Angelica atropurpurea April 22, 2024I’m not a native plant purist (I ache for a tea cup magnolia) but still I recommend native substitutions for the imported nursery standards nine times out of ten. It just makes...
Nettles for Springtime March 26, 2024More nutritious than your favorite vegetable, promise NETTLESUrtica dioica, Urticaceae My plant profile on Nettles, pulled from the course booklet for Bioregional Herbalism & Medicine Making:Harvest: The young shoots and...
Skunk Cabbage: hottest plant in the swamp, a thermogenesis story February 28, 2024Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus, Araceae) I am writing this in anticipation of walking through the woods and seeing the maroon cylindrical spathes of North America’s native Skunk Cabbage shooting up...
The Lesbian Flower February 14, 2024 Sharing a romantic floral story to celebrate Valentine's Day. People used to attach a lot of meaning to the flowers they gave one another. 100 years ago, everyone knew...
Sunflower Seed Oil & Beeswax January 29, 2024Now that we have done a whole series on the botanical ingredients of The Healer Balm, I want to highlight the non botanical ingredients: sunflower seed oil & beeswax. Sunflower...
Althaea officinalis January 18, 2024Highlighting a key herb in The Healer Balm Althaea officinailis, Malvaceae The latin name of Marshmallow tells us a little about the plant’s history. The genus name “Althaea” derives from Greek for...
