Recent Posts
The herbalist's Path
Return To Blog Listing
Herbalist, Mother, and Licensed Massage Therapist discusses herbs, energy healing, massage, folk remedies, nutrition, holistic living, mothering, Native American Tradition, TCM, village herbalism, medicine woman ways.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'Herbs'
Amazing Art By Jesse Wolf Hardin! Updates
Notice the beautiful new header! Thank you so much Wolf for the awesome portrait of me, my daughter Ella; Strong, Fiery, Deliberate, Wild pony! and my son Wyatt; Gentle, Smart, Happy, Spunky cub! Now would also be the perfect time to mention that An...
Kids and Herbs a naturally simple class for parents
Kids and Herbs is Live! This is what I have been working on for the past few months! This is why the blog has been so slow! Only so much time with 2 little ones!There is tons of info and over 7 hours of instruction!This was so much fun!Kids and Herbs...
Paul Bergner Vit D cold and flu, vitamins and herbs
Wanted to share these great videos from Paul as well...Subscribe in a reader...
How to Become a Master Herbalist in Thirty Years or More -- Part II.
Here is the continuations of Paul Bergner's article- If you missed it here is part 1Please feel free to comment!How to become a master herbalist in Thirty Years or more part 2Mastery of any topic is attained after years to decades of becomingfully en...
Devil's Club, Mountain Berries, Baneberry and a chipmonk
Top 3- Pic 1 Thimble berry (rubus sp) 2 Red Huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium (today they were a bit tart, but I like this flavor) they are at their peek of ripeness right now. The leaves are alternate along the stem (pic 3), snow berry is white and...
Hanging out with the bees and other plant musings
The bees just love this oregano! I was marveling at how many bees were actually on the plant when suddenly one flies literally about 5 inches from my face and stayed there in mid air... as if to say 'what the heck are you doing here?' I was grateful ...
Simple, Easy, Effective- Getting started as a home herbalist
When I was in my Taekwondo class in college (1991)- I will never forget Grandmaster Tae Hong Choi saying "simple, easy, effective". He said this several times throughout class. He would heatedly remind us of this when we tried to make the simple com...
Growing plants that attract wildlife
Check out my article in the July issue of American College Of Health Science newsletter! Find it on page 4 How to help children discover the wonders of nature: Growing plants that attract wildlife Subscribe in a reader...
Herbal Medicine Chest for busy moms- Happy Mother's day!
Check out my post over at the American College Of Herbal Studies!It was a pleasure being a guest blogger! Enjoy Herbal Medicine Chest for Busy MomsSubscribe in a reader...
Rabbits like catnip~ Happy 2 yr anniversary to The Herbalist's Path!!!
Above: Catnip before Rabbit got to it.On Easter we noticed a rabbit was living under our deck (ahhh, how cute look at the Easter Bunny!). He has now made himself right at home, the kids and I watch him in the morning- we tap on the window and he just...
Gardening on my mind, snow on the ground
Woke up to snow again this morning- according to forecasts, it is supposed to snow quite a bit this weekend.I am so ready to start gardening! I am getting such an itch I am adding more herbs to my indoor kitchen garden! All my outdoor pots broke beca...
Challenge! On a whim I am giving away my herb books!!!
Check it out http://authenticmama.com/?p=95Yep, over at my other blog Authentic Mama I will be giving away my herb books.Since I did this on a whim - I started with a good book, but not my absolute favorite.Keep going back daily because I plan on giv...
Challenge: guess ID 7 spring plants from my yard
I thought this may be fun. Can you guess the ID on these plants? These are all from my yard today:) Leave a comment with your guesses! From top to bottom 1-7.Subscribe in a reader...
Spring iris has sprung! Just days after snow
Above it what our yard looked like just 2 days ago- and look!!! The wild iris is back! They spread from last year, when I had just one or 2!I'm so excited that spring has sprung!Oregano and Catnip are peeking out as well:)Subscribe in a reader...
New Herbal Videos - Facebook and Twitter
John has some new videos on youtube Ok I am jumping on the bandwagon! I joined twitter- if you are interested in what I am eating you may be disappointed (unless it is beneficial when it comes to herbs). I plan on putting little herbal tid-bits I fin...
How to Become a Master Herbalist in Thirty Years or More
For those of you who are not subscribed to any of the email herb lists or who have not seen this excerpt yet-Here is an excerpt from an upcoming article from one of my favorite herbalists Paul Bergner (posted with permission)How to Become a Master He...
You Tube Video Legal Issues In Herbalism
New You Tube VideoLegal issues in herbalismHerbalist Roy Upton discuses the legal issues facing herbal practitioners- scope of practice.Subscribe in a reader...
Lemon Balm & Milky Oats postpartum
Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis was one of the plants I had in my garden this year. Because of being so far along in my pregnancy, and my back problems acting up, I was not able to really go crazy with planting herbs in the garden this year. I did ho...
One Students Experience Herbalist 101 Universal Class
Above Picture Tormentil Potentilla erecta flourishingStudent Emma Sunerton-Burl on Herbalism 101 I joined this course about 4 months ago, having suddenly been inspired by my 6 year old son's friend who showed me wood sorrel and asked me to taste ...
Dandelion Garden
Ok, I know everyone talks about dandelion this time of year but I just had to share. Our house is in a neighborhood, but we are lucky enough to have a 10,000 square foot lot. We have a good size approximately 300 square foot garden space that the pre...
Purple & White Wood Sorrel Flower
So I was reading Wildman Steve Brill's site. I ran across wood sorrel. He states that the white flower with purple stripes is quite rare in America.A few days later I am walking through the park here in Sandy and what do you know........The pics didn...
Stonecrop Family Field food and Remedy
Stonecrop Sedum species can be found on rocky hillsides just as the name implies. The common species here in the Pacific Northwest is Broad leafed sedum spathulifolim and Creamy Sedum oregonense both look similar, the one above is Creamy Stonecrop. M...
Bleedingheart dicentra formosa Pacific Northwest
A few Bleedinghearts dicentra formosa are showing their blooms early. Bleedingheart is one of the first plants I remember my Grandpa & Grandma pointing out to me as a child. The unique shape of the flowers made it an easy plant for me to identify...
Spring Greens, Shoots & Berries on the way!
All of these edibles were found within walking distance of each other, around the Columbia River Gorge area of the Pacific Northwest. These plants are abundant in forest areas, along road sides, in yards, along edges of pastures, and local parks her...
Viola adunca Hookedspur/ Western Dog Violet- new plant ally
Violets are another early spring bloom. I found the blue Hookedspur violet was showing off it's beautiful blooms. The above picture is another wild violet, I am not sure of the variety. I have heard the colors can vary. This will be a new plant to me...
Trillium Hill Early Spring Blooms
If you look closely you can see the little white dots next to this waterfall, they are beautiful trillium ovatum. I tried to capture the power of this place in the photo but you would just have to be here to experience it. This is a water fall locate...
First blooms in the Pacific Northwest Indian Plum
One of the first blooms I look forward to in the early spring here in the Pacific Northwest is the native Indian Plum or Oso-berry Oemleria cerasiformis.The white flowers shine through the green foliage and fill me with excitement and anticipati...
Anima Wilderness Learning Center SUMMER EVENTS
Please forward and tell all of your friends! We invite and welcome your participation in any of the following workshops and gatherings, held in a magnificent river canyon and ancient place of power, deep in the mountains of the enchanted Southwest…...
Baby Wipes Solution, Oil, Salve- Make your own
Baby Wipes SolutionYou can make your own baby wipes solution! I use a strong tea or infusion & add some herbal oil to distilled water. There are a lot of herbs that are good for your babies skin, you can use chickweed (picture above growing right...
There Is NO OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION for "herbalist" in the US
OK, I guess this is somewhat of a rant. I still get this question so often off and on from friends, list member, students, I felt the need to write about it.There is no official certification or license for you to become an herbalist in the USA!There...
