52 John Barleycorn & the First Loaf: The Story of Lughnasadh
Lughnasadh, the first harvest of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, has come — the season of the first grain, the first loaf, and the old harvest gratitude. In this episode, we follow the story of John Bar...
9 Aug 38min
51 Motherwort | The Lion-Hearted Mother
Come and sit a while. I've just returned from eight days in Vermont and this week we meet motherwort — Leonurus cardiaca, the lion's heart — the fierce, unbeautiful, wholly self-possessed old plant th...
26 Jul 26min
50 Our Grandmothers' Herbs | The Thread That Came Down Sideways
Some of us inherited the apron and the herb bundle. Some of us inherited three thousand miles and a grandmother who was at war with the dandelion. This week, in the deep hearth of Cancer season, we si...
12 Jul 18min
49 The Lavender Drawer
There is a drawer in every house that remembers. Open it, and something rises to meet you — soap and sunlight and something older than both. This week, in the heart of Cancer season, we visit the lave...
5 Jul 26min
48 After the Sun: Cancer's First Whisper
The morning after the longest day, something turns. You can't see it — the garden is still roaring, still climbing toward its peak — but the sun has already begun its quiet journey back toward home, a...
28 Jun 36min
47 Litha An Herbalists Threshold
It's the longest day of the year — and at the edge of every hedgerow in New England, an old guardian is blooming right on schedule. This week, we sit with elderflower: the threshold tree, the doorkeep...
21 Jun 35min
46 The Sun in a Bottle| St John's Wort at the Summer Solstice
This week, the queen of the solstice finally has her hour. St. John's Wort blooms right at Midsummer — and she's no ordinary summer flower. Come out to the garden with me and meet her properly: the li...
14 Jun 33min
45 The Pollinator's Sermon | Tending Here While Holding the Dream
"The garden you have is already worth returning to. Tend it well." Brenda J. Sullivan In this episode of The New England Herbary, I share a small, unexpected moment from my deck garden in Connecticu...
7 Jun 30min
