Shedding Skin
The bite of a young winter seems to have finally taken hold of the land, after a March-like holiday season. My little joke for the …
Wild Seed Flour
The frosts came heavy and quick this year. Gardeners are among the first to admit there is mercy in a quick death; less time to …
Richness
|By Steven Martyn| This time of year, as September’s shadow lengthens, I always feel a bittersweet edge in my heart. There is a richness like …
Herbal Vinegar
|By Steven Martyn| Every year at the summers peak Megan and I do a round of collecting medicinal and culinary herbs to make our yearly vinegar. …
At our core we are all healers
|By Steven Martyn| The first time I remember using my intuition to heal with herbs was thirty-three years ago when I was about 17. We …
Killaloe Herbal Project
|By Steven Martyn| A couple years ago a friend, Diana Macauley and myself both had a strong impulse to bring the healing power of herbs …
Spring in the Greenhouse
|By Steven Martyn| On this last day of March, I was out in the freezing dawn, and even though everything still appeared like winter I …
Willow Basket Making
|By Steven Martyn| It’s early March and coming into the cane harvesting season. Megan and I have been prayerfully coppicing the same Willow trees …
Winter is the Time for Dreaming
| By Steven Martyn | An ancient adage says that “winter is the time for dreaming” and every year I rediscover this truth with surprise. …