These images give you a sense of the beautiful earthen work of processing root medicine from the herb garden. Dandelion root always reminds me that we all already belong. We belong to this earth ~ our home planet. Some call the force of belonging gravity. Others call it the earth’s love holding her children in close […]
There are times when wild ones arrive to the herbal apiary garden as if out of nowhere. It moves something in me ~ readjusting my place as a five fingered one amongst the wider web of wilder things. The appearance of this turkey tail whispers something to me of the vibrancy of the land and
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My favourite photo from my pregnancy. My name comes from the Old English for a clearing in a hay meadow. When I was a child I remember feeling disappointed with that but now as a woman directing a scythe, I see medicine in it. Pondering the various surnames of our unmarried family of 3, I
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Human body ~ soil body ~ Yarrow is calling us back. Everything at the herbal apiary garden is looking lush after the much needed rain. Holly has been helping me harvest Yarrow leaves between the downpours. She only let me put one leaf in the basket at a time and got really upset if I
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At menstruation, during, pregnancy, through womb loss, in the birth space and during postpartum, I have found ways to honour and tend to my body and self. I do it because I have to ~ because having a female reproductive system in a patriarchal culture means I will not automatically be seen, respected and honoured
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Day 26.Inner autumn.When the season outside marries perfectly with my inner hormonal world, I feel at peace. Nothing to reconcile ~ a permission to simply be.As progesterone takes hormonal dominance in my body, all the doing has been done & the closing into pre-menstrum begins.All around the land is also about to surrender back into
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After a decade of reliable full/new moon bleeds, my bleed post-birth has settled its rhythm in between ~ with the waning half moon. This is my 4th cycle as a mother & I’m starting to understand what menstrual wellbeing looks like whilst caring for my baby. I know now what support I need to feel
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Each day a mother-centered matriarchy unfurls from within me. My daughter’s watchful gaze guarantees my commitment to slowness ~ to presence with my body ~ to my wellness as a mother. All day & all night (literally!) I model for her how it is to live on this earth & what it is to be well. She
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I move through these days with an awareness that something is making its mark on us. We are called upon to be altered.•Slow daily meanderings with a sleeping babe on my chest find me swaying softly, transfixed by the beauty of the Blackthorn blossom.•Gazing into the depths of pure white blossom & thorns offers me
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I’ve spent these past days gathering in and processing seeds from the herbal apiary. Saving seed has become a vital part of my working year on the land as I expand the garden to meet the medicine demands of my family, clients and the appetite of the bees. The creation of seed is awe inspiring
Lessons from seed; what is essential? Read More »