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Friday, December 19, 2014

The Herbs and the Herbalist

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This post is partly a continuation of some of the themes discussed in the last one. Particularly concerning the challenges of obtaining the ...

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Chaga and the Wild Harvesting Dilemma

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There are many wild spaces where I love to walk and, when necessary, harvest herbs. Whenever I explore a new area or trail, I keep a record ...

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Monday, August 5, 2013

Harvesting Artist's Conk (Ganoderma)

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Although I primarily use plant species in my practice, I also use several medicinal fungi. The first group of medicinal fungi that I started...

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Harvesting Ground Ivy

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On June 12th I went to one of the areas where I wild-harvest herbs and harvested ground ivy ( Glechoma hederacea ), better know as creeping ...

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Making Medicine, Part 2 of 5: Preparing Blue Vervain to Make a Tincture

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This is the second in a series of five posts in which I am using the process of wild harvesting and making a fresh herb tincture of blue ver...

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