Yearly Archives: 2018

Spring Ice Storm with the New Moon in Aries in April 2018

 in Biodiversity / Food / Gardening / Healing Herbs / Wild Harvest by

I follow a lot of different growers, herbalists and nature websites and it has been hard to see all these baskets of lovely wild greens being harvested and eaten and even flowers blooming while this is my yard – ice so thick on the bird feeder it is weighting it, activating the squirrel proof mechanism that keeps it closed. I keep chipping away at it and am putting extra out on the table.
Everyone is desperate.

The spark of spring only exists in the wood stove just now but the one in my heart is smoldering as I stand in amazement at the variety of life and am beyond thankful that I don’t have to live outside all the time.  Thankful for my family, my warm bed and for my many aromatherapy blends and salves which carry me through while I wait for better weather.

Ice covering everything

Various Finches

Red Wing Blackbirds

Even the fox is hungry enough to come closer before the storm

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Arnica, crowded and ready to be outside.

All babies potted up now and much happier but leaves little room for anything else until Spring comes around.

I was looking forward to this sorrel I found last week but……..

And definitely some of the Nettles coming up all around

 

Winter Waiting

 in Healing Herbs / Markets / Natural Skin Care by

Wow it is cold outside!!!
Everyone probably needs some extra moisturization for the skin, and there are lots of pure and natural ways to hydrate your skin in the depths of winter; one example is coconut oil directly on the skin. But if you need a little something more specialized I have two new products ready to go and inspired by customer requests. Both are nourishing, gentle, and essential oil free, one for the face and one for anywhere else.
Hope you enjoy!

It is now time for me to start some seeds indoors and plan for the upcoming growing season, which I am very excited for. Winter is lovely, but I do really miss my work with the live plants. See you soon at the markets!

winter