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Shaena Heartwood of Humble Creek Farm.

Humble Creek Farm: Student Business Spotlight

…that. I’m also looking forward to eventually scaling up some of our herbs and heirloom fruits and vegetables to sell seeds to regional seed companies and directly to gardeners. I’m excited to keep exploring and learning my ancestral healing traditions (Southern Italian, Sicilian, Slavic folk herbal traditions, and general mountain granny witchery). Someday, when our kids are bigger, I’d love…

Honoring the cotton seeds from last year’s harvest before planting them.

An Herbalist Interview: Brandon Ruiz of the Charlotte Herbal Accessibility Project

…significance, but when we switch out lettuce and kale for callaloo (Amaranthus spp.) or potatoes for cassava (Manihot esculenta), we can recognize our identity and familiarize ourselves with our cultural background. Participants harvesting honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) for a glycerite. What cultural legacies are botanically represented at the garden, and what are some of the stand-out plants? In our garden in…

Spiced Hawthorn Persimmon Pear Brandy.

Spiced Hawthorn Pear Persimmon Brandy

…the otherworld. Hawthorn branches have been placed over the threshold as protection from malevolent energies in Europe. The Iroquois used a decoction as a protection against the personal physical manifestations of witchcraft. Hawthorn trees can often be found in young woods, hedges, and cow fields. Look for the thorns and little red fruits. The leaves are variable, but are often…