Lamb’s Quarters
Lamb’s Quarters has started popping up in the garden. Last year, I pulled it like a weed. Then, I learned more about it (thankfully before it was too late). Hat [...]
Seasons
Imbolc’s fires have cooled. Sunlight lasts longer each day. There’s ice on the ground. There are also seeds. Waiting. The cycles aren’t neat. And often not pretty. But they yield. [...]
Florida Water
Florida Water is a lightly scented (citrus, herbal, floral, spicy) eau de cologne, used to refresh people, places, and things. It is often used in spiritual practices to cleanse negative [...]
Pine Needle Simple Syrup
I have a few volunteer loblolly pines that I need to cut before they get too big (and crowd out their neighbors), but I’ve been letting them grow so I [...]
Poop Wreaths
For the 3 years I’ve lived in this house, Finches have made their nest in the same corner of the porch. It protects them from wind and rain and there’s [...]
Revival
A daily revival. birth, growth, death Fluid. Constant calibration in the garden. Seeds spreading on the soil of ancestors not asking permission. Thousands of years of evolution for this moment [...]
Where I’m From
I am from sweet tea and peach cobbler From Catholics, Quakers, and Methodists People divided between faith and land People who moved on and held on Leaving their songs, dances, [...]
Wild Violet Simple Syrup
This spring wild violets are popping up all over the garden. My daughter and I harvested as many flowers as we could and made Violet Simple Syrup (based on a [...]