midnight rider
Well-Known Member
thanks for the welcome and the kind words, herbgirl. 
am enjoying the site, it's a great resource and everyone seems to get along rather well. i was blessed to have a country-wise grandma who taught me about our local plants, herbs and wildlife when i was growing up and i became obsessed with all things wild and free.
then later i learned lots of useful info through independent study via the web. once you get into herbs, essential oils, healthy teas, etc you can't give em up very easy can you? love to make tinctures and salves. will post a step by step pic tec of some homemade sunscreen when i make it in the spring. there's enough bad chemicals in commercial sunscreen to drop a rhino, will show you guys how to make a healthy alternative. i spend hundreds of hours each year outdoors in the sun photographing nature and wanted something i could use guilt free.
my favorite herb sources are mountainroseherbs.com for all kinds of bulk herbs, tinctures, awesome teas (Rooibos especially, i drink everyday, usually the green but the red is great too.)
another great site is botanicalpreservationcorps.com ben has great herbs from the amazon basin and south america, very fresh high quality, many unavailable anywhere else. am never without his chanca piedra, an herb which is a fantastic treatment for kidney stones and a great tonic for the kidneys, liver and gall bladder. take a teaspoon of that once or twice a month steeped 5 minutes in hot water and keep any kidney problems at bay. he's also got kanna, yerba mate, rhodiola rosea, lots more....
for smokables i used to love stuff from howie at columbine wizardry herbs, he had the best cobra head (pedicularis bracteosa) at one time. his elephant head (ped. groenlandica) and scullcaps were always great too but they had trouble getting people to gather the harvests so their supplies were not too reliable.
i created a little blend a few years ago i called rainbow blend with cobra head, dagga flowers, blue lily and some other yummies. lots of folks liked it, will post the recipe for that with exact proportions and some variations if folks would like to try to make some.
ktbotanicals.com has gotten a great batch of cobra head in this fall, give it a try you won't be dissapointed. they have a lot of great looking stuff like extracts that i have on hand but haven't tried yet, so many herbs, so little time. i'm even sitting on some moth mullein i found last summer too, will try that some day.
also, scott at loveleafgarden.com has great herbs, hard to find nicer indian warrior (ped. densiflora) than his and his shipping is very fast.
for bottles and jars you can't beat specialtybottle.com , have used them for years.
none of these things are blanket recommendations, kanna should not be used with any other meds, everyone should do their own research and consult with their health care professional to check for any interactions and contraindications which could cause problems with their particular conditions.
be blessed
am enjoying the site, it's a great resource and everyone seems to get along rather well. i was blessed to have a country-wise grandma who taught me about our local plants, herbs and wildlife when i was growing up and i became obsessed with all things wild and free.
then later i learned lots of useful info through independent study via the web. once you get into herbs, essential oils, healthy teas, etc you can't give em up very easy can you? love to make tinctures and salves. will post a step by step pic tec of some homemade sunscreen when i make it in the spring. there's enough bad chemicals in commercial sunscreen to drop a rhino, will show you guys how to make a healthy alternative. i spend hundreds of hours each year outdoors in the sun photographing nature and wanted something i could use guilt free.
my favorite herb sources are mountainroseherbs.com for all kinds of bulk herbs, tinctures, awesome teas (Rooibos especially, i drink everyday, usually the green but the red is great too.)
another great site is botanicalpreservationcorps.com ben has great herbs from the amazon basin and south america, very fresh high quality, many unavailable anywhere else. am never without his chanca piedra, an herb which is a fantastic treatment for kidney stones and a great tonic for the kidneys, liver and gall bladder. take a teaspoon of that once or twice a month steeped 5 minutes in hot water and keep any kidney problems at bay. he's also got kanna, yerba mate, rhodiola rosea, lots more....
for smokables i used to love stuff from howie at columbine wizardry herbs, he had the best cobra head (pedicularis bracteosa) at one time. his elephant head (ped. groenlandica) and scullcaps were always great too but they had trouble getting people to gather the harvests so their supplies were not too reliable.
i created a little blend a few years ago i called rainbow blend with cobra head, dagga flowers, blue lily and some other yummies. lots of folks liked it, will post the recipe for that with exact proportions and some variations if folks would like to try to make some.
ktbotanicals.com has gotten a great batch of cobra head in this fall, give it a try you won't be dissapointed. they have a lot of great looking stuff like extracts that i have on hand but haven't tried yet, so many herbs, so little time. i'm even sitting on some moth mullein i found last summer too, will try that some day.
also, scott at loveleafgarden.com has great herbs, hard to find nicer indian warrior (ped. densiflora) than his and his shipping is very fast.
for bottles and jars you can't beat specialtybottle.com , have used them for years.
none of these things are blanket recommendations, kanna should not be used with any other meds, everyone should do their own research and consult with their health care professional to check for any interactions and contraindications which could cause problems with their particular conditions.
be blessed
) I forgot to stir the oils and Vitamin E in before transferring to these two jars. Thankfully I quickly realized the mistake and transferred the salve back into the 'common jar' to get a stir in there. 
. Since id prefer not to go back to lidocane and sterile non-stick gauze pads I figure may as well give canna-oil salve a go.
