All Posts — Healing Harvest Homestead

All Posts — Healing Harvest Homestead

Posts by Heidi Villegas, MA, CA, Herbalist

How to Make Natural Aspirin with Willow Bark (Salix alba)

How to Make Natural Aspirin with Willow Bark (Salix alba)

Herbs & Essential Oils, Natural Body & Home, Herbalism, PreparednessHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistJanuary 11, 2025willow, natural aspirin, how to make a tincture, Salix alba, white willow Comments

Garden Guide to Seeds: Storing, Organizing, and Knowing if They're Still Viable

Garden Guide to Seeds: Storing, Organizing, and Knowing if They're Still Viable

Gardening, PreparednessHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistJanuary 9, 2025seeds, seed starting, growing food, gardeningComment

20 Easy Medicinal Herbs to Grow in Your Healing Garden

20 Easy Medicinal Herbs to Grow in Your Healing Garden

Gardening, Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistJanuary 9, 2025medicinal herbs, herbal garden, best herbs to plant, medicine garden, natural medicine Comments

Rose Petals Soothing Salve (Perfect for Glowing Sweetly Scented Skin)

Rose Petals Soothing Salve (Perfect for Glowing Sweetly Scented Skin)

Herbs & Essential Oils, Natural Body & HomeHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistJanuary 6, 2025herbal salve, rose petal salve, rose salve, healing salveComment

Feminine Hygiene Preparedness for Troubled Times

Feminine Hygiene Preparedness for Troubled Times

Preparedness, Health Rebel, Essential Oils, Herbalism, Herbs & Essential Oils, Natural Body & HomeHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistJanuary 6, 2025preparedness, menstruation, feminine hygiene, period Comments

INSANE Things to Know About Rosemary Essential Oil---and Why You Need it in Your Home!

INSANE Things to Know About Rosemary Essential Oil---and Why You Need it in Your Home!

Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistDecember 27, 2024rosemary essential oil, what is rosemary essential oil used for, benefits of rosemary essential oil, uses of rosemary essential oilComment

14 INSANE Things You MUST Know About Peppermint Essential Oil (And Why You Need it in Your Home!)

14 INSANE Things You MUST Know About Peppermint Essential Oil (And Why You Need it in Your Home!)

Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistDecember 27, 2024Peppermint essential oil, Benefits of Peppermint essential oil, Uses for Peppermint essential oil, Benefits and Uses of Peppermint essential oil, how to use peppermint essential oil Comments

How to Use Essential Oils to Get in a Good Mood FAST and BONUS Road Rage Spray Recipe!

How to Use Essential Oils to Get in a Good Mood FAST and BONUS Road Rage Spray Recipe!

Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistDecember 11, 2024essential oils, essential oils for anger, essential oils for sadness, essential oils for tiredness, essential oils for motivation, essential oils for mood, essential oils for emotions Comments

Onion and Honey Cough Syrup: Easy, Fast, Safe, and Effective

Onion and Honey Cough Syrup: Easy, Fast, Safe, and Effective

Herbs & Essential Oils, Natural Body & HomeHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistDecember 1, 2024natural cough syrup, how to make your own cough syrup, honey onion cough syrup, onion honey cough syrup, how to make cough syrup with onions and honey, how to make cough syrup with honey and onions, how to make honey onion syrup Comments

How to Make Holiday Spice Essential Oil Hot Process Soap Recipe

How to Make Holiday Spice Essential Oil Hot Process Soap Recipe

Natural Body & Home, Preparedness, Soap MakingHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 22, 2024soap, handmade, natural, natural soap, hot process soap, Christmas soap, holiday soap, Winter soap Comments

Foraging, Harvesting and Using Pine for Your Wellness...and How to Make Pine Needle Tea!

Foraging, Harvesting and Using Pine for Your Wellness...and How to Make Pine Needle Tea!

Herbalism, Herbs & Essential Oils, PreparednessHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 21, 2024Pine medicine, herbal medicine, Pinus spp medicine, foraging Comment

5 Common Mistakes Beginning Herbalists Make

5 Common Mistakes Beginning Herbalists Make

Health Rebel, Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 20, 2024why herbs don't work, why herbal remedies don't work, is herbal medicine a scam, can herbs be trusted, should I use herbs Comments

Liver Support and Detox with Effective Herbal Tea and Tinctures (with Recipes)

Liver Support and Detox with Effective Herbal Tea and Tinctures (with Recipes)

Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 20, 2024detox tea, liver detox, blood purifying, blood cleansing Comments

15 Tips to Successfully Forage Edible and Medicinal Plants

15 Tips to Successfully Forage Edible and Medicinal Plants

Preparedness, Herbs & Essential Oils, HerbalismHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 10, 2024foraging, foraging edible plants, foraging medicinal herbs, wild harvesting, wild crafting Comments

Herbal Tincture Making Debate: Solar Method? Or Dark Cupboard?

Herbal Tincture Making Debate: Solar Method? Or Dark Cupboard?

Herbs & Essential Oils, Natural Body & Home, HerbalismHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 3, 2024 Comments

How to Make and Use Herbal Tinctures

How to Make and Use Herbal Tinctures

Health Rebel, Herbs & Essential OilsHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistNovember 2, 2024tinctures, what is a tincture, how to use a tincture, how to make a tincture, dosages of tinctures, using herbal medicine Comments

How to Make a Delicious, Easy Fermented Berry Soda

How to Make a Delicious, Easy Fermented Berry Soda

FermentationHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistOctober 29, 2024how to ferment, how to make soda, how to make natural soda, how to make fermented soda, how to ferment berries, how to make berry soda Comments

140+ Emergency Supplies for the Prepared

140+ Emergency Supplies for the Prepared

PreparednessHeidi Villegas, MA, CA, HerbalistOctober 25, 2024survival supplies, survival food, survival kit, emergency supplies, thing to have in an emergency Comments