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Author: megan spencer

The Deer Story

The Deer Story

By megan spencer March 29, 2022 March 29, 2022

There were portents before it happened. Nothing just happens. As for how I know they’re omens? I’ve said before by way of explanation, that here …

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PODCAST: The Mythic Masculine

PODCAST: The Mythic Masculine

By megan spencer March 10, 2022 March 10, 2022

From The Mythic Masculine website: “Culture grows out of how you garden. Not the other way around.”— Steven Martyn My guest today is Steven Martyn, …

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WATCH: THE ROUNDHOUSE

WATCH: THE ROUNDHOUSE

By megan spencer March 10, 2022 March 10, 2022

THE ROUNDHOUSE: Following the Patterns of Divinity in Our Bones and Ancestral Traditions In this short film by Steve Turliuk made at the Natural Building …

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Imbolc is when we harvest the White Buffalo Sage f Imbolc is when we harvest the White Buffalo Sage from the greenhouse attached to our house. This plant is on the United Plant Saver's 'to watch' list. And so, we shouldn’t be buying it. But it grows well in a big pot, if you bring it in for the winter. It’s native to deserts in the SW of the USA so it can handle freezing, but not -20C. The fact that it’s endangered is truly a travesty because White Sage is a large shrub and can be sustainably harvested (at this time of year) if you just take the last year’s growth. I fell in love with this powerful ceremonial smudging herb decades ago because it cuts through spiritual congestion and stagnant energy like nothing else. Our Canadian prairie sage ‘Blue Sage’ which is an artemisia, is a good substitute and will grow outdoors in our climate. Both of these seeds you can get from Richters. #sage #smudge #whitesage ##sage #smudge #whitesage ##endangeredplantsendangeredplants
Starting in March: SEEDING A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE, li Starting in March: SEEDING A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE, link to learn more in our bio! An online offering to seed a beautiful future for your land, for your family and community, and for you. 4 MONTHS OF HERBAL LORE: 20 HERBS IN 16 WEEKS; to birth you back into the culture of the Earth. Introductory Fee Available until  March 1 WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR * This course is for any human, from 8 years old up, who wants to know more about and feel more connected to their local plants and ecology. * This course is for people who want to stay healthy and heal by using local herbs that they grow and forage. * This course is for people who want a sense of their ancestral perspective and an understanding of traditional herbalism. * This course is for People who want sovereignty from our industrial systems of food and medicine. * This course is for those who want to feel empowered by stepping into the world of practical herbalism right away, using herbs that surround us, as opposed to waiting until you have your herbalist degree, after years of theoretical training. 4 tiers to choose from, some include the seeds to grow the plants we’ll work with ( 5 spots left!) others include tinctures and/or herbs of the plants, one has both seeds and tinctures/herbs (5 spots left!) We’re looking forward to this adventure with you. #herbalist #weeds #localmedicine #healing #localherbs #ecologicalmedicine #bioregionalherbalism
Hazelnuts, like most trees, will grow like crazy a Hazelnuts, like most trees, will grow like crazy and produce nuts if they’re in a spot they like. And as trees go, Hazels aren’t too picky about where they like to grow. They like transitional land or hedgerows, not mature forest or open fields. Not too wet or dry and with good soil depth. In these spots it’s hard to kill them. This quality of unfailing resilience is part of why many European cultures intentionally grew them in diverse hedgerows and then coppiced them (cut them for wood) every year or two. The canes are harder, heavier and tougher than willow, able the weather the elements, but every bit as flexible. The one year shoots being mostly used for basketry. The thicker two year old stalks to make lattice for wattle and daub walls. They were similarly woven for gates and movable fencing. They were also woven together as they grew, to make impenetrable livestock fencing. The bark peels off easily and is also very strong, excellent for making quick cordage or braided rope. With such wild abundance, most years there would also have been a huge nut harvest. Over about twenty five years I’ve gotten most of my planting stalk from Golden Bough nursery. Of what I’ve planted about half seem to do well. I think mostly it’s lack of soil depth and or moisture that has led to some dying or doing poorly. When trees are in the wrong spot nothing you do will make them grow well. They have male and female flowers but to produce they need to be cross pollinated, so it’s good to plant at least a few. They can also cross with the wild ones that are common, but some seasons I think their timing is off. While Witch Hazel is the most well known for its medicinal value Hazelnut also has many similar traditional uses. Like its cousin it is astringent and antiseptic and antibacterial. So the bark can be decocted and used for cuts, sunburns, poison ivy and even as a skin toner. Apparently the prickly hairs on the hulls were used by First Nations folks to expel worms. The oil of the nut itself is also said to be antioxidant and excellent for lowering cholesterol. Here’s to reclaiming the Hazel for building, craft, medicine and as one of our daily foods. #hazelnuts #nuts
Starting in March, our first online Herbalism cour Starting in March, our first online Herbalism course! Registration is now open. An offering to seed a beautiful future for your land, for your family and community, and for you. 4 MONTHS OF HERBAL LORE: 20 HERBS IN 16 WEEKS; to birth you back into the culture of the Earth. ~ Introductory Fee ~ 4 Tiers of participation: live zoom calls for all tiers, option to grow the seeds of the plants we’ll work with (harvested from the land here) and/or receive tinctures or herbs. Limited registration in some of the tiers. Come with me on a 16 week herbal journey, where you will come to know 20 magical beings that likely already live in your neighbourhood. Likely, because most of them came with the settlers and spread out as a healing balm in the cutting wake of colonization. Some of these herbs were brought accidentally by our domestic animals, others like a living blessing were brought from the old world by our wise ancestors, those who still knew the old herbal ways before the age of science and allopathic medicine. These plants are our legacy and in connecting with them we become connected to the land where we live and to our ancestral cultures. Amazingly, these plants not only continue to heal this beautiful land in the wake of our ongoing destruction, but they are the very ones we need to heal us (those with a settler’s industrialized diet). These ‘wild’ plants can feed us with a deeper mineral rich nutrition than anything you can buy in the grocery store or market. And through their complex medicinal alchemy they can keep us healthy and give us strong immunity by toning, balancing and cleansing our organs, glands and blood. They can also aid or completely heal innumerable acute and chronic ailments. Visit our shop or the link in bio to register or learn more, or send us a message. We are looking forward to this journey. #plantmedicine #bioregionalherbalim #ecologicalherbalism #healing #deepecology #plantsasmedicine #herbs
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