Category: <span>Personal Stories</span>

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Ocular Herbal Healing for Human and Horse

The idea of potentially doing a workshop around herbs for you and your horse, got another boost this winter. For those who have been following me awhile, you’ll know that near the tail end of 2020, we downsized into a fifth wheel to tiny home not only our lives, but …

Story of Herbal Wound Speed-Healing in The Horse That Started It All

Today’s blog article is going to be a bit different from what I often write, for three reasons: A) It is a clear example of how the spirit world can impact the physical world, B) It is a story of one way God answered prayer for healing, and C) It …

More Foraging, and In-The-Field Medication

Sunday’s foraging run was about just two things, more rosehips, and yarrow.  We could have grabbed so much more chokecherry, but that wasn’t going to happen.  We’re tapped out with what we can process and store for this year. The trail we were on is frequented by other foragers and …

Foraging Escapades Again, Conifer Sweetness, and Fall Forecast

Finally getting around to sharing how this week’s foraging run went, and current challenges and escapades. Foraging this week was on Sunday, and the intention was two-fold: get more chokecherry berry twigs with their leaves and berries, and get more goldenrod. A third goal was to get more hawthorn berry …

Conifer Amusement and Syrup Experiments

Brought home some very “fat” green fir cones from the barn last night! By “fat”, I mean literally dripping with sap, using the term the same way very sappy wood is known as “fat”. The tree that we got them from not only was very generous in popping them off …

Our Household Foraging Rack, and Recent Uses to Regain Health

Introducing our nutritional/medicinal dried goods rack! As you can see, it has spilled out on top of the shelving unit, below at the foot of the shelving unit (the bag contains pineneedle sprigs), and in the foreground, one bag contains more sumac berries, and the three tubs are also dried …