Rose Petal Elixir…This is one of my favorite remedies of all time! This summer I am reacquainting with hands-on medicine. I am harvesting and processing herbs from my very own herb garden and from my neighborhood. And I am making a LOT of medicine – or at least a lot for me. Sometimes I am…
Evolving Tea I love it when a tea inspires. And I love it when the berries, roots, seeds and barks of a tea reveal their taste and medicine with each step. Long ago I ditched the idea of keeping infusion herbs and decoction herbs separate. I know that the decoction herbs are not as medicinal…
It has been – and still is – associated with purification, cleansing, fertility and protection of the sacred. Its thorns are a reminder that there is protection to the vulnerability of feeling into heart wounding and having a sensitive, open heart. A singular Hawthorn in British Isles is called a Fairy Tree, and it is…
An ideal Saturday afternoon for me consists of a walk, a nap, a cup of tea and playing with herbs! I was lucky enough to spend last Saturday just so, with lots and lots of herb exploration, including making a body spray.
Tales of a mythical violet liqueur Two years ago, it happened to me. I became determined that I would make violet liqueur. My friend Susan told me about an incredible violet liqueur she found while traveling in Greece. With her experience as a bartender and world traveler, one could not take her praise of the…