Tonics — farming
Karina Aldredge
Comfrey, Yarrow, and Nettle for your Houseplants and Garden
If you follow along our Sacred Elements journey, then you know our mission is to create environments to support well-being for plants, planet, pets, and people. We do this by offering thoughtfully sourced ingredients that work in harmony with nature. We hand craft, slow distill, and bottle them as concentrates to nourish your houseplants and garden. Plants feeding plants, nature magic in a bottle!
Here we dive into three of our key ingredients comfrey, yarrow and stinging nettle, powerhouse plants with something else in common...they have a superpower!
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Beyond the Oil: The Many Uses of the Neem Tree
Make the switch from just neem oil and dish soap to our Sacred Leaf Tonic and see how your plants go from surviving to thriving!!! Did you know that virtually every part of the neem tree is useful? Bark, resin, seed, wood, leaf, flower and stem are key ingredients in many hair care, dental hygiene and cosmetic products. You can find neem on the ingredient list of many pet care products too but most of us think of neem as a natural plant pest care product. Neem is chalk full of antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, and anti inflammatory properties. We could...
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Saponins for your Houseplants and Garden
What's a saponin? And why does my plant want it?
Saponins are organic chemical compounds found in many plants and seeds (including some of our favorite foods). When applied to plants through foliar or soil treatments, saponins have the unique ability to trick a plant into thinking it’s being attacked. When plants are attacked, they create and release aromas to protect themselves (think lavender and rosemary). This is a plants way of protecting itself as these aromas both deter pests and attract beneficials.
Transforming plant and pest care from chore to ritual.
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