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Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Just harvested the first of black medick from a local field. It's a habitat where honeybee hives are placed and the field isn't sprayed. It's on high ground and the...

Black Medick - Medicago lupulina

Just harvested the first of black medick from a local field. It's a habitat where honeybee hives are placed and the field isn't sprayed. It's on high ground and the...

Ground Ivy Tincture Re-stocked!

Ground Ivy Tincture Re-stocked!

Ground ivy, creeping Charlie, or Glechoma hederacea is an aromatic, evergreen creeper in the very large mint family. It has a long history in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been...

Ground Ivy Tincture Re-stocked!

Ground ivy, creeping Charlie, or Glechoma hederacea is an aromatic, evergreen creeper in the very large mint family. It has a long history in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has been...

Wood Avens, St Benedict's Herb

Wood Avens, St Benedict's Herb

Yesterday I discovered a volunteer growing on my land, wood avens, (Geum urbanum)! This low-growing plant is also called St. Benedict's herb. It is a member of the rose family...

Wood Avens, St Benedict's Herb

Yesterday I discovered a volunteer growing on my land, wood avens, (Geum urbanum)! This low-growing plant is also called St. Benedict's herb. It is a member of the rose family...

Stinging Nettles

Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica

Stinging nettles are one of my earlier harvests. I grow them in my own organic garden, where they have spread like wildfire

Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica

Stinging nettles are one of my earlier harvests. I grow them in my own organic garden, where they have spread like wildfire

The Weekend's Harvest!

The Weekend's Harvest!

This past weekend I harvested comfrey leaf and root, dandelion the whole plant, the first of the season's cleavers, purple deadnettle, ground ivy, speedwell, plantain, wintercress, and the first of...

The Weekend's Harvest!

This past weekend I harvested comfrey leaf and root, dandelion the whole plant, the first of the season's cleavers, purple deadnettle, ground ivy, speedwell, plantain, wintercress, and the first of...

Willow Bracket Mushroom, Phellinus igniarius

Willow Bracket Mushroom, Phellinus igniarius

Willow Bracket fungus, Phellinus igniarius, is a hoof shaped bracket mushroom that is very hard, has a blackened top, and grows on rotting stumps and infected trees. I usually find it...

Willow Bracket Mushroom, Phellinus igniarius

Willow Bracket fungus, Phellinus igniarius, is a hoof shaped bracket mushroom that is very hard, has a blackened top, and grows on rotting stumps and infected trees. I usually find it...