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

While I’m fascinated by growing all types of plants, and feel especially proud when I get a good harvest of an exotic species, I feel...

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...

Working with herbs? Here's why you need to build a relationship with your plant medicine.

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,...

I can’t afford me. It’s true. As I’ve been spending the last 3-4 years building a couple of businesses from scratch it has been a newish...

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...

When you’re interested or passionate about something it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of it, or to be led down some deep...

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 on me: being chronically on time, planning things in the Type A fashion which I am not, living for the summer, and having mixed feelings come fall. There is still this sense of both excitement and dread when summer winds down. I believe part of that is built into our DNA. In many parts of the world, for millions of years, winter was a time of

It's September. It's starting to get darker earlier. But even if I wasn't able to see the world around me, my body would let me know. I'm...

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 learned that few people are truly boring). For all you little voyeuristic folks out there, I’m going to give you a glimpse behind the curtain about me, how I got here, and what the heck this herbalism thing is about. If you don’t already know me, you’ll soon realize I’m a pretty candid person. That makes some people uncomfortable. If you ar

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...