Drying Rosemary for Use Once you grow a Rosemary bush you can harvest the fresh branches and pull off the needles. In most cases you are going to want to dry the rosemary before using it or making an extraction. You Will Need: Fresh Rosemary ScissorsTwine Paper Bag Step 1...
Cultivation of Rosemary Since it is attractive and drought-tolerant, rosemary is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and for xeriscape landscaping, especially in regions of Mediterranean climate. It is considered easy to grow and pest-resistant. Rosemary can grow quite large and retain attractiveness for many...
How to Make Rosemary Tincture You Will Need: Fresh Rosemary Small Clean Mason JarEverclear or Grain Alcohol Step 1 Stuff a small jar with fresh rosemary. 2 Cover the rosemary with Everclear by one inch. Tighten the lid and store in a dark place...
Rosemary Infused Olive Oil You Will Need: 3-4 Rosemary SprigsClean Mason Jar or Bottle2 cups Olive Oil* Small Pot and Stove*or other oil of your choice, grapeseed oil is better if you want to use it for high temperature cooking. Olive Oil is great for salad dressings...
How to Make Rosemary Salt Rosemary Salt is great for cooking and taking advantage of the high mineral content in herbs like rosemary. It's also great to solt your food with. Tip: Use some Lite Salt with the Sea Salt and you can will get the...
Cultivation Syzygium aromaticum is an evergreen tree that can grow more than eight meters high. Usually the cultivated varieties only grow to around 5 meters that is still 2-3 times the height of a human. It is native to Indonesia and as a mature tree is a...
The name clove is derived from the French word “clou” which means nail and likely refers to the shape of the dried clove bud. Cloves are often pressed into foods or fruits like nails when the clove flavor is desired in the food. Cloves are...
How to Create Your Own Pomander Pomanders have been used for centuries to scent and protect rooms and clothing. You can make your own with your family and each can be creative with their own design a little like creating jackolanterns! Ingredients Needed: Whole cloves Small oranges (but not...
Making Clove Oil Clove Oil has all kinds of wonderful uses. It is widely popular to use cloves to ease swelling and pain from tooth infections in the mouth. Ingredients: 6 grams of fresh whole cloves Half Cup of Olive Oil You will also need: Mortar and Pestle Or Spice Grinder Large Coffee...
Homemade Stove Top Potpourri This homemade potpourri is easy to make, smells amazing and adds a festive scent to holiday parties and celebrations. Perfect for any occasion! Ingredients: 1 whole orange or orange peel 1/2 cup cranberries 1 tbs whole cloves 3 Cinnamon sticks Orris Root Powder You will...
Do It Yourself Incense Cinnamon Nutmeg Clove Incense Cones Recipe! This is a great way to start making your own incense recipes. We enjoy using these cone molds to make homemade incense because you can control all of the ingredients you use and alter them depending...
Bread and Butter Pickles This pickling brine is great for making your best bread and butter pickles or even for marinating meats overnight before a special meal. Ingredients: The Brine: 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 1 teaspoon dry mustard 3-4 whole cloves1 teaspoon celery seed ½...
Clove Spice Rub This spice rub is great for all kinds of dishes and is especially enjoyed in the fall. Use it on meat and vegetable dishes and even roll your favorite candies in it or add it to holiday cookies! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar...
What are carrier oils? Both essential oils and carrier oils are oils derived from plants. Essential Oils are very potent and can cause irritation or just be wasted when applied directly to skin. Essential Oils are diluted into more balanced oils so that you can then...
Cloves are one of the famous spices that drove the famous "spice trade" and offered riches for colonials to fight wars over. Cloves - The Tiny Flowers that Changed the World One of the most widely used spices in the world and one that wars...
Here at Eartha Astraya we have always loved Chinese Tea and while you may have purchased out Yerba Mate or our other teas in the past we couldn't wait to add more! Now we have added several kinds of Chinese Tea including: Puer's, Oolong, White Silver...
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We have had many experiences with essential oils. We love the benefits and the amazing sensual relationship we have with the oils the plants produce. Unfortunately people take advantage of this. Eartha Astraya has had our own bad experiences with essential oils and buying them...
Divination: (from Latin divinare “to foresee, to be inspired by a god”,[2] related to divinus, divine) Divine – The Intangible Understanding of the UniverseNation – Gathering of Information into a System Divination is basically the gathering of the intangible into a system by which it can be...
012014 Happy New Year! Many cultures celebrate New Years closer to spring or in summer for Harvest Season. Modern Western culture on the other hand celebrates our New Years day in the cold of winter. Might have something to do with the modern temperament. I...