HerbLore

I promised to do more for the world. Especially where peace is concerned. There are multiple conflicts going on, and they make me worried. As a citizen of both North and South America, I feel a certain

Poppies are growing in my spiral garden and beside the rock wall at the house we are building. I sow these seeds year after year because these flowers have long been associated with dream magick and spells

I write about herbs online. I share my own pictures of the plants and their medicinal properties with the hopes that people will be inspired to use these herbs in their healing journeys. So yeah, I am

Roses, ginkgo, the first of the calendula flowers. Mint, thyme, and rosemary. I collect them to dry and fresh to add to my herbal fermentation. I gather roses and ginkgo for my online store and plant more

About ten years ago I changed my mind completely. I decided to give up on my athiest mindset and believe in the magical. Instead of focusing on the aproval from others that I had so eagerly been chasing,

I've been on a bit of a mission this year to find ways to use all the edible things that grow in our garden. The goal isn't to consume everything like some kind of locust, it's to work out what we've got

Another year, another cycle of sharing about the herbs I know & grow. This time around I want to share about my own experience with these herbs. I want to only pick up my herbalism books for the correct

The other day I had a premonition as I walked through the garden. The trails were overgrown with clover and I thought maybe I might find a four-leaf clover in the mass of leaves. And I did! Not just a

Herblore is everywhere. In books, in backyards, and - of course - in a field full of flowers. This week I had the opportunitity to spend a day helping out at a flower farm in my hometown in Northern

The aspects of symbolism are everywhere in today's wedding traditions. This Sunday I was a bridesmaid in my good friend's wedding. Here are the pagan traditions I noticed.

Happy Venus day to all! Friday is the day that I get to spend the morning taking care of myself and thinking about my art projects. And part of my self care journey includes putting on make up and making

Does it surprise you that one plant could be the source of a powerful pain-relieving medicine, a highly addictive drug, AND a much loved garden flower? I am talking about the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

In planetary mysticism this day is associated with Venus (or, Freya who many consider to be the Nordic version of Venus/Aphrodite). Usually I celebrate Venus with a simple ritual of lighting a candle.

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These past few weeks visiting California has gone by in a blur. A happy blur, to be sure! As usual these quick trips are full of visits to friends and family and thus, a fair bit of festivity has taken

Hello world!! This weekend I attended a Bachelorette party. Eight ladies sharing one house with a huge flower garden. There was also a lot of partying and fun. Today, though, I want to talk about the flowers

Dark times are descending on the Earth. Like, we are literally living through the longest nights of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. And also globally. Things are looking pretty rough. The future

This is a cross post of @calendulacraft/where-does-herblore-come-from by @calendulacraft.Last week I told you all where the name Herblore comes from. This week I want to talk about my sources for the contents

a zine is a self-published magazine and it can be about anything. A zine can be as short or as long as the writer desires. A zine can be factual, fictional, of dedicated entirely to fandom.

Not only did I grow up in a different country than where I currently live but also, the seasons are totally opposite! I grew up associating May with warm weather, not the frosty mornings that we are currently