The Garden of Herbs (see a few spooky tips...) hahaha

Hello and Happy Halloween from our herb garden and herb shop!

"Only a witch can grow parsley" - Finnish Saying

Does this sound like witchcraft?

A few great herbs to grow in the Fall in the South are Parsley Parsley, Petroselinum sativum

Rosemary...a different use!

and Rosemary Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis    

PARSLEY & ROSEMARY ALL WINTER!

Autumn is the best season in which to sniff, and to sniff for pleasure, for this is the season of universal pungency. Pumkins, Apples, pies, pickling, fruits, and of course lots of herbs!




Test your herbal knowledge?
For thousands of years, herbalists have been extracting the essences of various herbs for medicinal, culinary, and other uses. WHat do you call the process that involves soaking or fermenting the herb in alcohol?
a. an infusion
b. a decoction
c. an extract
d. a distillation

The answer....go to URBANherbal's facebook page to see the answer Urban Herbal Facebook

Well, gardening is always a tough choice...I was discouraged again this weekend, when I was in the garden early yesterday morning to find out that we had a hard enough freeze to destroy most of by basils and hoja santos and other tenders about 2-3 weeks ahead of our normal first freeze.

Wishing everyone a great day.
Herbs, Health and Happiness,
Bill

Smell is the most powerful of our senses

"Nothing awakens a reminiscence like an odor." - Victor Hugo



Various Scents

 Smell is the most powerful of our senses,
and the fastest way to our emotions, and
yet we turn our noses up at it..

Smell can instantly trigger emotions, and
it roots us to experience. Without smell
we would be denied so much of our
intimate memory, because scent has a
fast route to the part of the brain that deals
with emotions and memory.

Here are a few a few suggested scents  for
different rooms in your home:
Bedroom: lavender, rose, geranium, ylang-ylang
Living room: amber, pine or juniper
Kitchen: grapefruit
Bathroom: rose or marjoram
Scents Natural

Oils for different effects

For entertaining and for different effects essential oils can do it all!

Recent American research suggests that the divorce rate is higher
these days because we mask our natural smell, so that when we fall
out we don't even have the safety net of a familiar smell to catch.us.

Our homes are such a cacophony of different artificial smells, from
household cleansers to cosmetics, that we cannot tell what is natural
anymore! It is time for everyone to take back control of what is in
your home.

Herbal Foot Care

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour." - William Blake

"Plants are magnificent. There is not a tree or a flower
That does not radiate beauty. Fragrance from plants,
Has been said to alert the gods to our presence, and act as a
sign that the human mind is focused and receptive to spiritual
guidance. In many cultures sweet-smelling aromas were and still
are associated with divinity - with gods, heavens, angels, and saints
all being attributed with having a delightful fragrance." quoted from
The Fragrant Heavens by Valerie Ann Worwood

If you work in a garden, in an office, retail store, a warehouse or
Are just going about day to day, your feet take a beating, and one of
the best ways to take care of yourself with by taking care of your feet.
Here is an easy  Herbal Foot Bath Recipe:
A small pan or tub that both of your feet can fit comfortably into.
2 Gallons of very warm water
A few good size sprigs of rosemary from the garden
6 drops of rosemary essential oil
6 drops of lavender essential oil
4 drops of junior essential oil
Marbles to roll your feet on in the water
A towel to dry your feet afterwards
Soak your feet for 10 to 15 minutes and towel dry.
Hot water foot baths have been for hndreds of years to treat feet problesms
as well as headaches, colds, abdomen problems, varicose veins, and exhaustion.
We make a wonderful Peppermeint Foot Lotion which we have sold over the years in fine stores around the U.S., and is great to use daily, but also right after drying your feet from the foot bath.Peppermint Foot Lotion

"I don't enjoy public performances and being up on stage. I don't enoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt." - Barbara Steisand