Fire Cider Or Something Like It
The term “fire cider” might conjure up images of witches brewing a magical elixir of exotic spices and, like, the tears of a dragon (or something). It might call to mind boozy apple juice. It might...
View ArticleWith a Friend Like Hawthorn
With the week’s forecast of heavy rains, high winds and extensive flooding, I am seeking the refuge and comforts of home. Now decorated for the holidays, my home boasts the heart and the sparkle of...
View ArticleHoliday Hangover: Love Your Liver Detoxification
Perhaps it was the cookies. Perhaps it was the cheese. Perhaps it was the booze. I’m not one to judge, jeez… Chances are even the healthiest of us were tempted by the wanton excesses of the holiday...
View ArticleCreating a Medicinal Herb Garden
I’ve got a fever. Spring fever. And the only cure is more gardening. As the seed catalogs arrive in my mailbox with increasing frequency and the daffodils have pushed through the wet earth,...
View ArticleVirtually Sinless: Chocolate Chaga Brownies
Next up in my virtually sinless cookie series: Chocolate Chaga Brownies! But first, I feel like I need to state something for the record –I don’t consider butter a sin, so do with that what you will…...
View ArticleForaged Foods: Creamy Nettle Soup
There comes a time every year when I must choose between gardening and foraging/wild-crafting. It is really quite a dilemma… It appears that the last frost has now past. The winter’s compost is...
View ArticleDouglas Fir: Folklore & Medicinal Uses
Douglas Fir Fable, History, Identification, Food & Medicine Douglas fir is a thing of scent memories. From my early childhood, when my grandparent’s grew them for Christmas trees. From my teenage...
View ArticleHorehound Candy: Bitter & Sweet
Horehound Medicinal Uses Not everything in life is perfectly sweet. Sometimes things are a little bit bitter. Or a lotta bit bitter. As is the case with horehound (Marrubium vulgare). This...
View ArticleFairy Finery: Elderflower Marshmallows
Oh, the glory of elderflower season is finally upon me! The frothy white blooms are bursting forth and glowing like tiny pearls in the sunlight… As an herbalist and wildcrafter, I have no further to...
View ArticleForaged Oregon Grape & Lemon Curd
Oregon Grape: The Cinderella Story Sometimes when you are a kid, you’re told things that just aren’t true. Like that if you don’t go to sleep – Santa won’t come, if you eat watermelon seeds they will...
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