journal

Ovens 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...

Tomato & Brine

Cheerful yellow tomato flowers, shaped like a wizard’s hat, need to be shaken to release their pollen. They resonate with the buzzing of...

Mulberry, 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...

Violets 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,...

Apple 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!...

Garden Tisane ~

Some weedy nourishment for your gardens this incoming Spring season. 𓇖 Oh, sweet spontaneous earth, how often have the doting fingers of...

Wassailing 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...

: 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...

: 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,...

Golden 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...

Honeyed Parsley

A sweet summer recipe ~ Pictured above is a beautiful crab spider lost in the intricacies of a Parsley umbel. This is a plant deeply...

Five 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...

Sun 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...

From my kitchen to yours: Nettle Pancakes

Sea of green ~ green sea, they do taste of the sea somehow... salty, warm. The saline flavor of a quiet & old ocean. ❉ Urtica dioica or...