The Sacred Herbs for Samhain that I am using this year are Rosemary, Mugwort, Wormwood and Rowan. As part of the celebrations I am making a Parshell Cross (a Samhain Cross) and will be preparing a feast. After carving a turnip I will add the turnip flesh to a hearty vegetable stew; make an Apple Pie and my favourite of all, Colcannon made with our own potatoes and our own kale. All recipes are below. If you would like to know more about how I celebrate Samhain, consider joining me for the Samhain Festival on the Wise Woman Way training. This is a transpersonal course connecting us with the plants and Irish goddesses for healing and self development. More details here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/wise-woman-way/ I also teach an Introduction to Herbal Medicine which is a six months long, self-paced course. The course includes growing and working with plants and creating remedies. More information here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/product/an-introduction-to-herbal-medicine-a-6-month-digital-course__trashed/ The Weed Handbooks are my two books that introduce you to the wild medicinal plants that can be found almost everywhere in the world. Regarded by many as unwanted, they are some of the most medicinal plants we could have. https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/product-category/products/ Thanks to Lol Hardiman for the lovely music and the filming and editing. You can hear more of Lol's music here on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@lolhardiman5247 and you can also find him at his website https://lolhardimanmusic.com/ For our Samhain celebrations I will be making a Jack O'Lantern by hollowing out a turnip and adding the flesh to a hearty, veggie stew. To make the stew, saute the onions and garlic, add diced turnip, carrots, parsnips and pour in some home made stock. After 15 minutes of simmering, add the potatoes and some herbs such as Thyme, Sage, Rosemary, salt and pepper. Alternatively put the stew mix into a pastry and make a pie, serve with Colcannon. To make the Colcannon, boil enough potatoes for everyone and when they are ready, drain, dry and mash with milk and butter until soft and creamy. While the potatoes are boiling, slice some kale and boil until tender, then drain. Add the kale to the mashed potato and mix well. Serve with knobs of butter on top of the potatoes when you serve the pie. You could make gravy for this if you wish. We follow this with Apple and Blackberry pie. With this menu, I am using the abundance of the root vegetables and the apple harvest with hedgerow fruits. I was lucky enough to receive the red silken thread from Rita van der Kant-Klomp, author of the book "Ardeche Immortelle" - more information at www.ritavanderkant.com Follow us on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/danusirishherbgarden/ https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danusirishherbgarden?locale.x=en_US https://www.patreon.com/user?u=11781499&fan_landing=true If you would like to donate to the children in Palestine here is a link https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-relief?fbclid=PAAaZZA3VEbcJb9ymobRNzink_nxNJ1CoDxvCU5GtR2oScqAqPQ8Sfgu8uJcs_aem_AfnyQPkgKFNFoYia6nxinlIb395JDOJyMv_M97bhkfnzXQIwGXwq1jfWvzqDyWJBijErX2nUuDRVsSuYEzVc9t-0 Thanks for watching! xx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHzZGM4-MI

Here I share how to make a simple tincture in 3 easy steps. Recipe and technique below. If you would like to know more about us have a look at the web site www.danusirishherbgarden.com and linktr.ee/DanusIrishHerbGarden Music by Lol Hardiman. Find him here https://lolhardimanmusic.com/ and you can subscribe to him on YT here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_0pPrB3ogI&ab_channel=LolHardiman BIG EXCITING NEWS - My on-line herbal medicine course will be launched in January 2022. Information will be on the website and here!!! The course will teach how to make tinctures and lots of other types of medicine and will be educational, practical and will include some plant spirit teachings. MAKING A MEDICINAL TINCTURE 1) Choose your medicinal plant material - fresh or dry - and cut or chop up into small pieces. Place into a clean jar. The size of the jar depends on how much tincture you want to make. 2) Cover with vodka (or any spirit e.g Whiskey, Brandy or Gin) I prefer to use vodka because it is tasteless and colourless and less likely to impact on the final result. Add a small percentage of water for the water soluble parts of the plant. Put on a label with the name of the plant and the date and leave aside for 4-6 weeks. 3) After 4-6 weeks strain through clean muslin and pour into a brown bottle.(Use a piece of brown paper around a clear glass bottle to prevent light damaging your tincture.) Add a label with plant name and date and then put it into your apothecary. To use, add half to one teaspoon of tincture to a finger of water and take twice per day. This method can be used for every medicinal plant, using either fresh or dry plant material. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xSmfKPMUM

Dandelion is one of the most altruistic plants and is much needed by all of us. See below how to use Dandelion. If you would like to know more about working with Dandelion consider the Introduction to Herbal Medicine course - details are here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/product/an-introduction-to-herbal-medicine-a-6-month-digital-course__trashed/ If you are interested in becoming empowered with regards to your health, I am a herbalist and a teacher and you can find out about the herbal courses I offer here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/... Dandelion is also included in my book The Weed Handbook Vol 1 and you can find that here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/product/the-weed-handbook-volume-1-the-medicinal-and-magical-uses-of-connemara-weeds/ If you are interested in Plant Spirituality, awakening your inner Goddess, connecting with your creativity, and following the Celtic Wheel of the Year, you can find out about the Wise Woman Way training here - https://www.danusirishherbgarden.com/... You can also find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danusirishh... and here:- https://www.udemy.com/course/herbal-s... and here https://www.udemy.com/course/herbs-fo... Thanks to Lol for the lovely music. You can find Lol here https://lolhardimanmusic.com/ and he is on YouTube too - / @lolhardiman5247 His latest album "Drive By Preacher" is here - https://www.youtube.com/results?searc... https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/danus... https://www.patreon.com/user?u=117814... If you would like to make your own tincture here are the steps to follow. 1) Harvest the plant - never taking more than 5-10%. Chop the plant as finely as you can to ensure there is maximum surface area for extraction. 2) Place the chopped herb (which could be flowers, leaves, seeds, roots or bark) into a clean jam jar and cover with alcohol such as vodka. Make sure it is 40% proof (for Europe) or 80 - 100% proof in US. Give it a stir to remove any bubbles. 3) Keep the tincture for 6 weeks minimum and then strain out the plant material. Place the tincture into a brown bottle or into a bottle with a brown paper around it. That is it!! Use when needed - approximately 1/2 to 1 Tsp per dose. Thanks for watching! xx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSo2YDCJLs8

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