Everything around here is in bloom and looks lovely. Or looked lovely. The rain wiped out my poppies and foxglove, and flattened the mugwort, delphinium, and feverfew. The belladonna is thriving though; I put bones around her feet. She’s still loaded with blossoms; I wonder how long she’ll bloom? And I have about six baby [...]
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Belladonna and Brugmansia
Posted in Books, Gardening, Herbalism, Nature, tagged atropa belladonna, brugmansia, Gardening, herbs, maikoa, nightshade, plant photos, plants, poisonous plants, viridarium umbris on July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So Datura’s an Outlaw?
Posted in Gardening, Herbalism, Nature, tagged datura, entheogens, Herbalism, herbs, jimsonweed, mandrake, nova scotia, plants on May 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I can’t seem to find anyone willing to ship Datura stramonium seeds into Nova Scotia this year. Neither Veseys nor Richters will ship it anymore. Apparently the Dept. of Natural Resources has declared it a noxious weed, which seems to be rather harsh. I’ve never been able to find it in the wild, so it [...]
Rain
Posted in Books, Chickens, Farming, Nature, tagged Animal Behaviour, Books, Cats, chicken feed, Chickens, country living, floods, Nature, organics, rivers on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can hear the river from inside my house; my lawn and garden were temporarily a lake earlier this morning. In the river’s middle current there are waves four-feet high. It’s kind of exciting, living on a flood plain. You’re always slightly paranoid, making offerings to the river gods, thankful for the nutrient-rich silt and [...]
Sleeping with the Chickies… Or Not…
Posted in Chickens, Nature, tagged bantams, Chickens, Heritage Breeds on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I seriously misjudged how small 2-week-old bantam chicks would be, read: they’re tiny. Like, an inch high. My older chicks walk over them like they aren’t there, and the younger standard sized chicks I bought at the same time don’t fair much better. Now I have 8 chicks in a box next the heater in my [...]
Anarcho-Herbalism
Posted in Herbalism, Nature, tagged anarchy, ecology, health, herbal medicine, Herbalism, herbs, medicine, plants on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I found this article years ago. It still makes sense. Use plant medicine? Then please read it.
Books, Asatru, and Nature Religion
Posted in Books, Heathenry, Nature, Paganism, tagged Asatru, Books, Heathenry, Nature, Paganism, religion on March 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just finished Greg Shetler’s Living Asatru. My friend really likes it, and lent me his copy. While I definately agree with the author’s statements that Asatru is not a branch of Wicca, I’m not sure that I’d say that Asatru is not an “Earth-based” religion. I see this repeated ad nauseum, but there’s hardly ever [...]
It’s kinda chilly…
Posted in Chickens, Farming, Nature, tagged Chickens, Farming, Heritage Breeds, Nature, weather on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Figured I should get started on this blog someday… It’s -20 degrees Celsius this morning, so I’ve been tending to the wood stove faithfully. I went out to let out the chickens, who just gave me a dirty look and refused to leave their house. I don’t blame them. Quite frankly, I don’t know how [...]
