Tag: <span>yarrow</span>

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 …

Surfacing From Summer Foraging Mayhem

The summer foraging season has been a major whirlwind for us this year, but I think I’m starting to crawl out from under it. The tub of crushed chokecherry leaf used by Ashtree Wildcrafting as a base for several of the looseleaf teas, is largely full with two more trays …

A Tea Order and A Marathon Foraging Run – Reminder of Upcoming Foraging Workshops

Today’s foraging run is brought to you buy a custom tea request at the recent wellness fair, that was hoped to be a wild flavour version similar to Earl Grey. The purchaser liked the smell, and if the recipient likes the tea, we need to be ready for potential re-orders. …

Macerated Aromatic Oil and Scented Lies

This week, we’ve been very busy foraging around the barn property each evening. Coming home with more purple deadnettle, yarrow, discovered quite a bit of desert parsley we need to grab, and began picking arrowleaf balsomroot flowers for Ashley’s aromatic oil by maceration experiment. Sidenote:  We are planning Foraging Workshops …

Early Spring Excitement! Wellness Fair and Foraging

Two stories to share tonight. But first, as every article gets automatically sent out to newsletter subscribers, allow me to pause a moment and welcome 5 new subscribers to The Natural Health, God’s Way, newsletter!  If you read my articles but are not yet a subscriber, you can join the …

Herbs and Smallpox: Is it Really That Dire?

Alright, time for a minor research compilation! If you are hearing rumours of a potential smallpox outbreak, it is time to be preparing! I began looking into it and found a very damning paragraph regarding a potential treatment that you really don’t want to be using, but that you should …