will be chosen at Random on January 1st and posted here!

 

Good Luck!

Wishing you all, all the best  in 2011

 

 

Happy Holidays from Us to You....Recipes, A Giveaway, Gift Certificates and more!

 

As a Thank-You for your support this year we are offering a week of favorite Herbal Healthy Holiday Recipes. Starting Monday Dec 20th they'll be a recipe-a-day....and then on Friday a Special Holiday Give Away...one of our herbal correspondence courses! so stay tuned!

If you are still looking for the perfect give look for further a Blazing Star Herbal School Gift Certificate is both versatile and health promoting. A perfect way to start the New Year!

You can redeem your gift certificates on the following products and services offered:

- Herbal Consultations

-Wellness Programs (December Special!!) (the perfect New Year's Gift!)

- Herbal Products

- Classes and Apprenticeships (for all levels beginner, intermediate, advanced, mentorships and even long distance correspondence programs)

- An Herbal Summer: Exploring the World of Herbs with Young Children

- or any thing from our Etsy Store!!!

 

Also, do not miss our monthly column on Hilltown Families (Second tuesday of each month) where we will be re-printing the long out of print "A Cure for what ails" 

 

Homegrown Revolution- The Film

Homegrown Revolution (Trailer) from Path to Freedom on Vimeo.

Jules Dervaes is the founder of Path to Freedom®, a family-operated urban homestead project established in 2001 to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and to sow a "homegrown revolution" against the corporate powers that control the food supply!

The Autumn Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

 

A fruit crammed with nutritional value, simply falling off bushes all around us. A sour taste at first but a sweet reward follows.

Ounce for ounce, the typical autumn olive berry is up to 17 times higher in lycopene than the typical raw tomato (80-90 per cent of the US intake of this nutrient comes from tomatoes and tomato products). It also has a high carotenoid content as well as  high levels of vitamins A, C and E, and flavonoids and essential fatty acids.

There are several ways that you can use Autumn Olives in creating yummy snacks and condiments.

• processed into jams, jellies and sauces
• dried into fruit leather

This year I made a yummy stewed sauce sweetened with maple syrup that so far has been eaten on top of warm ginger bread and whipped cream, waffles, and with yogurt. I also processed a batch with apples into apple sauce with Autumn Olives, Spikenard Berries, Lycium Berries and Elderberries.....the result quite yummy! Later today I think I will try the friut leather recipe found here

Dandelion Wishes Photos

 

Name that Flower....

I'll mail one OZ of my favorite homemade High C Syrup (Hawthorne Flowers, Hibiscus Flowers, Elderberries, Rosehips and Blackcurrants) to a luck person who correctly names all three flowers...