We are writing from different places, with different climates and different experiences. But the awakening of Spring stirs something in each of us. And we make our preparations, whether from a Lenten fast, Passover, a week-long cleanse or just the venture out to harvest the wild greens we have been craving.
LadyBarbara wrote Rising Spring about the quickening of the season and how she changes her diet for that new movement.
Granny Sam Gahagan writes from her snow covered lair about Emerging from Winter in the Appalachians. (You westerners might not know that we still have winter, with more storms to come- makes it a bit hard to get into the Spring spirit when you have to dig the chickweed from under the snow.)
Karen Vaughan writes about Nettles! her favorite spring herb, and year long food. Whether eaten, drunk or flogged on the skin, nettles stir up your vitality.
Sarah Head has a beautifully insightful post on Emerging from Winter With Herbs, focusing on the emotional side. Stunning photographs.
Feel free to copy this list to your website, and please visit the sites of the contributors. I love reading the different approaches our passionate herbalists have to this.
A special thanks to all participants and readers, and to Herbwifery.org, where the herbal blog parties were born!
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease" ~ Thomas Jefferson
