What do you think you might find this time of year at Fox Haven? Anything special that you hope to find? This time of year, violets, chickweed, garlic mustard, possibly some rocket, a mustard as well, that might not have gone to bloom. Some land cress, ramps, morels, cleavers, nettle, catnip, mullein — goodness, so… Continue reading Wildcrafter Amanda Adkins
Month: April 2015
Put a little bit of wild into your life
“People are just drawn to me,” Linda Conroy said and laughed. “Maybe it’s my hair?” The 51-year-old herbalist and forager does have cool hair. She wears it down — long, wavy and gray, a few pieces tied into braids. She returned as a speaker at the annual Mother Earth News Fair last weekend in… Continue reading Put a little bit of wild into your life
Writer and mystic Mare Cromwell
In “Messages From Mother … Earth Mother,” self-described mystic Mare Cromwell communicated directly with Mother Earth and wrote the book as part of her spiritual work. Because she was too uncomfortable to be upfront about her communication with the spirit world — sometimes referred to as channeling, though she prefers the term downloading — the… Continue reading Writer and mystic Mare Cromwell