1 Jul 2019

Health in Relationship with the Wild

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Please join us for either or both parts of this all day immersion workshop in which we’ll explore and deepen our health in relationship to the wild. This is an all genders event which is geared towards adults or older children. July 20th at Paridae Grove: 573 Waning Road in Unity, Maine! 9-12 Holistic Health Self-Assessment Skills 12-1 Community Potluck Lunch 1-4 Health-Supporting Relationships with Plant Allies & Beyond Do you wish your health were stronger, and wonder how to … Read More
22 Sep 2017

Brown Ash: The Courtship

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Brown Ash: my holy grail of basket-making materials. Not that it is or isn’t the best material (as if I’m qualified to opine on that point), but it certainly seemed the most daunting. In compiling my list of plants that I would try to learn about through basket-making, I included ash with the mental caveat that it was okay if it took me a few years to gather all of the necessary knowledge and assistance. I didn’t know that there … Read More
25 May 2017

Ramps Done Right

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Ramps, Ramps, Ramps! The elegant two-leafed Wild Leek, or “Ramp” (Allium tricoccum), is a beloved Spring wild edible across this country, and the growing popularity of this delicious plant is a happy sign of the regeneration of our connections to the wild as a society at large. But is this Rampage good for the Ramps? Some say “yes”, some say “no”—and ultimately, it comes down to each individual harvester and consumer of this fragile Spring ephemeral. HOW we harvest and … Read More
3 May 2017

Trout Lily Day!

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There is a massive springtime display happening in the woods behind my house, and going into my fourth spring on this land, it hasn’t gotten any less exciting. Patience! The massive springtime display photo comes at the end of the post. This is the foreshadowing. It starts in mid-April with tiny red spears poking up underneath the leaf litter. This is the stage at which I would dig the corms to eat, although I never remember to take a spade into … Read More