Despite the extreme hot weather we’ve been granted here in Maine and everywhere else (totes an outlier though), I’ve sort of finished the hardest portion of building these hugelkultur mounds. It’s been a relief and sign of progress now that I’ve got the beds filled with all the various cardboard, loose branches and spent soilContinue reading “back yard update: kultur-ing some hugels”
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baby’s first herbalism: cinquefoil
After making some major progress on my backyard hugelkultur project, my shoulders were thoroughly toasted and CBD salve and aloe weren’t cutting it. After looking through my library of medicinal plant books, I realized I had some cinquefoil and could make something with it (In case you also have an addiction buying books, the oneContinue reading “baby’s first herbalism: cinquefoil”
dreary june
It has been amazing to look at the forecast and see that e v e r y day is the exact same. I especially love it when it’s supposed to rain the least on the day of the farmers market and then Friday night rolls around and now there’s a 90% chance with 10mph windsContinue reading “dreary june”