Plants, Trees, Herbs
A Dandy Day
My daughter and I just sowed 10,000 dandelion seeds on my half-acre lawn. Today was glorious…no neighbors were doing laundry or burning things, so the air was breathable, even for me. 🙂 The bit of land I’m living on is predominantly hard-packed red clay. Very little grows…except…a few of my favorite local “weeds”. And I’m … Read more
Spring is just ahead – apprentice & plantain herb
Spring comes rolling round regardless of the dates we humans put on our calendars. For example, Spring on the mountain comes about 2 weeks after Spring opens in the valley just 14 road miles below. The plants tell us when Spring has sprung. Yesterday, even though March 21st is 6 weeks away, Michael and I … Read more
Introduction to Herbalism Workshop
Every plant you see represented on the table in the photo was harvested by me, just days before my free workshop at The Farmacy, in Manchester, TN in August 2020. About half of these organics have grown wild on my lawn for 30+ years and the other half were grown by me, organically, in containers. … Read more