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.
Read MoreWILDCRAFTING BLACK COTTONWOOD MEDICINE ~ Learn how to wildcraft Cottonwood tree buds to make the ancient and famed Balm of Gilead— a potent panacea for many ailments from arthritic joints to sunburns.
Read MoreWILDCRAFTING THROUGH THE WINTER ~ Learn about Horehound’s origins and how to make a healing cough syrup even in the dead of winter.
Read MoreLIFE AS A WORK OF ART ~ I had a dream of a wise woman I trust and admire who was warning me that creating shifts and making changes in the culture is hard work. Slow work. I awoke thinking, yes. Maybe. But time moves fast and this life is just a blink, and what is it all for anyways?
Read MoreMYSTERIOUS 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
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