beginnings

I've decided to start a blog for all my herbal adventures! Learning about the plants around me has become a big interest of mine and it really is amazing what they have to offer on both a physical and energy level.


As for what I have on the go right now...a couple weeks ago I collected some yarrow flower stalks and red clover from my local park. It's hard to find places in the city that aren't sprayed or near the street but there is one place I've found that lets part of the grounds grow free.

A coat hanger makes a great drying rack..

Yarrow is one of my favorite plants right now. It's the first one I started using and I've found it helps ground me. These dried flowers will end up as tea or in an infused oil- right now I have plenty of oil left from last year. Definitely a lot of healing energy from this plant, it can be used on cuts ect.

I couldn't find too many red clover blossoms but I gathered enough to make a few batches of tea. When brewed fresh it was amazing as an iced tea- you could taste the sweetness of the pollen. I love how purple the flowers look! Drying them in the basket worked really well too which is encouraging.

I took at trip to the big park down by the water. unfortunately the hurricane knocked down a good percentage of the trees a couple years ago but it's the closest we have to a forest in the city- lots of paths and places to hide away and enjoy nature in. I went to one of my usual spots down by the water and noticed a low growing juniper bush. Apparently it wanted to become a smudge stick :) so I gathered a few springs and tied them together. This is one I look forward to using!