From The Soil Herbal

15/11/2025

The four month wait was worth it for this year’s Milky Oat Harvest. Sown in June and harvested October, these milky fresh oats in glycerine and now strained, bottled and ready for post + pick up for pre orders!

If you didn’t get a chance to preorder, you can still grab a bottle on my website or over at next week.

Oat medicine harvested at the ‘milky’ stage is a moistening, sweet nutritional herb, considered a ‘tonic’ for the nervous system.

This medicine taken in small regular doses may support a tired nervous systems, periods of stress, melancholy, difficulty sleeping, occipital headache, nervous digestion, menstrual headache, addiction recovery, recovery from illness, and concentration and focus.

This glycerite tastes sweet and grassy (surprise) with a light and pleasant texture.

Safe for kids, alcohol and sugar free. Not recommended for coeliac or strong gluten intolerance due to a gluten fraction present in oat.

08/11/2025

My lil herb shop is closing.

Sorry for the click bait but it’s true! In 2 months i’m packing up life to finish my herb degree on the other side for a big chunk of the year, so herb growing, making and workshops wont be back for a good while.

I’m harvesting bucket loads of herbs erry week and there’s still plenty of medicine making happening.

What you can still order until January:

🌾 Milky Oat - tincture or glycerite will be strained 1-2 weeks and you can preorder this tasty nerve tonic/trophorestorative in big sizes.

🎁 January Herb Boxes - Sliding scale cost herbal medicine box filled with 4-5 medicines to support you over the warm season. Limited available so preorder soon. They always sell out.

🍵 Tinctures of Cali Poppy Sleep and Pain support, Burdock & Dandelion Bitter only 3 of each left.

🌼 Calendula Sun Oil & Salves. The sunniest coloured oil rich with skin soothing resins.

🫖 Dried Herbs - individual or blended herbs for your teapot or medicine making.

🫚 Marshmallow Root Glycerite - my favourite medicine all year, soothing demulcent and kid friendly glycerine for sore tummy and throat.

Tell your friends.
www.fromthesoil.com.au/shop

03/11/2025

Dried herbs are back! It’s herb harvest season again and there’s a few herbs available and one tasty blend. 🍵

Single 40g bag: Lemon Balm, Vervain, Calendula, Mugwort or a Rest/Digest blend is available.

Rest/Digest Blend: Lemon Balm, Calendula, Oat, Chamomile, Peppermint. 🌼🌿�
A mix of herb that soothe, cool, coat the gut, support the release of bloating and gas, mild bitters to stimulate digestive function.

Just a few in stock www.fromthsoil.com.au/shop

22/10/2025

2 spots left on the Practical Home Herbalism Workshop.

🍵🌿🌼🌹

Next weekend 2/11/25 9-1pm

Sliding scale prices and ticketing at the 🔗🌳

01/10/2025

The shop has been low on fresh plant tinctures for the Winter, here’s a few fresh strained friends back in the shop.

My shop will be closing this end of the year so please snap these small batch pals up.

🌾Milky Oat Nerve Tonic Glycerine🌾
NEW! Oat seed harvested at the ‘milky’ stage is a moistening, sweet nutritional herb, considered a ‘tonic’ for the nervous system. Classed a nervine trophorestorative, Milky Oat supports tired nervous systems, periods of stress, melancholy, difficulty sleeping, occipital headache, nervous digestion, menstrual headache, recovery from illness and addiction, and concentration and focus. A limited few left from herb boxes.

😴Sleep Support Tincture California Poppy 😴
This friend is back. California poppy is classified as a bitter nervine sedative that gently calms the nervous system; supports sleep, and relaxes tension of smooth muscles; helping to ease pain, cramping and spasms in the gut and uterus.
Straining fresh plant tincture in 8 days, veryyyy limited availability.

🫚 Burdock & Dandelion Root Bitters
A combination of roots to support the liver, gut, gall and skin from the garden! Dandelion roots key actions as a bitter tonic and choleretic, increasing bile, improving fat digestion and absorption, also supporting the elimination of waste products to flush the liver and contribute to a cleansing, alterative action. Burdock is categorised as a trophorestorative for the liver & kidneys, relieving lymphatic congestion & promoting elimination.
A limited few left from herb boxes.

🫐There’s a doz or so Elderberry & Marshmallow leaf Glycerites 🫐

29/09/2025

V chuffed v grateful v happy to have the opportunity to share herbs with y’all.

The Practical Home Herbalism class was so fun.

🌱 We met 5 medicinal plants in the garden and talked propagating, growing and caring for their growth.
🫚We sowed marshmallow seed to take home. Inside we explored the herbal actions of the root in water and glycerine and made a herbal glycerite!
🍵We explored each of the five plants we met outside as either a fresh or dried herbal infusions and tasted a range of blends for various needs to support our nervous system, digestion, lungs and immune system.
🌼 We prepared a herbal wound heal salve with Calendula, Chickweed & Yarrow.

I said this would be the last but every time I do one I immediately want to do it all over!

Stay tuned and I’ll put a new date (1 last one for the year) up soon. Pop a comment if you’re keen to come along.

22/09/2025

HOUSE SWAP WITH US

I posted about this the other day and got lots of comments and requests to share, thank you.

We’re located in Cowaramup south West Aus and looking to possibly house swap in 2026 with someone ~1 hour radius of Melbourne CBD.

THE GIST
🏡 Our house is a 1 bedroom house suitable for solo person or couple (maybe small infant)
🏡 Cosy and quiet
🏡 Farm life. Many birds, stars and dam views.
🏡 Fire, bath, chooks, great neighbours.
🏡 Seeking a minimum 4 month swap from mid Jan - Sept 2026. Ideally 6 month swap.
🏡 Fresh herbs n veges from and lots of other things.
🏡 15 min drive to snorkelling and Margaret River.

SEEKING
🏡 Flexible on location in VIC, though preference would be within 1 hour travel to Flinders Station by train.
🏡 A furnished house/apartment.
🏡 Parking space.

Send me a DM if you want some pics and more info.

22/09/2025

This Sunday 3 spots left!

🌿 Practical Home Herbalism workshop 🌿
Sunday, Sept 28 | 9am–1pm
Cowaramup
💸 Sliding scale: $50–$90

Come spend a gentle morning learning how to grow and make herbal medicines from five of the most-loved herbs in my home apothecary.

We’ll start in the garden, covering how to grow each herb from seed or cutting, and tips on how to keep them thriving. 🌱

Then we’ll head to the kitchen to briefly explore the simple and effective ways to make your own:
🌼 Tinctures & glycerites
🌼 Teas & powders
🌼 Herbal oils & salves

We’ll get hands on making a couple of these herbal medicines for you to take home. 🍵

What’s included:
💚 Herbal tea + light snacks
📔 Take-home recipe booklet + plant notes
🧴 2 herbal medicines
🌱 Access to the herb garden for cuttings and seeds.

Perfect for beginners or home herbalists wanting to deepen their skills. All questions welcome!

🔗 Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/practical-home-herbalism-half-day-workshop

15/09/2025

Really enjoyed presenting a couple workshops/talks on home herb growing and making at last month!

I have one more workshop for the year coming up in just under 2 weeks.

4 spots left.

28 September - Practical Home Herbalism 9-1pm

Come & spend a gentle morning in the garden and kitchen exploring the practical methods to grow and use five of the most well-loved herbs I reach for in my home herbal practice.

We’ll start outside, meeting these herbs where they grow—learning about growing them from seed or cutting, and ways to work with what’s possible in your own home garden space.

Together, we’ll get to know each plant’s actions, energetics, and uses across common needs like digestion, immune support, first aid, skin care, respiratory health and calming the nervous system.

After time in the garden, we’ll move into the kitchen to explore a range of effective and appropriate methods to make your own herbal medicines using what you grow. You’ll get to taste, smell and experience examples of infusions, tinctures, glycerites, herbal salves and oils made from these five plants.

We’ll explore the basics of harvesting, drying, and storing herbs, plus run through the solvent and extraction methods involved in processing these herbs to yield a quality, safe and effective medicines.

We’ll also make a couple of these preparations together to gain confidence in making these herbal medicines season to season at home. You’ll leave with recipes, 2 handmade herbal products, plant notes, and hopefully the inspiration to keep your herbal making going at home.

You’ll receive:

🌱Take-home recipe booklet + plant monographs
🌱 2 herbal medicines made on the day
🌱Herbal tea + light snacks during the session
🌱Access to the herb garden for harvesting cuttings or plants

Sliding scale pricing: $50–$90 – pay what you can afford

This workshop is suitable for beginners or home herbal makers who would like to troubleshoot, up skill and improve their medicine making. All your questions are welcome!

12/09/2025

22/08/2025

🌿 Practical Home Herbalism workshop 🌿
Sunday, Sept 28 | 9am–1pm
Cowaramup
💸 Sliding scale: $50–$90

Come spend a gentle morning learning how to grow and make herbal medicines from five of the most-loved herbs in my home apothecary.

We’ll start in the garden, covering how to grow each herb from seed or cutting, and tips on how to keep them thriving. 🌱

Then we’ll head to the kitchen to briefly explore the simple and effective ways to make your own:
🌼 Tinctures & glycerites
🌼 Teas & powders
🌼 Herbal oils & salves

We’ll get hands on making a couple of these herbal medicines for you to take home. 🍵

What’s included:
💚 Herbal tea + light snacks
📔 Take-home recipe booklet + plant notes
🧴 2 herbal medicines
🌱 Access to the herb garden for cuttings and seeds.

Perfect for beginners or home herbalists wanting to deepen their skills. All questions welcome!

🔗 Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/practical-home-herbalism-half-day-workshop

27/07/2025

NEW WORKSHOP 🌼 Herbal Salve & Infused Oil Making

Sunday 14th Sept 10-1pm at in Cowaramup, in the new herb shed and garden. 🪴🌿

A Sunday morning exploring the simple, yet slow, seasonal and quality processes behind topical herbal infused oil and salve making. 🍵

🌼You’ll learn the step-by-step processes to make your own medicinal herbal oil and herbal salve using homegrown herbs for topical use. �
🌼 We’ll start with a walk through the herb garden, identifying common safe and suitable herbs for salve and infused oil making, and explore their medicinal application and constituents for topical use.

🌼 Exploring the basics of harvesting, drying, and storing herbs, plus run through the solvent and extraction methods involved in processing these herbs to yield a quality, safe and effective herbal-infused oil or salve for your herbal medicine first aid cabinet at home.

🌼 A casual learning environment suitable for beginners or those with experience who want to improve their processing and hang out with other herb-curious folks.

Sliding scale tickets $40-80
Duration: 3 hours

Includes: Take-home recipes, 50ml herbal salve, herbal monographs, herbal tea and light snacks.

Plants, seeds and other herbal products will be available for purchase on the day.

https://events.humanitix.com/herbal-salve-and-infused-oil-making-workshop-sept2025