New Beginnings in Marblehead, MA I just came back from a weekend studying with renowned herbalist Margi Flint. I stayed at her house....

This is going to sound crazy. Allow me to get a bit woo woo for a moment. At the risk of sounding completely unprofessional and having...

Sometimes, we are the loser. Not in everything. Not all the time. This does not indicate our entire life was spent being a loser. But...

Reflection on 10 years of herbalism and what truly led me to the plant path: the plants themselves. They find you when you need them.

Using organic straw as natural weed suppression and increasing moisture retention was the best choice ever.

I quite literally cannot wait for spring each year. And while, yes, I’m learning to embrace the beauty and quiet of winter, I really...

The hypocrisy of this post is not lost on me. I am not anti-tech. I daresay I would no longer survive without my GPS; having a cell phone...

This is a tough one. This winter thing. As I type this, I have an exquisite view of six inches of pure, dry snow on the back patio,...

My family has fizzled. When I was a kid, my grandparents had many celebrations at their house. It was warm, crowded, loud- full of food...

I’ve said this before- I’m a summer gal. Being a teacher for all of my professional life (aside from now) has left some indelible marks...

It started because I'm cheap. That was mostly my fault. I didn't choose a profession that made much money (teaching in a private school)....

I know I said I'm not doing many more of these 'casual' posts anymore, as part of my business plan was to blog once or twice a month...

I know you know what melatonin is. You may fall on the Melatonin Fan bandwagon, or you might be fed up with it for whatever reason. But...

One of my favorite and earliest memories was seeing the big glass cylinder, the one with the muted orange and yellow citrus slices...

I find there are often 2 types of herbalists that I tend to run across: the science-based and the woo-woo. Neither are wrong or right....

I’m not a boring person. For most of my life I chose (most of the time) not to be boring, and prefer to be around non-boring people (I've...

I'm supposed to be finishing up my Herb of the Month newsletter right now. But I just went outside. In my bare feet. In my bathrobe. At...

It's been a minute. So much for my 'blog every month' goal. The ironic thing is that the months I have been missing lately are months...

I'm sure I've overstated my love of spring and summer and my reluctance towards leaning into fall and winter. Over the past few years...

There's this thing that happens for some plant lovers. It happens when the plant that you want or need randomly pops up in your garden,...