Bark Harvest & Ethical Wildcrafting

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Autumn is the season for bark harvest, one of the most fulfilling medicine making tasks. A walk through the woods on a crisp fall day followed by several hours in the sun as the days grow shorter and the world goes to sleep—it is definitely worth the effort, and a few trees will provide a … Continue reading Bark Harvest & Ethical Wildcrafting

Why I Don’t Pick the Flowers: Leave the Spring Ephemerals Alone

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I love this time of year: the first wildflowers' hopeful surge to sunlight before the leaves cast shade on the forest floor, the birds' joy in life and love as they chase each other around the edges of the yard in pursuit of the next generation, the sudden sunlight in the midst of a rainy … Continue reading Why I Don’t Pick the Flowers: Leave the Spring Ephemerals Alone