Ashley's Herbalstead

09/19/2024

Saturday I'll be set up at Anderson Farmer's Market with herbal tinctures!! 🌿 ♥

Herbal tinctures are amazing! My current tinctures are an alchol extraction...the plant sits in alcohol for 4-6weeks pulling all the health benefits from the plant, then is strained pressed and bottled up for use.
Different plants provide different health benefits! Seriously plants are so cool!! 🌿

Current tinctures available:
MOTHERWORT heart health, anxiety soother, calming.
WILD LETTUCE pain relief, calming.
MULLEIN respiratory support, cough suppressant, breaks up mucus.
OATSTRAW nervous system support, calming.

I have a ton of ideas for the Herbalstead!! SLOWLY I'll be adding more tinctures, tea blends, herb starts, flowers 💐 and more!!

I'm excited for the possibilities of and being able to help you all learn about plants and homesteading really is my main focus.

Thank you for your support along this process! Message me if you have any questions or suggestions for what more I could offer. ♥

See you at the Market!!

06/05/2024

I won't be at the Farmer's Market this Saturday since I work that morning.

Some of you have been asking about products/website. I just haven't had the time to get the website up and going like I would like.

So I'm posting the current products I offer. I am doing meet ups for delivery as I am not shipping these yet but in time and when out of state people are ready😜

Message me to place your order ♥ 🌿

I am thinking about adding more to the inventory soon, or even doing consulting and making special orders.

I'm also in the very beginning stages of putting workshops together for those who want to learn about specific plants and their benefits. 👀

05/23/2024

Just delivered to my first repeat customer! 🌿

A lady bought the Motherwort+Wild Lettuce tea for sleep and anxiety at the Farmer's Market on Saturday and she messaged me last night raving about it ♥ it has helped her fall asleep and stay asleep through the night 👐

I got goosebumps when she called and told me more about her story. This is why I wanted to share these plants with you all, to help you. Sharing how to use plants for their intended purpose. I want to get in a better routine to share more about the plants very soon!

God put these beautiful plants here all for different reasons, to help heal the many aliments we face.♥

Today I delivered to her more M+WL tea and Motherwort Tincture 🌿

If you would like any tinctures or teas let me know! I will be in Neosho tomorrow and can meet you and I plan to set up at the Anderson Farmer's Market on Saturday 8-12 🌿 ♥

Thank you for your support!
Ashley's Herbalstead

04/24/2024

You know what would have been fun and smart...getting pictures of me and my sis and bro and the kids that came by to hang out with me today! ♥
Or even of one of me and my husband who came all the way to seneca to bring me a sandwich to make sure I eat. ♥
I'm so thankful for the opportunity to open shop at the Spring Extravaganza and even more thankful for all the support I received today! 🌿
It was a chilly windy and beautiful day. And a great way to connect with so many beautiful people!
Tomorrow will definitely be more of a rest day! I'm pooped! 😜
More to come on the Herbalstead shop because I definitely want to do more events this year and also open sales to you all.
Thank you all so much!

04/05/2024

Happy weekend everyone!! 🌿

Big things happening...mostly in my head right now🤣 but seriously it feels like I'm on an edge where if I don't just jump into this it may easily fade away and be just a dream.

I don't want it to fade!!

I want to stay the course and go all in because I finally found my passion of herbalism.

I'll be at the Anderson Farmer's Market this year with my herbs, tinctures, and garden produce as long as we have a great yield. I'm very excited about this! The season is May-Sept and would love to see you there!

After I got that set up, I still felt like something was missing...

Last weekend I had a light bulb moment for my herbalism biz stuff when listening to a webinar. It was to start a BLOG!! 🌿

So I did! I got a new website and I've been working on the site and started writing the first blog of this website. I'm really excited to start documenting our Homesteading and Herbalism journey.

Before this I was struggling with name and trying to figure out too many things before even starting, that analysis paralysis is real! Lol

Then it all kinda clicked.

When I started the blog setup I had to pick a name and had so many to choose from, narrowed it down quickly when several were already taken. Still like 5 names to choose between but was drawn to Ashley's Herbalstead so went with that and now I love it!

Ohhh also if you have read this far...I'm gonna set up a farmstand here at the homestead 🤭 this just clicked for me today so I'm giddy about it and how everything is coming together!

Thank you for your support also! Please ask any questions below, I'd love to grow a little community on here so maybe add a little something about you and your journey in the comments ♥

03/02/2024

This beautiful plant is one of my favorites to forage!

Mullein is amazing. It's first year it is a rosette of fuzzy leaves and grows in circumference, the second year it shoots up a stalk and produces yellow flowers.

The leaves and flowers both have amazing health benefits!

My favorite way to use it is in a tea, especially when I'm under the weather. It is a respiratory aid helping with coughs and mucous.

I collected a basket full(and still left plenty to keep growing) the other day. I dried and will be making teas and tinctures! 🌿

Have you ever seen this plant before? Did you know it's benefits? Take a look in ditches and well drained soil areas. Avoid picking ones that are close to the roads or where you know they have been sprayed chemicals that stuff is so bad! Check your backyard, you may already have some growing.

Note...I am not a doctor I do research and encourage you to research more before consuming plants of any kind. I will share what I find but stay safe and cautious of what you try out there ♥

04/17/2019

This right here!!

Did you know 65-70% of people have Candida and don't even know about it!!😳
And we all have parasites!!!

This lady explains things really well. Please do note that every body is different and some things work for some that don't work for others. We learn as we go.

Have you ever dealt with this??

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03/15/2019

Last night I made this delicious fruit cobbler! It was literally amazing!!
I followed a youtuber NikkivVegan's recipe but tweeked it to one make it my own and two to make it with ingredients we had on hand at home!
Sooo freakin simple!
Preheat oven to 375...
Add Frozen berries in a baking dish. Mix in one tsp of flour you have...we had this low carb baking flour.
For the topping...
Mash one banana, some oatmeal, a bit of salt, and cinnamon.

03/06/2019

Since June I have opened my mind to a holistic living lifestyle.
I started holisitic nutrition classes and began eating less meat and dairy.
I learned about the ways animals are treated in the farming industry and was disgusted.
I learned that meat and dairy and pesticides are scary dangerous things that we consume daily along with an array of other harmful things that have caused so many health issues.
Over the months I have had vegan days and it makes me feel so good everytime I make that decision to not eat junk and animal products.
February 1, 2019 I made the decision to go all in! I have avoided consuming animal products and infused my life with whole food plant based eating.
I have learned along the way that it is not hard. But there are a lot of things to look for when living this way.
Looking at ingredients lists on all foods and vitamins.
Being conscious about going out to eat.
I have learned so much throughout this journey so far and continue to grow in my knowledge.
It is so exciting to see so many health benefits that others have had going vegan plant based and I look forward to those benefits in the months and years to come!

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01/17/2019

I wasn't going to post this pic... I actually had several others I could've posted instead that didn't show my stomach at this angle that made me look like my abs were popping...ya girl hasn't been consistent so abs are nonexistent!😂

And I am 100% ok with that because it takes hard work to get to that place. And even harder to keep up that physique for all the social media eyes!!😳 In all honesty I am pretty proud of my body in this pic! I just went hardcore on a total body hiit workout that left me on the floor and I know I will feel it for DAYS!

I have been on both extremes in my life where I workout everyday and eating super healthy but also on the other end growing up not working out ever.and eating like s**t. I have also been everywhere in between too! I have tried the fad diets. I have even been a coach and a trainer