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Candle Safety: aka “don’t burn down your house”
Let’s chat for a minute about candle safety, shall we? I love LOVE love candles. They are a small, powerful, controlled fire. I nearly always have a candle lit at home. EVERYONE is more attractive in the flicker of firelight, which is why it has such romantic connotations. I light candles as blessings for people…
Recipe Box: Pickling Spice Blend
Spice blends…from your grocery store shelves to a bulk herb market, there’s a nearly endless variation of piquant, pungent, salty, savory, or sweet blends out there to choose from. If you do a lot of pickling, you might already have a favorite spice blend on hand. But have you ever considered mixing your own spice blend,…
Things I Love: Being Busy Doing What I Love!
I’ve been busy so far this spring! The Festival of Legends was fabulous, as always. My love and I set up our tarot tent and read for donations. We were nestled between Madam Tess, who reads palms and is a blast to be around, and Tree of Life Designs, a sweet couple who sell their…
Things I love: Silly Searches
Here we go again, folks! As much as I am a plant nerd, I’m a social media nerd. I love delving into search engine analytics to see just what brought people to my site. What exactly do the internet spiders and sentient algorithms think that I’m doing over here? To shed some light, here are…
Fermented Foods Workshop
A few weeks ago, I was the facilitator for a fermented foods workshop at a private festival in beautiful Eastern Tennessee! The Harvest Celebration focused on the aspects of the fall season leading up to the autumnal equinox – harvest, preservation, and storage of foods, as well as emotional and spiritual preparation for the dark…
Happy Spring! #WorldPoemDay 2017
Man…am I ever glad to see the beginning of spring. This winter has been a terribly brutal one for so many people that I know. There’s been breakdowns of the political, physical, emotional, and mental varieties. We went from fall wildfires to tempestuous temperatures, orchard-harming frosts and not enough rain and snow… …and yet, some of…
Make your own Herbal Smoking Blends
When I was a child at bedtime at my grandparents’ house, I’d fall asleep watching whiffs of my Grandad’s vanilla pipe tobacco drifting down the hallway like blue ribbons. I smoked cigarettes in high school when I was depressed and poetic and suicidal and dramatic and wanted everyone to know it. I smoked cloves while reciting poetry at…
Book Review: The Fiercely D.I.Y. Guide to Jams, Jellies, & Fruit Butters
Are you new to canning? It can be intimidating to start out with preserving food. What if you do something wrong? Will you make people sick? How do you can things safely? The techniques that Kathy covers should give you the confidence to make delicious treats from your kitchen, as well as give you fantastic…
Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine: 2017 Scholarship
The fantastic folks at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine have announced the scholarship program for their 2017 school year. In 2016, they awarded 28 scholarships totaling $39,400! Their goals for offering scholarships for both their Online Herbal Medicine Making Course and the Online Herbal Immersion Program “These need-based scholarships are selected based on our mission…
Cranky, Creaky and Cold
We’ve been infested with imps, lately…long-fingered, big nosed, kite-eared giggling troublemakers who press their faces to the cold glass and leave ugly prints! Sometimes they aren’t so bad, and they sure do know how to party…but when you least expect it, BAM! The butter’s spoiled, or the wine has turned to vinegar, or a joyous…
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