Jeanne N.
Yelp
What an adventure in learning. Jolene's passion for GrowingNv is evidenced by the sparkle in her eyes and her general animation when she shares with us. Her knowledge of local farmers and farmer's markets is phenomenal. I will be following her for sure on GrowingNv.
Mary is knowledgeable and freely shares her herbal expertise with us. We started with Mock-Cocktails. Start with a cup of ice, add sparkling water, and about 2oz of your favorite syrup. I chose the Elderberry with a mint sprig to stir it all up. Yummy!
Next we toured the farm while out syrup reduced and checked in on all the ingredients for our Herbal Respiratory Syrup Recipe. Started with mint, then thyme, next was the velvety soft leaves of the marshmallow plant, and finally, the elecampane.
Continuing our tour we met the sow and her new piglets. The piglets are for sale if anyone is interested. We ended up back at the centralized kitchen area where our syrup was about complete. Mary poured the syrup into bowls and then filled our takeaway bottles. With all the smoke a syrup that supports colds, sinuses, seasonal allergies, and most importantly, WILDFIRE SMOKE EXPOSURE.
On a side note: I used some syrup in my tea this morning after the smoke blew-in again late last night and I awoke at around 2 am with Smokey odors in my house and sinus headache with stuffy head. After 2 cups of tea and adding about an ounce of syrup to each cup, I felt remarkably better.
I will keep in touch with GrowingNv and Jolene, as well as, stay in contact with Mary's website sierrarootswellness.com
Definitely a five star event tonite.