WE’RE DOING OUR ANNUAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND VOLUNTEERING LEARNING DAYS, SESSIONS AND U-PICKS SAT & SUN! For more info, checkout the volunteer page or the U-Pick page the sessions and days are free, the U-Picks are $8 per gallon bag. sign up for any here!
Did you know? Most of our culinary herbs started out as medicinal! Certainly we’ve got herbs that have been used exclusively for medicines for thousands of years. Fresh or dried? LOCAL herbs are great this time of here in all their glory, so learn how the use them in Sun Tea, salads and cooking or grilling. We have a variety of both fresh and dried at our booth at the Clarkfork River Market. And…you can get prints on how you can use them and recipes! A more complete listing is here: https://big-sky-herbs.square.site/product/fresh-bunches-of-wellness-tea-herbs/134?cs=true&cst=custom and https://big-sky-herbs.square.site/product/fresh-culinary-herb-bunches/144?cs=true&cst=custom
Freshly dried Meadowsweet leaves are green with the underside silvery. The buds turn a golden yellow. I’m hand crushing this great anti-inflammatory plant that has an aroma that is reminiscent of cucumbers…ahh. A new batch of Old Bones Blend coming up for the winter market 9-2. Get it straight up, with Hindu Hillbilly’s honey and Balsamic vinegar for a twist!
We’re featuring a new recipe each week to help you to see how to incorporate herbs into your everyday healthy life style on Instagram. They’re based on our six basic Gourmet Herb blends. And you’ll be able to sample and buy a cup of a featured Wellness Tea Blend. We’re doing something different there too. You can try it with honey and Balsamic vinegar! I love kombucha in the warm weather but in the winter a hot tea with vinegar is different and great…try it at the Missoula Valley Winer Market, Saturdays 9-2 at the concourse by Scheels at the Southgate mall!
Been doing some research this week… just looking at Google. We’ll be serving different Wellness Tea Blends in the next few weeks with the option of enhancing them with a little honey and vinegar. I’m experimenting with Gettin’ Up & Out Tonic this week come to the booth at the Missoula Valley Winter Market between 9 am-2 pm and try! Balsamic vinegar:Popularly used as a salad dressing, balsamic vinegar is prepared from reduced grape juice and all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients of the fruit are present in this vinegar. This is one of the healthiest and most nutritious varieties of vinegar. Mar 28, 2018 As for comparing Apple Cider and Balsamic: Both types of vinegar provide minor sources of minerals, including healthful amounts of potassium. Balsamic provides 18mg of potassium per tablespoon, while apple cider only has 11mg. Balsamic’s antioxidants also help lower LDL cholesterol, while apple cider works similarly to lower lower blood lipid levels. Why Drinking Warm Water With Honey is Healthy Fights cough and throat infection. During winters and monsoons, one is prone to contracting cough and sore throat. … Helps lose weight. … Skin becomes clean and clear. … Boosts immune system. … Improves digestion. … Soothes allergies. So now you’ve got the rest of the story…so go ahead and have a new hot way to take some vinegar, honey and a great tasting herbal tea!
January is the month for new “lots of things”. We’re playing around with dishes and drinks where the local herbs are the big act! Ask us about how to add sustainable herbs to meals and drinks for healthy culinating and concocting. We’re serving and sampling Settle Down Tummy Tea straight or with honey and/ or Balsamic vinegar! See us at the Missoula Valley Winter Market 9-2.
All these teas are freshly dried and hand crushed from our garden. They’re put in festive packaging great for gifting. See them at Missoula Valley Winter Market for the last market before the holidays, 9-2! You can also check out all our products at: https://big-sky-herbs.square.site/ PS: Come chill and sip some Aunties Coughing Tea with us!
We’re keeping things “in the raw” with our Wellness Loose Leaf Tea boxes with just a little dressing for those who want to try out herbs of a theme. They come in ten categories- This is our Coming Clean box. We’ll also have tins with different culinary herbs for your gourmet pleasure. And, we’ll be serving up some Frontier Flu Brew Toddy style. PS: you don’t have to be sick to relax and sip any of our Wellness Tea Blends. Try it, you’ll like it at the Missoula Valley Winter Market 9-2 at the mall behind Scheels.
Just finished a few fresh batches of healthy party starters! Made from only sustainably grown local herbs bursting with flavor and benefits to start things right. Recipes are on the sides of the jars and sure to bring the foodie alive in everyone. Get them at the Missoula Valley Winter Market on Saturdays 9 – 2. And try some herbal tea that you can add with mixers to make some great celebrative drinks too!
Now that many of us are so full of the bounty of harvest from our celebration of Thanksgiving… time for Thanksliving! We’re starting out the season with the 26th Sentinel’s Holiday Craft Fair. If it grows in our West Missoula herb garden, we’ve got it dried in all sorts of innovative arrangements, blends and teas. You can get gifts with holiday packaging and we’ll be selling our Gettin’ Up and Out Tonic in commemoration. Join all the great vendors to start off this festive time! See ya at the high school 9 am-3 pm!
