Please click on one of the photos below to enter the gallery, and read photo descriptions
Medicinal Herbs
Gallery
Cold Season Wild Greens and Pecan Feta Wild Greens Pesto
Gallery
Creasy greens Creasy greens (Barbarea verna, Brassicaceae), also known as wintercress, is a common weed in the Southeast and the pacific Northwest. Its close relative, Barbarea vulgaris, has a more widespread distribution, occurring throughout most of temperate North America. Here in the southern … Continue reading
Cultivating Medicinal Herbs, with a Focus on At-risk Woodland Medicinals
Gallery
Growing our own medicine creates an intimate connection with healing plants as we watch them emerge from the ground, and grow leaves, flowers, and fruits. I tend to be more curious about the plants around me, as I see, smell … Continue reading
Herbs for the Immune System
Gallery
Immunostimulants This group of herbs is typically used to treat short-term, acute infections through the stimulation of immune activity. Immunostimulants help the body to resist infection during the beginning stages of infection, as well as throughout the duration of infectious … Continue reading
Phytoestrogens
Gallery
Estrogens are a group of steroid hormones that function as the primary female reproductive messengers. Estrogen has its etymological roots in the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility Oestre, and can be broken down as follows: from estrus (period of fertility for … Continue reading
Wildcrafting for Future Generations
Gallery
Gathering medicine and food from the wild connects us to the natural world, our ancestral heritage, and our wild animal selves. Being involved in our sustenance and healing is boldly empowering and ties us into simple living and the change … Continue reading
Chestnut Harvest
Gallery
Chinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima, Fagaceae) are a common yard tree in the southern Appalachians, and can easily be found this time of year, with their spiny burrs and nuts falling from the trees. The Chinese Chestnut is not affected by … Continue reading
Partridge Berry
Gallery
Partridge berry is an evergreen trailing vine which stays close to the ground as it weaves its way over the roots of hemlocks and other conifers. I have seen it growing in the shade of mature forests in acidic soils, … Continue reading
Lamb’s quarter
Gallery
Lambs quarter is one of the most common weeds in gardens, backyards and fallow fields, following human habitation closely. If you add horse or cow manure to your garden you will have a steady supply of these tasty wild greens … Continue reading
Endocrine disruptors
Gallery
Sometime in my early twenties, I began to notice that many of the women around me were experiencing reproductive disease in some form: endometriosis, cervical dysplasia, ovarian cysts, infertility, uterine fibroids, breast cancer etc. It didn’t seem to me that … Continue reading