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Ginger and Echinacea Tea

January 24, 2023 by friendshillapiary

Echinacea Budding
…Thy Medicine

Soothing a Sore Throat or just wanting a warm healthful beverage on a cold winter day…

Echinacea Full Bloom

Ginger and Echinacea Tea

  • Hot water to fill your cup(s)
  • 1 teaspoon echinacea flowers or roots
  • 1 teaspoon ginger root, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • a few drops of Lemon juice, (optional)

Start with a tea kettle of hot, not boiling water. Boiling water will destroy some of the beneficial properties in your herbal blend as well as in your honey.

Prepare your herbal blend and place it in an infuser or tea steeper. If you don’t have a special infuser or steeper, you can use cheesecloth, cotton fabric wrapped and tied with a natural string. Or you can use a small kitchen strainer. I like using the all-natural materials for the pure quality of the flavors. Place your infuser into the cup and pour the hot water over the herbs. Let it “steep” for several minutes. You can stir in the honey at any time. The longer you steep your tea, the stronger the flavor will become. Note: with some herbal blends, less is more, depending on your own tastes.

Mix and match and add additional goodness from various other optional ingredients, like lemon juice, other fruit juices, etc.

At my home, I almost always have a tea kettle with warm to hot water on the stove at all times, in the winter. I never know when the urge is going to strike for a refreshing and uplifting cup of tea, especially on a cold winter day. Plus it adds moisture into the otherwise dry atmosphere from the home heating sources.

Enjoy!

Filed Under: Buzz Blog, Recipes Tagged With: Health, Herbal, Tasty, Tea

The Benefits of Backyard Beekeeping Class JWCC

January 19, 2023 by friendshillapiary

I am excited to be teaching again, on the Benefits of Backyard Beekeeping for the Community Based Outreach, through John Wood Community College. All of the CBO classes are Personal and Professional Development Courses. This is a great opportunity to learn something new for little to no fees.

The course will illustrate the extensive benefits of backyard beekeeping and the interdependencies of pollinators in agriculture, home gardens, and our ecosystem.

We will discuss how imperative it is to protect all pollinators, why we keep honey bees, different methods we use as beekeepers, agriculture and biodiversity aspects, nectar secreting plants, simple alternatives to chemical applications, benefits of bi-products from the hive, and more.

Registration is required and can be found through the link below. The class will be held on April 22, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Room D115 in the Paul Health Community Education and Fine Arts Center.

Please find all the information for registering for this class and others, in the following link:

Spring 2023 Catalog.

We hope to see you there!

Filed Under: Education, Events Tagged With: Beekeeping, Health, Home Gardens, Honeybees, Pollinators, Teaching

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