Posted: June 12, 2020
Eating the wild – nettle soup I finally found nettles that were tall enough to harvest. It’s only June but hey, what of it. We had to turn the heat back on the other day; this was after getting the air conditioning looked at last week when it was 35 with the humidity. I harvested
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Posted: May 28, 2020
Coltsfoot and pyrrolizidine alkaloids I’ve been thinking about letting old knowledge pass away to be replaced by new wisdom and about coltsfoot and pyrrolizidine alkaloids. My Mom recently sent me an article that was a discussion of which Dutch oven is the best. As part of her research the author test drove each oven by
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Posted: May 12, 2020
Feast of fiddleheads. I was lucky enough to stumble over a patch of ostrich ferns (Matteuccia struthiopteris) the other day and we had a feast of fiddleheads with our dinner. Moving through the woods at human pace is my favourite way to pass the time. I see folks roaring through the trails on ATVs and
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Posted: April 30, 2020
Herbalist in a pandemic Now that I am an herbalist in a pandemic I have been finding it hard to write. I think actually I could shorten that sentence to “I have been finding it hard.” I am so grateful for the many blessings of my life. I know that others are struggling far more
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Posted: March 10, 2020
Longing for spring I work almost exclusively with fresh plants and as winter drags on, I am longing for spring. The days are getting longer, and the sap is starting to run. I am missing spending time out in the wild. Winter makes me feel hunched and chilled. I recently decided to bite the bullet and
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