Tag: apothecary
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Have you wondered how we get all that goodness from plants? Read on then!
I know when I started and even now I sometimes mix up the language for how us mere mortals work with plants to be able to implement all their goodness into our lives for physical health, emotional adaptions, and spiritual exploration. This here doesn’t go into the long practiced method of smoking/inhaling anything. I’m just…
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A Powerful Immunity Tincture!
It’s a funny thing. You start out on your herbal path just dabbling with specific plants. Then you get to the non-regional plants. Then you move into the hard to get nearly forgotten plants and their remedies. Or at least that’s what I did. There’s this pull to learn more and to understand what folks…
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Fireweed would like to be your friend!
I’ve been out, enjoying Summer, working in the garden, enjoying the nature around me. However, I wanted to drop a line to talk about Fireweed! Have you ever driven around, perhaps in the mountains where a burn has occurred, perhaps where a little town fire in a local wood has happened in the past? Have…
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Wooly Mullein, furry fury of moonscapes!
I remember once upon a first time, driving around Winthrop, WA and seeing these plants with massive furry leaves, taller than me spires of yellow flowers and a basal rosette of growth that could be the envy of many. They seemed to grow right out of the place where the asphalt meets the gravel shoulder.…
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Wall Lettuce is nope lettuce!
Wall Lettuce!! Why?? Every Spring, I start to see many plants that grow initially just like Dandelion, fringy leaves, basal rosette as it emerges, green, early, weedy habits. It would seem that each year I get nipplewort and wall lettuce swapped in my mind. So, perhaps this post is for you, but maybe it’s just…
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Salmonberry, likely the most welcome berry!
Very recently, I led a class through one of our local parks. It was great, I met new people with like interests, they met each other, we all met the plants at our feet and on up into the sky! There was a point in which we were talking about Salmonberry, and I alluded to…
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Red (Purple) Dead Nettle, not so Dead.
Red dead nettle, also known as Lamium purpureum also known as purple dead nettle, is a herbaceous flowering plant that belongs to the mint family. While it is often considered a weed, it has a long history of medicinal and culinary use. During this time of year in the PNW, it’s cropping up all over…
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Nipplewort, Upstart or True Value?
Nipplewort, also known as Lapsana communis, is an edible plant that is commonly found in Europe and Asia. I find this in my lawn. Abundantly. I try not to have so much of it, but it is literally like trying to shut out the sun. This is an action that has me wondering if I…
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Calendula, Because You’re Worth it!
Calendula (Calendula officinalis), also known as marigold, is a plant that has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries. It is a plant species in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, but it is widely cultivated and naturalized in other parts of the world. It’s absolutely stunning with its super orange coloration which…
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Night-time Rejuvenation, Feed Your Skin!
Once upon a time, I watched a lady on YouTube who was always glowing. Literally shining. I wondered, what the heck does she have on her face that makes her glisten so? Well, it turns out she was making her own home face balm/lotion. I have no idea what was in hers as when I…
Ministry of Making 