Posted: March 4, 2023
Raised Bed for Herbs. I am lucky enough to get a raised bed for herbs to plant this summer. I am currently planning this raised bed. I’ll be honest – I am primarily a wildcrafter. Not a gardener. This process of a raised bed for
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Tags: gardening, growing, herbalism, herbs, inspiration, Ottawa herbalist, passionflower, soil, weeds
Posted: July 12, 2021
Climate Change. I had to count back in my head to know what day I took this photo. It was July 2 this year. That’s goldenrod. A plant that usually flowers in mid to late August. Today is the 11th and I feel certain that this goldenrod is in
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Posted: June 14, 2021
Community Care. A few weeks ago I checked out a new trail. At the head of the trail there was a sign posted to a tree. “Watch out for coyotes.” This is community care. We look after us. This wasn’t an “official” sign – whatever that is. This was someone who knew there was a
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Tags: bystander intervention, community care, herbalist, inspiration, Ottawa herbalist, webinar
Posted: May 23, 2021
Wild spaces. No matter what struggles I might be having I am grateful to live close to wild spaces. I wish I could capture the feeling I have in my heart when I am in the woods. I have a – roster shall we say – of locations and I pick and choose depending on
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Posted: May 10, 2021
Herbalism and critical thinking. Herbalism and critical thinking need to be made as one. I wish that my formal herbal education had involved more focus on critical thinking. Unfortunately, the whole natural health movement frequently fails when it comes to critical thinking. A good critical thinker can take in information and discriminate between high quality
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Tags: bloodroot, critical thinking, herbalism, inspiration, LaRose, learning herbs, Ottawa herbalist
