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Intentional Farmcraft: Garden Planning from the Heart
Garden Planning from the Heart Take time this month to make an intentional plan for garden projects for the season. Now that the ice has melted and the mud has dried up, the growing season is upon us in full. I choose 1-2 projects per month, whether that's rebuilding a trellis or spreading mulch, and … Continue reading Intentional Farmcraft: Garden Planning from the Heart
Garden Days 2022
Get your hands in the soil this summer in Southern Vermont!
Herbal Apprentice Applications Open!
Application period is now open for our transformational, hands-on, totally personalized herbal medicine apprentice experience in the woods and fields of Vermont. Only 2-3 students are accepted into the program so please apply early. Info here: https://oldwaysherbal.com/education/apprenticeship-program/
Herbal Steams
Herbal steams combat dry winter air to help decrease our bodies’ susceptibility to germs.
Winter Gardening: Collecting the Seeds of the Year’s Labor
My herb gardens thrive on benign neglect, and one of the ways I support the plants' life cycles is by letting the kids cast seeds.
Japanese Knotweed for Dinner & Medicine
Japanese Knotweed is a perfect illustration of bioregional herbalism. This invasive plant is one of our primary defenses again Lyme infection and is a delicious, nutritious spring wild food.
Rose-Infused Honey: Rugosa & Multiflora Rose
Herbal medicine of different Rose species, & using Rose honey in formulas
SWEETGRASS // TRUSTING THE PROCESS
Last spring, we planted sweetgrass in the Botanical Sanctuary, which spread out across the marsh garden!
American Chestnuts Bear Fruit
There are so few of these trees left that are healthy enough to bloom that it’s practically unheard of to produce nuts, because they need multiple trees--but this year, they did!
Quince for Perseverance, Patience, Hope
Quince jelly for my babies lunches from this place’s ancestral shrubs, at the cusp of the dark turn of year. Food as medicine for perseverance, patience, hope, & thorny protection.
Old Ways Herbal: Juliette Abigail Carr 