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Things I Love: Autumnal Sunlight and Sweet Water
The days are growing shorter, my friends, just as sure as my yard is a tapestry of crunching colored leaves. The air looks like the glitter filled daydream from the movie Legend, which is just one reason why I love the autumn season. There is something special about the sunlight in fall. The yellow is…
Trini Pepper Sauce
I love my luck! A few months ago, I saw a chance to get a free sample of a new hot sauce made in North Carolina for folks to try and review. I jumped on the chance, but they had already run out of samples by the time I signed on. I got a nice message apologizing, and…
Things I Love: September work
September is full of work! A photo posted by Amber Shehan (@amberpixiespocket) on Aug 31, 2016 at 9:36am PDT I have been harvesting, drying, canning, freezing, and otherwise making good things with the final fruits and flowers of the summer months. It’s still warm enough that there are a ton of mosquitos and there are hot days where canning…
Event: Asheville Herb Swap [Oct. 9, 2016]
Herbalists of Asheville are invited to a free herb swap! Harvest season is waning and winter is coming our way, It is time to take stock of what we have. Perhaps you made too much 4 Thieves Vinegar than you can use? Maybe you have spare seeds or dried herbs? Bring your excess and swap…
Quick and Easy Beer Bread
There are many who may question the existence of the rare creature known as the “left-over beer,” but I swear that they are real as you or me… For example, have you ever had one of those parties where you find all kinds of odd beer left in your fridge afterwards? We managed to find…
Recipe Box: Strawberry Oatmeal Pancakes
On the continuing theme of using fresh strawberries, I am delighted to share my new version of my Big Fluffy Pancakes recipe with the addition of fresh fruit, oatmeal and a bit of complementary spice! Butter and maple syrup are of course wonderful on these strawberry oatmeal pancakes, but if you really want to wow…
Back to School Special from the Herbal Academy!
The Herbal Academy is having a “Back to School” special! Register for ANY of their courses or herbal path classes and save 15% off of your total! The 15% discount applies to ALL of their Herbal Courses. There’s no coupon code or special hoops to jump through – just register for a…
A poem about March
A poem about March This is a snippet of sweet words that sprung, fresh-born, into my head on the way to work one morning. I was fighting to keep my eyes on the road as I drove, enchanted by the silver spider webs that coated the light green grass – the sun shining there illuminated the…
Flocking Thoughts: A Poem
I fancy myself a poet, although I only manage to string words together a few times a year, if I’m lucky. While sussing through a morass of thoughts and ideas and plans in my mind this morning as I drove into work, I spied the first flock of geese taking wing in the classic V…
Homespun Seasonal Living’s “Herbal Cookery E-Course” Now Enrolling!
Kathie from Homespun Seasonal Living is a great teacher for many who are new to the world of herbalism and and a source of inspiration to those who are beginning to reach out to reconnect with the living world around them. The newest offering from HSL is an Herbal Cookery E-course. This five week class…
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