Sometimes when I go out for a spontaneous walk on the mountain that backs up to my home I haven't brought my basket...then I find some wonderful plant medicine I simply have to bring home...uh-oh...what to do? I've learned to make "baskets" out of whatever I'm wearing! Here's how it worked with a recent sassafras leaf harvest. Rolled and tied up the front of my shirt, then when that was completely full, I rolled …

It’s a busy time of year in the garden and in the wild…With the glory of gold, red, orange and still-green autumn leaves and the air crisp and fresh… Been harvesting, drying, digging up plants to bring inside (got them all in last night when it went down to the low 30's...eek! So I get my wish to have the wood stove season and herb drying season coincide, at least for a short while!! But drying isn't all there is... I go out with my …

Here's a delicious recipe that makes the most of late summer peaches and aids digestion at the same time! The peaches I used were actually give-aways from the farmer's market because they had soft spots and blemishes. However, they tasted amazing. Simply Marvelous Peach-Kefir Smoothy Ripe peaches - 2 Kefir (goat or cow) - 1 cup or more, to taste Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon or more, to taste 1. Remove all the …

Peach Prunus persica I'm sweet, juicy, cooling, and moist, Relaxing nerves and tissue. I help you when you're not content In fact, I like to kiss you! I allay severe nausea -- This is one of my great gifts, Especially in pregnancy -- Use my flowers, leaves, or pits. I am such a beautiful tree, And I support your liver. My fuzzy fruit's round and luscious; Your life flows like a river. from The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant …

Wow, summer is almost over...and it has been an especially playful one for me. Since both my current books are done, I've had time to enjoy both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as the forest and beautiful lakes where I live. The Gift of Healing Herbs has been out in the world for just five months now and I'm getting mail every day from people telling me how the herbs and the simple recipes in the book are helping them. I love getting these letters! It helps justify wayyy too …

The herbs have been keeping me busy!! There's basil to turn into pesto...wild salad greens to gather daily, wild carrot to dry for infusions, bee balm to infuse in vinegar, and so much more!! I hope everyone is savoring summer and finding many moments of peace amid the swirling dramas of these days. Keep your heart nourished with community, move your body however you can, touch the ground regularly, sky-gaze, and keep things in perspective by taking the actions you can to …

Hey friends, This has been my favorite summer drink in these hot, muggy days. Ginger-Lime Water Fresh ginger - 1/3 cup, grated Lime - 1 large, squeezed and then slivered First, grate the ginger and cover with 1 - 1 1/2 quarts of cold water. Bring to a boil. Turn off the flame and let stand for about one hour. (If your ginger is very fresh, you'll be able to make one more quart of infusion with this). Put 1/2 gallon or more of cold …

Another report on our Native and Wild Green Medicine Garden: You're invited! Come to our next gardening day and get your hands in the earth, enjoy great company, and learn how to harvest and use commonly available, effective herbal medicine! We had an enthusiastic crew show up to the garden for our June date. One of the most fun aspects of the day was that great kids were there with their parents! Kids make any gardening day even more sunny! We continued to …

Wishing everyone a happy long weekend of celebrating not only your independence (Use it! Free your Mind, the rest will follow!) , but also your interdependence with all the physical life forms and archetypal, elemental energies on Earth and in the Universe/You-niverse! Remember: All plants are consciousness altering...we grow them in our gardens but they grow us when we take them into ourselves as food, medicine, or even simply by inhaling their lovely scents. …

I'm looking forward to sharing the generous gifts of herbal medicine during this free webinar with Evolver Learning Lab! Click the snippet below to read more :) "Extraordinary healings can and do happen every day. Sometimes they are instantaneous. What do you imagine is possible in the realm of healing yourself or another? Consider this question carefully, because reality follows your thoughts, emotions and imagination. Or, as author and astrologer Caroline Casey …

Had a fun and magical day of learning with the beautiful Greenwood Apprentice Circle men today! And we finally remembered to take a picture! We worked with our interrelationship with the archetypal elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth, as well as Below (within), Above (outward) and the Sacred Center. We gathered and studied plantain leaf as our primary herb of the day, drinking a delicious infusion made from both narrow and broad leaf plantain that …

Hennng's Local in Eldred, NY is not only a fabulous restaurant, worth a trip from anywhere, but the book launch party there in early May was a beautiful event for everyone. Friends, new friends, students, teachers, gathered together and enjoyed delicious hors doevres while we chatted and I signed books, and Karen Flood the beautiful illustrator sined books, too. The setting is magical and friends showed up and entertained us with music. I did some readings form The Gift …