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The Herbalist’s January: What This Season Asks

If you asked most people what a herbalist does in January, they might look at you blankly. Nothing is growing. The fields are bare. The visible relationship between the herbalist and the plant world seems to be in abeyance. But the experienced herbalist knows...

The Autumn Apothecary: Stocking Up for the Season

September has a particular urgency to it in the herbalist’s calendar. The elderberries are ripe. The roots are beginning to concentrate. The last of the summer herbs need to be preserved. And the cold season, with all its demand for immune support, warming...

The Autumn Equinox in the Herb Garden

The autumn equinox arrives in late September with a quality that is different from any other moment in the garden calendar. The light is level, day and night equal, and the balance point between the expanding and contracting halves of the year is visible and felt in...

The Herbalist’s Winter: Reflection and Rest as Practice

By December, the herbalist’s year has come full circle. The seeds that were started in March are memories. The harvests that filled the July and August days are in jars and bottles on the shelves. The fresh cleavers of March, the elderflowers of May, the St....

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