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Legalities of Foraging in BC, Canada

A recent article published on Castanet, a local news site, erroneously has claimed that it is illegal to dig up Arrowleaf Balsamroot on crown land here in BC. When I asked for sources, they sent me this link, where I immediately noticed the reporter’s error: Collection 2 (1) Subject to …

Update on my concussion/contusion incident from Easter weekend

Readers may remember the heavy duty eye oil infusion that my daughter used to knock down the inflammation that was forming at the back of her eye when we were out doing some repairs around our place before Christmas. Over the past few weeks, beginning around late March and stretching …

God Grants Us Knowledge of His Creation

Chatting with people at craft fairs, wellness fairs, and other meet-up situations has often resulted in someone somewhere amazed at what God has enabled us (my household) to do around house and home, and in dealing with the health and wellbeing of ourselves and our critters.  I sometimes point to …

First Foraging Run of Spring 2025, Passover, and Using Our Own Herbal Medicine

Here we are, the evening of Good Friday, the day we give thanks and express our gratitude for Jesus Christ choosing to take our sin upon Himself and carry it to the cross on our behalf, tearing in two the veil that separated man from God, because now the way …

Spring Wellness Fair and 3 Days Crammed Into One for a Home School Workshop Adventure!

Well, well, well. . . if that weekend wasn’t another knock-em-out-of-the-park whirlwind! We attended both the Vernon Wellness Fair on Saturday and Sunday, as well as put on a concatenated version of my 3-day Make Your Own Trailkit Advanced Foraging Workshop on Monday! What made the wellness fair successful wasn’t …

2025 Spring Foraging VS Spring Craft and Wellness Fairs!

We have Impact! Or is that Lift-off?!! The Great Collision has occurred and Ashley felt I should be alerting you to the potential fall-out. You see. . . It’s the beginning of April, and plants are growing again, some more quickly than others, but growing just the same.  Spring markets …

Another COVID Shot Side Effect is Rearing It’s Head: Tuberculosis. What is TB and can Herbs Help?

Today’s blog post is brought to you by more “adverse events” being reported from those who have taken the “shot”.  That news will be linked to partway through this piece.  To begin with, what is TB?! Tuberculosis is a bacterial-caused infection that most understand to affect the lungs. Tuberculosis is …

Addressing Commonly-Taught Misunderstandings of the Anti-Bacterial Nature of Wood

In the realm of commonly-held but not entirely accurate understandings around food safety, the discussion of which is safest to use in the kitchen, be it glass, plastic, silicon, steel, or wood, is apparently a very contested subject. Mainstream anti-bacterial teaching holds that plastic is safer than wood, that steel …

Got My FoodSafe Level 1 Certificate (and a few headaches)

So this weekend, I added a utility certificate to the mix. I now have my FoodSafe Level 1 Certificate! It will take 4 to 6 weeks to get to me on paper, but I have a temporary version they offered for download. Many people in the past have had to …

Your Perspective Determines Your Ability

Your soul, the part of you that thinks, feels, and processes, needs care just as much as your body does. I recently shared a long article on the subject of prayer, because who we pray to, why we pray, and even how we pray, is integral to our spiritual health. …