Tag: wildcrafting
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Foraged St John’s Wort, 2 ways!
I’m still very much in the early stages of recovery from my hip surgery, but I’ve been able to work on a few projects here and there! Here is St John’s Wort two ways, with the help of my partner! Alcohol tincture, and topical salve, using local raw beeswax from @soilandhive! The topical salve is…
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Solidarity looks like…
For me, solidarity looks like enduring brambles, thistles, mosquitos, full body rashes from grasses, asthma attacks, bugs on everything all the time, and MCAS attacks to everything around me, even right before surgery, even through med changes, so I can learn to make medicine for community and comrades. We have to get comfortable with being…
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Pressing flowers vs drying
Pressing flowers is something that I do every day, sometimes for multiple hours. It’s work that I consider my “down time”. I find actual rest very difficult nowadays, so having something to do that forces me to sit down, at least for part of it, is helpful for me (it is also a great activity…
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Sweet violet sugar ~
I love the bright color and sweet fragrance my violets give off, and I’m very excited to experiment more with them!
Dani Shapira 