Herbs A-Z: Salvia
Today’s herbs are sage & rosemary – two herbs whose botanical name Salvia indicates they can keep us “safe, healthy, and secure”, if we go with a literal translation. Sounds pretty good to us! And tas...
7 Maj 202351min
[REPLAY] An Herbalist's Guide to Successful Self-Experimentation
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode #145, originally aired December 20th 2020. ...
29 Apr 20231h 14min
[REPLAY] How To Practice Herbalism Every Day
In this period of Fallow Month (see previous episode), we're re-airing a couple of our favorite episodes from the archives. This one was originally episode #120, originally aired April 4th 2020. Prev...
22 Apr 202349min
Fallow Month
In ancient agriculture, the farmers observed the need to let fields rest every year or two, so they could recover their fertility. Letting the fields lie fallow in this way actually yielded more food ...
19 Apr 202331min
Herbs A-Z: Rubus
Today we’re discussing the entire genus of Rubus plants! We focus most on blackberry & raspberry, because we know them best, but with 1400+ species found on every continent, there’s certainly a local ...
18 Mars 202353min
Herbs A-Z: Rumex & Rosa
Snow-delayed by a couple days, here’s our next episode! Today we’re talking about yellow dock and rose. Yellow dock (Rumex crispus) is also known as curly dock. We also like to work with broadleaf doc...
15 Mars 20231h 3min
Herbalist Is A Verb
Is it more accurate to say “I am an herbalist” or “I’m doing herbalism”? To us, if “herbalist” is an identity, a name, a noun – then you’re subject to imposter syndrome. Why? Because you’re treating i...
5 Mars 202330min
Herbs A-Z: Rhodiola & Rhus
Today we’ve got two astringent herbs to discuss, though their similarities pretty much end with that quality. Rhodiola and staghorn sumac are our topic! Rhodiola rosea has been commercialized and popu...
24 Feb 202353min
