Stinging Nettles

WILDCRAFTING FOOD & MEDICINE ~ Stinging Nettles are a nutritious wild superfood, an ancient whole-body medicine, a traditional textile plant, food for important pollinators, and a super compost activator and soil nutrient. To me, she is an honored elder who’s been here for thousands of years supporting us in powerful and mysterious ways. Learn more about this incredible plant and how to work with her.

Mandy BishopJune 3, 2019Mandy Bishopwildcrafting, stinging nettles, wild food, wild foraging, ancestral skills, herbalism, herbal medicine, nature connection, natures medicine, earth medicine, earth wisdom, nature coachingComment

Healing with Horehound

WILDCRAFTING THROUGH THE WINTER ~ Learn about Horehound’s origins and how to make a healing cough syrup even in the dead of winter.

Mandy BishopJanuary 24, 2019Mandy Bishophorehound, medicinal herbs, earth medicine, nature connection, healing, wildcrafting, natures medicine, nature, herbal medicine, herbalism, nature therapy, ancestral skillsComment

Magpie Magic

MYSTERIOUS MEDICINE ~ The Black-billed Magpie is a surprising and mysterious bird, commonly misunderstood and misrepresented. In the same family as crows, jays and ravens, magpies are known to be one of the most intelligent creatures around—right up there with dolphins, chimpanzees and humans.

Mandy BishopDecember 21, 2018Mandy Bishopmagpie, magic, animal spirit, nature connection, earth medicine, indigenous wisdom, ancestral skills Comment

Hunting for Rose Hips

This time of year my body starts to crave rose hip tea. As the colds and flus start flying around and as our bodies get worn out and run down, these little red fruits dot the black and white landscape almost begging to be harvested and enjoyed. Learn how to forage for rose hips and make rose hip tea.

Mandy BishopDecember 11, 2018Mandy Bishoprose hips, wildcrafting, earth medicine, rose hip tea, foraging, medicinal herbs, herbal medicine, wild foraging, nature connection, ancestral skills Comment