We Don’t “Use” Herbs
One of our habits as herbalists and teachers is to avoid the word “use” with reference to plants. We don’t say “I use meadowsweet for headaches” or “I use Japanese knotweed for Lyme disease”. We don’t...
10 Sep 202241min
How To See Stress In Wild Plants
Yellow leaves, undeveloped fruit, long “leggy” stems between the leaf nodes – these are some of the key signs of a plant under stress. But if you’ve never met this species before, you might not know s...
3 Sep 202254min
Climate Change Is Reducing Herb Harvests
We’re back! We had a bit of an interruption in our podcasting schedule, and we’re sorry! We’re moving to our “forever home” very soon, and the podcast took a back burner to online course production wo...
21 Aug 20221h 16min
Let's Practice - Anxious Insomnia
July sale! Use code TOGETHER2022 at checkout for 20% off any course or program! This week we’re presenting an exercise in practical herbalism. In this instance we’re describing a case of anxious insom...
16 Juli 20221h
Herbs A~Z: Tilia & Melissa
Today we have abandoned the alphabet! Well, not entirely, just for purposes of bringing you a pair of relaxant diaphoretic herbs in this summer heat. These are two plants who are both helpful for rele...
11 Juni 202245min
Herbs A-Z: Hibiscus & Hypericum
Today’s featured herbs are excellent in sun tea. Simply spoon them into a jar, pour in water, cover it up, and place it in the sun for several hours. Sun tea makes a light herbal infusion and is best ...
4 Juni 202249min
Herbs A-Z: Glycyrrhiza & Gynostemma
Today our apothecary shelves present us with a pair of adaptogens! As we continue our series looking at the herbs we keep on hand at home, this week we encounter two particularly excellent herbs for s...
21 Maj 202255min
Herbs A-Z: Filipendula & Foeniculum
We’re back on track! Today we continue our exploration of herbs in our home apothecary, giving you some unscripted thoughts about these herbs we work with very frequently. They’re the plants we want t...
8 Maj 202236min
