Medicine Wheel Practices

I finally have the medicine wheel bandanas in my hands.  These mobile, contemplative, folk art pieces were printed with soy-based ink (dark teal) on organic cotton bandanas (natural color). In my last post on the medicine wheel, I didn’t include information on the handout that comes with each bandana.  I’ve written out a few practices … Continue reading →

Ye Ole Formulas from My Apothecary Days

As some of you may know, I ran a wild-harvested, hand-crafted herbal apothecary for almost five years in Mississippi from 2013-2017 called Sweet Gum Springs Apothecary.  I created and ran the apothecary with another herbalist for the first two years, Mandi Sanders, a wonderful herbalist. At the apothecary, we crafted Mississippi’s (and one of the … Continue reading →

Lacto-fermented Pickles

Fermented pickles are definitely way better in taste and health benefit than vinegar-brined cucumbers.  Basically, you get a probiotic pickle. In the past, I’ve always made lacto-fermented pickles using whey (the liquid that separates from curds in milk). Whey inoculates the brine with lactobacilii and makes the fermentation faster. It was always a reliable method … Continue reading →

Lard and Kitchen Memories

“Every part of Creation is indebted for its life to the other parts of Creation that have died and decayed so that it might live.” ~ Jessica Prentice, Full Moon Feast The past couple of days involved a recent kitchen experiment — rendering lard. While rendering the lard (purifying the lard), I couldn’t help but … Continue reading →

Prickly Pear Jello

“Cactus grow from Alaska to Argentina, or chilly Canada to chilly Chili, and other parts of the world. People have been eating Nopalea/Opuntia for at least 9,000. It’s not too late to join them.” ~ Eat the Weeds Prickly pears are ripening on their thorny thrones right now.  And, considering their widespread presence in North … Continue reading →