Recipes
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
This roasty, toasty, and smokey syrup is made from an infusion of roasted shagbark hickory bark (Carya ovata). This recipe
Writings
Earth-Based Skills
Foraging Tips + Tools
There are dozens of tips and rules floating around related to the best approaches for safe and ethical foraging (also
Earth-Based Skills
Urban Foraging Guide
The chart below is adapted from a resource provided by ethnobotanist Nina Lawrin of Loveren Collections. Nina was an early
Recipes
Forager's Bitters: a not-so-simple recipe for reconnecting with our home-place
As a community herbalist, it is my goal to make herbalism accessible and approachable. So when I offer recipes for
Green Currents Zine
Speculative Fiction & Herbalism
By Jana Greenslit
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Green Currents Zine
The Four Seasons of our Lives
By Rashida Gokcebag
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Green Currents Zine
Bioregionalism, healing the land and oneself
By Christiane Rey
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Embodiment
Friction and Resistance at the Beginning
When I was a freshman in college, I made a few poor financial decisions. The week I got my first
Recipes
Switchel Recipe
🍯General Guidelines for Making Oxymels
Ingredients for serving as-is:
(ready to pour straight into a glass)
Serves 4
* 1 cup
Recipes
Peach, Blueberry, & Mint Oxymel
🍯General Guidelines for Making Oxymels
Peach, Blueberry, & Mint Oxymel Recipe:
* 1/4 cup - Peach, roughly chopped
* 1/4
Recipes
Fire Cider
In the late 70s / early 80s, Rosemary Gladstar sought to create a non alcoholic immune tonic to support the immune
Recipes
Vinegar Cleaning Concentrate
As you use citrus like lemons or oranges throughout the week, peel them and allow the rinds to dry on
Recipes
Nettle & Horsetail Hair Rinse
You can use fresh or dried of either herb, in equal parts, or just use one herb. If using fresh,
Embodiment
Embracing 'Being' over 'Having'
This precept is strongly elucidated in Erich Fromm's To Have or To Be?, published in 1976. In it,
Clinical Practice
Sleep is a very nice thing that is worth doing often
Sleep is the time when your body does a majority of its restorative 'maintenance'. Your body is able
Herbalism
Natural vs ‘Unnatural’ in Herbal Medicine
How does what is ‘natural’ become divided from what is ‘unnatural’? What makes a substance or a chemical 'unnatural'? Who decides, and what is their end game in making this distinction?