Autumn Gardening Checklist
How to prep your garden and yourself for an abundant year ahead As Autumn approaches, it may still be sweltering hot where you are, with...
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Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Jul 10
- 11 min
More Than Just Chamomile and Lavender
Calming the Nervous System with Nervine Herbs What is a nervine herb? A nervine is a plant that has an effect on the nervous system....
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Jun 22
- 9 min
Top 10 Skin-Loving Summer Plants
Defying the Beauty Industry with Our Gardens If you’ve been alive through any part of the last 30 years, you probably couldn't help but...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- May 3
- 7 min
Top 5 Spring Herbs for Glowing Skin from the Inside Out
And the myth of "cleanses" and "detoxing" Ah, Spring. The time of year when nature starts coming out of her Winter slumber and so do we....
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Waxing Phase of the Year: Riding Spring's Wave
How to harness Spring's growth to manifest your intentions. During the waxing phase of the moon — from the day the Moon is new to the day...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Feb 1
- 7 min
MidWinter Slump: Harnessing Imbolc's Fire
How to smoothly transition out of Winter's sluggishness and into Spring's growth phase through physical and energetic cleansing. By...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
Top 3 Herbs for Your Winter Bodycare Routine
Here at Spirit Haus Botanicals, We don't subscribe to the notion of oil-free skincare. Here's why: Soaps and other lathering cleansers...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Nov 9, 2022
- 5 min
Adaptogenic Herbs: What's All the Hype About?
I love working with adaptogens during the Autumn transition. Remember when we used to have Autumn?? Photo by Erik Witsoe What ever...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
3 Reasons We Should Ditch the Essential Oil Fad for Flower Essences
Hey crystal, plant, and woo-woo lovers! If that's not you that's okay, you can still hang out! But I imagine if you found this, that...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
4 Wickedly Witchy Halloween Cocktail Recipes for 2020
This All Hallow's Eve feels like a culmination of quite the frightful year, doesn't it? We’ve been saying goodbye to Summer and our...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Sep 29, 2020
- 6 min
Apples: Universal Symbol of Life & Death
When I first started seeing “apples” on recommended lists of autumnal offerings I thought, and I quote, “BORING”. Apples are ubiquitous....
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Sep 11, 2020
- 5 min
Herbal Liqueur Spotlight: Liquore Strega & Italian Witchcraft Lore
The Legend Liquore Strega, an Italian digestif distilled from a secret recipe of around 70 herbs and spices, has been produced out of the...
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
3 Ways to Preserve Garden-to-Glass Cocktail Ingredients
Aside from freezing and canning, the best methods for preserving cocktail ingredients from the garden are syrups, shrubs, and tinctures.
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- May 30, 2020
- 5 min
How to Stock Your Home Bar Like a Bartender Would
But just because something is affordable doesn’t mean its garbage, and, likewise, just because its expensive doesn’t mean its top shelf.
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- May 29, 2020
- 6 min
How to Order the Absolute Best Cocktail, No Matter What Bar You’re in
I’m not going to tell you that you have to memorize every liqueur and spirit flavor profile in order to get the best drink on the menu.
Jovie Hawthorn Browne
- May 26, 2020
- 6 min
5 Ways to Make Your Home Cocktails as Good as the Bartender’s
You can dump ingredients into a pint glass, give them a stir with a spoon from the kitchen drawer, and bottoms up. No one’s stopping you.
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