St. John’s Wort: The First Healer
|By Steven Martyn| I’ve been wildcrafting herbs for thirty-five years, and I still learn (or re-learn) many things every year. I seldom have alone time …
Sacred Corn Mother (and a recipe to prepare Her)
|By Steven Martyn| Before I plant, I sit for a while to listen and talk to Her, the seeds and the land, where they will …
Seed medicine stories of the carrot family
|By Steven Martyn| Spring is miraculously birthed from the Earth. From the smallest shoots can come gargantuan roots. Some of the parsnips we dug out recently were …
Honouring Spring’s Wild Food
|By Steven Martyn| April is a most bounteous time. The snow has finally receded, and the ground is thawing. The Earth, our virgin bride lay …
Laying down the Bones; making a rustic chair
|By Steven Martyn| These days everything seems to take me a long time to manifest. Kids, making a living, maintaining the farm, all demand a …
The Dreamer and the Artist
|By Steven Martyn| The night before last, I felt a little sick when I went to bed. That night I had an incredible dream. It …
Goddess in the Greenhouse
She’s just starting to awaken outside. Where we live in the upper Ottawa Valley, the winter was late in coming and there hasn’t been much …
Labrador Tea
Labrador tea is the younger cousin of Sweetgale and Bearberry. She is very different in character as indicated by Her distinct wooly leaves and stunning …
Herbal Facial Toner
It is an ongoing inspiration here at the Sacred Gardener to find new ways to bring more of the vitality and vibrancy of the warmer days into …
Sweetgale… Wise Old Grandmother
Sweetgale is the wise old grandmother. She’s one of the weavers who made this land. Her roots hold the land close like a basket, like …