Amber Shehan
Hi! I'm Amber Pixie, and this is my site. Enjoy the recipes, information, posts, and please feel free to message me if you have questions!
When you don’t know what to do…
Take a seed and find it a home. It can be planted directly in the soil but also anything that will hold dirt - an...
How to Host a Seed Swap
It is not quite spring now - in fact, it's frigid outside as we shiver through an arctic blast here in western North Carolina. The...
Sowing Seeds & Growing Community
I've been indulging in one of my favorite winter activities - dreaming of spring and planning the garden. Proper winter hasn't arrived yet, but I've...
Waste Not, Want Not: Freezing Scraps for Stock
There is nothing quite like good soup stock. When I first learned how to make a proper stock, it was a turning point in my...
Herbal Uses for Chamomile
When I was a teenager, I was plagued by insomnia and migraines. I was in so much pain that I couldn't communicate effectively. My grades...
Cultivating the Wild: Gardening with Kids
The wee pixie is almost four years old, somehow! Time flies when you're having fun - and changing diapers, kissing boo-boos, and playing with tons...
My Favorite No-Knead Bread Recipe
This year I gave myself a birthday gift, something that I've always wanted: a big, blue Dutch oven. The enameled cast iron pots have been...
Waste Not, Want Not: Herb Twig Bundles for Witchcraft
I find myself in a peculiar predicament when I'm preparing herbs for storage. As I stand at my counter and strip the dried leaves and...
Bread Mania
Lately, I have been depressed. It is hard to get out of bed some days. To do something as simple and gratifying as taking a...
Earl Grey Pear Butter [Small Batch Recipe]
Every year, I'm lucky enough to glean a grocery bag or two of pears from a friend's old trees, so pear recipes have become a...
Herbed Dilly Beans [Recipe]
There's nothing quite like fresh green beans! Even though I didn't plant enough this year to do much with, the farm markets and shops have...
Strawberry & Lemon Balm Mead – One Gallon Recipe
Nothing quite announces "Summer is here!" like white gallon buckets and baskets of strawberries that pop up at farm markets and roadside stands in early...
Rose and Peony Flower Infused Honey
Today is a perfect May day. I woke up and made coffee, opened the front door, and walked onto the front porch only to be...
Sacred Brewing: Persephone Mead
It is spring. Normally, this time of year gooses me and makes me squeal, propelling me out of my stiff winter depression and lurching me...
Gentle, Nourishing Tea Blend (Pregnancy-Safe)
Despite my naive expectations for what I thought my pregnancy experience would be like - excited, healthy smoothies, drinking tea, eating nutritious food - I...