Simple Summer Herbal Remedies to Make Now to Be Ready for Summer

With summer comes scrapes, burns, stings and bites. Let's prepare our herbal medicine cabinets now so we're armed and ready for the season! In this episode, I'm sharing three of my go-to remedies for the summer, including a calendula sunburn salve, plantain bug bite balm and a peppermint lemon cooling spray.

For the printable, step-by-step recipes, visit the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/how-to-start-using-medicinal-herbs/

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Chit Chat
4:09 - Azure Standard
6:49 - Making a Roux
10:35 - Main Topic

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- Preserving Culinary Herbs - Downloadable, step-by-step directions to drying, freezing, and salting culinary herbs. https://homesteadingfamily.com/PCH_YT

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