I love all the new things we try and this one turned out really great. If we had had a bigger hole I think we could have had more veggie and less crazy loopty shapes, It all tastes super great anyway!
The hole and about 1/3 of the sweet potatoes.
I am very blessed to have some new connections in my field. I have recently connected with Lisa Jeanine from alchemillasapotek.blogspot.se, who makes spagyric tinctures. This is the traditional and original way the Alchemists made plant medicine. Each tincture contains the complete parts of the plants: the Body, Soul, and Spirit. Processing involves several steps including distillation and calcination and often takes months to complete.
I am sharing and trading many plants and ideas with her. This last weekend she brought me to a place where we could harvest Acorus Calamus root. This is a very aromatic root with unique and even magical properties. It has been on my list of plants to meet all summer.
A plant for finding your voice.
Also on this day we visited Lisa’s friends and well known establishment urnatur.se.
What a treat for the kids and me! With hectares of handcrafted treehouses fitted with beds, cottages with the best living roofs I have ever seen, kitchens with handcrafted features and much more, the walk around the property was truly like, as they say on their website, a poem. I felt like the forest was hugging me back, speaking of calm and freedom. This place is truly unique, a celebration of nature. I hope to return some day.
feeding area
Forest Mandala
finding order in the chaos and letting chaos drive my soul
Nearly every day I harvest baskets full of tulsi. Some goes on to the drying racks and some into the still. The action of harvesting is aromatherapy from the source; it transports you into a meditative state of mind. Crisp and transforming, it is easily a replacement for the morning coffee as far as my mind is concerned, but my kapha type body needs a little more right now as the temperatures cool down and the seasons begin to change. A ritual of herbal teas, aromatherapy and exercise (yoga or a walk in the woods) is helpful to support the body and mind at this time of transition. I have a new blend in the webshop called Transition which is appropriate for personal or seasonal changes.
A sea of Tulsi, with a very large Sweet potato tied up in the back corner.
Stuffing Tulsi into the 5 liter glass for distillation.
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