Hellebores in March
💦🌷 Dear March – Come in 🌷💦 Dear March – Come in How glad I am – I hoped for you before – Put down your Hat – You must …
Winter
Aspect in Garden Design
“can we speak in flowers.It will be easier for me to understand.” Nayyirah Waheed January is the time for garden planning. As you are contemplating new beds and borders, remember …
the calm during the storm: principles for physical and mental health during the pandemic
“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” Helen Keller Hello everyone, As a community herbalist, I want to share a resource that has benefited myself, …
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The Wild Edged In-Between Time of Late Winter
Wan February with weeping cheer,Whose cold hand guides the youngling yearDown misty roads of mire and rime,Before thy pale and fitful faceThe shrill wind shifts the clouds apaceThrough skies the …
In the darkness of Winter, we grow.
After the holidays, many struggle with the slow movement towards daily sunlight; physical health after unbounded days of feasting and the sadness of leaving family and friends. There is a …
The Holy in Weed and Soil
Today is the Winter Solstice of 2019. The longest night and the shortest day. It is considered a day of reflecting on the year; purging things that did not help; …
The Daily Dose: Elder
“The warm infusion of the flowers is said to be diaphoretic (inducing sweating) and gently stimulant. In cold infusion, they are diuretic and cooling. The expressed juice of the berries evaporated to the consistency…”
Thoughts on Roots and a Root Harvesting Mindset
I ask, “How many of you have a hard time gathering the roots of the echinacea, the rudbeckia, the black and blue cohosh, the wild ginger…oh goodness help us all…the …