
Turn up the (inner) heat
Herbal tea is the welcoming drink of my sessions. As the days get colder, I like to brew a teapot of chai in the morning and then enjoy its glowing… Read more Turn up the (inner) heat →
Herbal tea is the welcoming drink of my sessions. As the days get colder, I like to brew a teapot of chai in the morning and then enjoy its glowing… Read more Turn up the (inner) heat →
Lessons with Bramble (or Blackberry bush) Making space for new plants in the garden-to-be means cutting and digging away at bramble. While Bramble used to make me furious by clinging… Read more Getting to the Root of it →
Often in Life, things happen seemingly at random. And when you look back, you notice that a small thing actually was a doorway to something much bigger, life-changing even. I’ll… Read more The perfumed doorway →
I’m not sure which part I’d choose I love the most: the gathering, the preparing, the gentle stirring of the contents during the infusion time by rocking the jars between… Read more Medicine making →
With the crazy weather we’ve been having lately (cold mornings, hot afternoons), everyone in our little family is sneezing and wiping their nose every now and then. Enter Elderberry Syrup!… Read more Elderberry syrup →
Today I enjoyed a herbal walk with Lynn from Urban Herbology at Park Frankendael. Lovely weather, a great group and a wonderful walk in a beautiful park – what more… Read more Herbal walk →
This is what I bought home the first time during the vacation. Some Nettle roots (later I found a spot where I could harvest thick, long ones), Plantain (Pantago major),… Read more What’s brewing? →
As a child I loved to spend time in the woods and in the meadows, looking at plants, talking to them, listening to what they had to say, sometimes tasting… Read more Herbalism →