Learn to Grow Your Own Microgreens
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Ode To My Five Senses
Because I am human and have 5 senses, I promise my eyes I will find more than a screen for them to gaze upon today. I promise my nose I will do better than a stale room of conditioned air to inhale. I promise my mouth something more than the sterile taste of salty processed…
Foraging for some Plant Friends
I go to a favorite spot to find some blueberries, sweet fern, and wintergreen. These are all plants that like to hang out together and that I have learned to value and respect more and more over the years. It started with the berries, because they’re yummy, and then I got to know wintergreen for…
Wild Soda & Salve with Milkweed and Fireweed
I got to spend some time this week working with some of my favorite plants: milkweed and fireweed. There’s a patch of woods by my house where the milkweed and fireweed were calling me to come for a visit! I love milkweed for it’s value as a pollinator and for being an essential food for…
The Ramp Patch/Promise of a Forager
Ramps are the smell of spring. After a long long winter of no earthy smells, the aroma of the ramp patch awakens my senses, and affirms that YES, despite my doubts, summer will come again this year! HURRAY!!! Spring has been such a looooong time coming this year. Usually the ramps are ready for picking…
Why I Love Amaranth
The first time I recall encountering amaranth was when I worked for Rock Spring Farm, an organic veggie farm in Northeastern Iowa back in the early 2000s. Every week we’d make bouquets to sell at the farmers market and the bright fuschia dangling dreadlocks of amaranth I found to be the most stunning addition to…
A Change is Coming
Winter: Cold, lonely & dark introspection Soft, white, snow, quiet reflection. Piecing together the moments, composing the stories that gives us direction, &making the meaning. Spring: Cold spring rain, washes away the snow, exposing the dirt and grime, leftover from the prior seasons, and washing it away. Smells released from their winter slumber. Green hope…
