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How long will herb mixes keep???

3/14/2019

 
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This is a question I receive frequently.  Especially from those with only a couple of animals or those using a product with small pets.

If it's a high quality product like the ones we make available to you they can be kept nearly indefinately.   The 'best by' date will generally be two years from manufacture, but I've had a customer use even a seven year old product stored incorrectly at higher doses with excellent support.  I don't recommend that however!

Your best approach when you get a new herb mix is to take out the amount of product you will use for a month or two.  Just pour it out- don't contaminate the contents within the bag and do not get it moist in the bag.  Then reseal and enclose in a freezer bag.  Writing the date on it with a permanent marker is another good step.  Then put it in your freezer.  Ta da!   It will keep pretty much forever. 

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Katherine MH, CR, CA, CEIT, DipHIr, QTP has extensive alternative training in Vitalistic (cause oriented) wellness,including a Master's Degree in Herbology  and is a lifelong pet, poultry, horse and livestock owner.  She has a heart to share with you so that you, your family and your creatures may achieve abundant wellness.  Be Blessed!

These statements have not been reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to treat, cure, prevent or diagnose any disease.

Storing Herb Mixes

1/9/2019

 
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Yes you can store herbs for long term!   Our products (www.firmeadowllc.com) are Best by generally two years from date of manufacture although we have had customers use products up to seven year old with favorable results (not recommended!). 

​The enemies to your herb blends are heat, greatly fluctuating temperatures, light, age and moisture so those are the situations we want to avoid for them.  For herbs to be used within the next month or two often keeping them in their packaging and in a cupboard is sufficient.  Herbs and blends that you will be keeping for longer than two months I suggest that one pull out a couple of months worth and keep that in the barn in a sealed freezer bag, lidded canning jar (be careful around concrete!), or a sealable plastic jar remembering to store it out of direct light.  Also be sure to use a clean spoon or scoop and do not get any moisture into either container.  The remainder can be kept in the original packaging in the house in a cabinet.
     
For those that want to store herbs beyond a year or two or for seasonally used products (like Ewe-Ter-N) I suggest you double bag the product you don't plan to be using that year and place it in the freezer.   Most herbs as long as you didn't introduce moisture to them will keep for years in that manner.

If one is making an infusion (strong herbal tea) any excess can be kept for up to three days in the refrigerator.   Excess can be frozen in ice cube trays and double freezer bagged for later use.  I would use twice the amount for any cubes that I pulled from the freezer.  Always put the current date on any bags of cubes.

For those making dosage balls with black strap molasses, organic peanut butter or raw honey which do not have a water content you can keep excess balls in the refrigerator for approximately a week.  I would store them on a lower shelf since cold settles usually making that the coldest area of your fridge.   Any that you'd like to keep longer than that double freezer bag and keep in your freezer.   You may want to freeze them on a parchment paper covered cookie sheet before you bag them so they don't freeze together.

Herbs can also be stored indefinately in alcohol and for multiple years in raw organic apple cider vinegar and then straining the liquid before using.  They can also be kept in olive oil this way for approximately two years.  Remember to keep these out of light, to use sterilized containers and to label them with a date.

Happy Herbing!



Wellness consults for your human and critter family!

2/23/2017

 
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There are multiple ways to receive wellness help from Katherine in your quest for the wellness of you, your human and creature families!

I personally offer answers to your customer service questions. Those will be simple questions that can be answered quickly, just as you would ask a clerk in a store.  Such as "I'm having digestion issues" what products should I look at?"   Or "My creature has Mastitis, what products should I consider".   I can also offer a suggested dosage that I would do if it were I facing the same situation.     If you would like me to look more indepth in the situation I have consultations available for those things.
   
I offer consultations in varying amounts, times and styles! For as little as $35 A consultation gives you the ability to have a professional Master Herablist look at things such as diet, husbandry (care), other alternatives to consider, herbs you may have access to right now all making a program much more tailored for your situation including education on the situation from an alternative viewpoint. 

Email consultations are the most flexible for you. You can write them at your convenience (within 30 days of payment) and then simply supply the information on our Consult Intake Form as well as any other information you deem will be helpful.  They allow you to work with up to one major and two minor situations in one person, creature or the same situation in a flock, herd or kennel, etc.  Up to TWO followup emails are availble for clarification without an additonal fee. Click here for intake form.  

There is a reduced price for followup emails sent within 90 days of the first email for the same issue if you would like followup and adjusting as the situation changes. 

Phone consultations come in several choices.   One can purchase a five pack of 30 minute consutations to be used over a year.  These are popular with those that would like the ability, at a reduced fee,  to have me help with family, pet, or farm creature issues back and forth.  they are also popular with people new to alternative wellness learning and those new to owning animals or farmstock and want the services of a mentor.

I am also available to teach at your event.   I can travel to some events and well as be "Skyped in" to your event. Contact me about available classes and fees and to check date availability.   For FREE I can discuss how to best use my book and Fir Meadow products in your situations and you get to choose the topics discussed.  Those topics can be preplanned or in a Question and ANswer format.


Do consider her book,  "The accessible pet, Equine and LIvestock Herbal".  IT is over 500 pages of having Katherine " in the barn, kennel or home with you".   This herbal is very unique in that it teaches you HOW to think through dosages, how to work with physiology (how tissues or issues function), how to be vitalist (cause oriented) and much foundational information that is normal only reserved for those receiving formal herbal /alternative training.   If this book helps you avoid or conquer one mishap or issue then it is has paid for itself several times.  Because of the progressive nature of education in this book it is best to read the first few chapters before skipping around to sections of interest.  There is even an entire DOSAGing chapter in the book!

Per the Fda this info is purely educational.  The fda does not allow us to use the words treat, prevent, cure or diagnose.  Katherine does not claim to be a veterinarian or a Medical Doctor.  Instead she is educated with a Master's Degree in HErbalism (including family & nutritional herbalism), Master's program in Aromatherapy, Quantum Touch, Human IRidology degree and Equine Iridology Cert, Cert in Reflexology as well as additional wellness studies.  She is an accomplished internationally recognized author, conference speaker and educator in alternative wellness and will educate accordingly as allowed in our 9th Amendment rights. 

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    Katherine MH, CR, CA, CEIT, DipHIr, QTP has extensive alternative training in Vitalistic (cause oriented) wellness,including a Master's Degree in Herbology and has a heart to share with you so that you, your family and your creatures may achieve abundant wellness.

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