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“You seem very close to the earth, how does one come to that place?”

“You seem very close to the earth, how does one come to that place?”

By megan spencer February 13, 2021 February 13, 2021

The Shadow of Silviculture, part 2
An Intimate relationship with Earth
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Roses and lavender incense, made from plants who g Roses and lavender incense, made from plants who grow here on the land. Full tutorial on how to make your own blends is now up on our Patreon page! Link in bio. Deepen your relationship with ones you already love and feel connection with, or get to know new kin. #bioregional #bioregionalincense #DIY #incensecones #incenseburning #incenselover
Motherlode blend. A rich, complex blend of nutriti Motherlode blend. A rich, complex blend of nutritive and relaxing herbs designed for women of all ages, but good for men too. Excellent as a daily tonic. Nettle, Raspberry Leaf, Anise Hyssop, Motherwort, Plantain, Horsetail, Marshmallow Leaf, Mint, Red Clover Flowers and Rose Petals. All grown and picked here on the farm. Making up bags to send off to some of our Patreon peeps this week, along with some other goodies! 1 space left in this tier, check out the link in bio to check it out. We’ll offer this as a product through our website soon! #handmade #herbalmedicine #drinkyourherbs #drinkyourmedicine #herbs #motherwort #anisehyssop #plantallies #herbalist #mineralrich #regenerativeagriculture #cocreate
Bloodroot. One of our first native flowers, wrappe Bloodroot. One of our first native flowers, wrapped up in their cloak of leaves. #bloodroot #nativeplants #diversity #spring #flowers
Part of our spring food are overwintered parsnips. Part of our spring food are overwintered parsnips. This is one of many we harvested this week while digging through the gardens. They are a product of parsnips last spring we didn’t dig up, but left to grow and produce seed. Those ones that we left to go to seed, they were left in the ground the year before, the product of seed..... and on it goes. For years, we haven’t bought parsnip seed, but have cultivated and worked with their biennial nature; meaning that they go to seed in the second year of their life. Parsnips overwintered are the sweetest, most beautiful thing! Just make sure to get them out of the ground in the spring before they start to regrow too much. When they start to head towards growing tall and making seed, the core of the root gets so hard, it’s like cutting through a stone. This is part of what Steven calls wildculturing. Join us on Patreon to lean more about this dance. Link in bio. #spring #springvegetables #parsnip #biennial #perennialgarden #cocreate #cocreativegardening
Mama Angelica root, ancient, wrinkled one. These Mama Angelica root, ancient, wrinkled one. These ones are another plant we see growing first. They are there when the snow melts, and are some of the first spring treats for deer, they love chewing off the green tops, so these are the ones we harvest first, then the ones that are moving into or close to the garden. #herbalmedicine #angelica #rootmedicine #tincture #springroots #herbs
Digging through the gardens a month earlier than u Digging through the gardens a month earlier than usual here! Valerian is one of the roots starting to poke their head out. Normally this would happen in May, but here we are. Valerian has an intoxicating scent. The smell can hit you first as musky, but has a spicy sweetness that comes along. After working with them for a couple of hours, they can send you into a drowsy daytime dream. Their roots nest in with each other, interweaving with each other. Valerian is one of the first plants to start growing because it is shallow rooted. We’re making tincture with what’s been harvested. #valerian #herbalmedicine #spring #springroots #wildculture #springgarden
From Steven's upcoming book! The Roundhouse "A From Steven's upcoming book! The Roundhouse "A meditation on and practical guide to building A handmade house with local materials" Like many pillars of culture and civilization that we take for granted, building has been reduced to ugly necessity. Cookie-cutter houses and large rectangular structures pen up millions of people in concrete, steel and glass, “up-up-and-away” from the natural environment below. Building as magical art has been completely forgotten, and with it the sacred purpose of buildings reduced to functionality. The truth of this loss is as plain as the face on your house. Like all art, buildings should be highly individualized both in their construction and their placement on the land. Yet this is the nemeses of how buildings are made these days. Buildings are our co-created children, that house us, our ancestors and the living spirits of the land. This divine marriage has made it possible for us to live almost anywhere on the planet, instead of just on the small band of coastal temperate and tropical locations where we could naturally exist as hairless apes. The single key to our species widespread existence is not fire, food, clothing or weapons— it’s shelter." #cob #naturalbuilding #bioregionalbuilding #DIYhouse #cocreate #roundhouse #earthship #stackwall #building #ecologicalbuilding #community
After some big winds, a limb from a nearby cedar c After some big winds, a limb from a nearby cedar came down. We trimmed off their smaller limbs and leaves, wrapping them into tight bundles. Because cedar sometimes doesn’t smoulder well, we added in some dry stems of Garden sage to some and to others some sage and dried mugwort as an experiment. Garden sage and mugwort are both from the artemisia family, of which blue sage, the plant many of us are more familiar with as a smudge, but is being abused in it’s overuse. We encourage you to learn more about your aromatic plant neighbours, the more common, bioregional ones, and make your own. #aromaticplants #smudge #cedar #makingofferings #bioregional #bioregionalherbalism

sacredgardener

Seeding earth wisdom since 1989. Home of The Sacred Gardener School.

The Sacred Gardener
Roses and lavender incense, made from plants who g Roses and lavender incense, made from plants who grow here on the land. Full tutorial on how to make your own blends is now up on our Patreon page! Link in bio. Deepen your relationship with ones you already love and feel connection with, or get to know new kin. #bioregional #bioregionalincense #DIY #incensecones #incenseburning #incenselover
Motherlode blend. A rich, complex blend of nutriti Motherlode blend. A rich, complex blend of nutritive and relaxing herbs designed for women of all ages, but good for men too. Excellent as a daily tonic. Nettle, Raspberry Leaf, Anise Hyssop, Motherwort, Plantain, Horsetail, Marshmallow Leaf, Mint, Red Clover Flowers and Rose Petals. All grown and picked here on the farm. Making up bags to send off to some of our Patreon peeps this week, along with some other goodies! 1 space left in this tier, check out the link in bio to check it out. We’ll offer this as a product through our website soon! #handmade #herbalmedicine #drinkyourherbs #drinkyourmedicine #herbs #motherwort #anisehyssop #plantallies #herbalist #mineralrich #regenerativeagriculture #cocreate
Bloodroot. One of our first native flowers, wrappe Bloodroot. One of our first native flowers, wrapped up in their cloak of leaves. #bloodroot #nativeplants #diversity #spring #flowers
Part of our spring food are overwintered parsnips. Part of our spring food are overwintered parsnips. This is one of many we harvested this week while digging through the gardens. They are a product of parsnips last spring we didn’t dig up, but left to grow and produce seed. Those ones that we left to go to seed, they were left in the ground the year before, the product of seed..... and on it goes. For years, we haven’t bought parsnip seed, but have cultivated and worked with their biennial nature; meaning that they go to seed in the second year of their life. Parsnips overwintered are the sweetest, most beautiful thing! Just make sure to get them out of the ground in the spring before they start to regrow too much. When they start to head towards growing tall and making seed, the core of the root gets so hard, it’s like cutting through a stone. This is part of what Steven calls wildculturing. Join us on Patreon to lean more about this dance. Link in bio. #spring #springvegetables #parsnip #biennial #perennialgarden #cocreate #cocreativegardening
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