Biblical Natural Health Coaching

Foraging, Fairs, Workshops, and Drawbacks of Social Media Reliance

Well that was a week! We foraged in two private property zones last Monday, then we hit the rail trail on Thursday not far from us. Both trips were for alfalfa first, gathering a few chokecherry leaves here and there, some curly dock, more yarrow, more desert parsley, etc. The …

TIA’s versus Asthmatic Symptoms – When the Symptoms and Answers Aren’t Quite the Same

My daughter has been taking her herbalist certificate training at an accredited college recognized by both the BC and Federal government of Canada. The main herbology textbook has been a nightmare of 1800’s style medicine, written in 1800’s style English, while having an original copyright date of 1969 and the …

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 …