Writing
Ghost Pipe, The Otherworldly Herb
A few weeks back I had an amazing experience, a vision, given to me by Ghost Pipe (Monotropa uniflora). Ghost Pipe has been called Indian …
Post- Pandemic Homesteading
Has the dream of homesteading set sail since the pandemic? Is ‘homesteading’ still relevant today when very few can afford to do it because of …
Beans, Beans the Magical Fruit
I grow lots of beans. Yes, waxy green, yellow and purple pods that wink out at me through summer’s thick vegetation, to be eaten fresh. …
The Accidental Herbalist – Yarrow, St.John’s Wort, Wild Lettuce & Scullcap
The last time I wrote an “Accidental Herbalist” article was a long time ago. Which, considering I There’s a double meaning hidden in this title. …
The Herbalist’s Dilemma: “To be sick or not to be sick, that is the question.”
It’s a funny thing, when I was growing up in the 1970’s, something we all heard over and over is “they can put a man …
Plantain: Traveller’s Talisman
I’ve been reading Martin Shaw’s “Scatterlings” this winter. The message is a wise old one, that “what we’re searching far and wide for, turns out …
The Venerable Hazelnut, Generous & Versatile
By far the quickest growing, and easiest going nut trees are Hazels. In my area we have the wild Beaked Hazelnut and we plant a …
Seeding a Future of Beauty, Fecundity and Healing
Don’t underestimate the power of the seed. They are very, very small but without them life as we know it would end on the planet. …