Oct 8, 2021Ovens in Autumn ~Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit...
Jul 16, 2021Tomato & BrineCheerful yellow tomato flowers, shaped like a wizard’s hat, need to be shaken to release their pollen. They resonate with the buzzing of...
May 21, 2021Mulberry, Mulberry, Silk + Iron ~All shall yield to the Mulberry-tree; Bend to the blest Mulberry; Matchless was he who planted thee; And thou, like him, immortal shall...
Apr 23, 2021Violets are blue ~We are Violets blue, For our sweetness found, Careless in the morning shades, Looking on the ground; Love’s dropp’d eyelids and a kiss,...
Apr 11, 2021Apple leaf infusions ~Here’s to thee, old Apple-tree, Whence thou may’st bud, and whence thou may’st blow; And whence thou may’st bear Apples enow. Hats full!...
Apr 10, 2021Garden Tisane ~Some weedy nourishment for your gardens this incoming Spring season. 𓇖 Oh, sweet spontaneous earth, how often have the doting fingers of...
Apr 10, 2021Wassailing On Winter Solstice ~Wassail! Wassail! over the town, Our toast is white, our ale is brown: Our bowl is made of the Maplin tree, We be good fellows all; I...
Apr 10, 2021: Lavender Blue : a simple syrup recipe for immune support & sweet relief~ Lavender's blue, dilly dilly, lavender's green, When I am king, dilly dilly, you...
Apr 10, 2021: Appreciating Oregano :And tho’ Sweet Marjoram will your garden paint With no gay colours, yet preserve the plant, Whose fragrance will invite your kind regard,...
Apr 10, 2021Golden Hour of the Earth ~𓋆 Soft & ambling light; warm & golden light; when the shadows aren't yet sharp ~ In the Northern Hemishpere, we will be...
Apr 10, 2021Honeyed ParsleyA sweet summer recipe ~ Pictured above is a beautiful crab spider lost in the intricacies of a Parsley umbel. This is a plant deeply...
Apr 10, 2021Five Herbs for your First Aid Kit ~The past two weeks have both reminded & taught me a lot about herbal first aid. After sustaining a pretty gruesome wound to my right...
Apr 10, 2021Sun Flood / Solstice Sun✺ An excerpt from the late June dispatch of Moon Notes ~ ✺✺✺ ... And even in the midst of work, even in the throws of grief, we must...
Apr 10, 2021From my kitchen to yours: Nettle PancakesSea of green ~ green sea, they do taste of the sea somehow... salty, warm. The saline flavor of a quiet & old ocean. ❉ Urtica dioica or...