Want to help us continue to do this important work
of spreading botanical education during this difficult time?
Join us for ongoing education on Patreon starting at just 5 bucks a month
Become a Patron!
or make a one-time donation via PayPal.
Let's get cooking with The Wild Foraged Life, my NEW e-Cookbook!!!
Over 40 pages of wild foraged recipes can be yours to enjoy!!!
My First Book: The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders
Handmade Appalachian Wildcrafted Products
Allergy Away Tincture
Only a few left!
Allergies got ya down? Spring and fall pollen can knock you out. Don't let it put you out of commission! I formulated this tinctures with herbs known traditionally for tonifying the liver to stop the inflammatory response, clear mucus, stop the histamine response, and soothe aggravated mucus membranes.
I start by taking a half dropperful of tincture. I wait about half an hour and watch to see if there are any results. I increase the amount by one dropperful until I get to a point where I can feel symptoms decrease. Then, I'll take that amount as needed, cutting the amount as symptoms seem to decline. Make sure to drink lots of water and check out my blog article The Quintessential Allergy Blog for more info on allergy season support.
Ingredients: alcohol, water, burdock, red clover, stinging nettle, mullein, Spanish needles, goldenrod, ground ivy, mulberry2 ounces
Elderberry Sumac Rose Elixir
Get it now before it's gone!
With wildcrafted berries, this elixir packs a Vitamin C punch!
Elderberries, sumac berries, and rose hips are all jam-packed with Vitamin C to give your immune system a super boost. Add local honey, spring water, and a little tonifying apple cider vinegar and you’re ready to face anything. Plus, did you know that elderberries can bind with the flu virus and keep it from entering your cells???
Radical!!!
INGREDIENTS: Water, Raw Appalachian Honey, Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Wildcrafted Elderberries, Sumac and Rose Hips.
*These now come in jars to keep the price down and make for easier shipping.
Harmony Tincture
Trust me, you want this feel-good tonic.
I like to call this my “Happy Juice”. The powder puff pink blossoms, twigs, and leaves of the mimosa tree, called the, “Tree of Happiness,” in Chinese medicine, are combined with hawthorn berries, St. John’s wort, and lemon balm for this delightful tincture.
Hawthorn berries have been known to be a heart tonic for the physical and emotional heart. St. John’s wort and lemon balm have appeared in uplifting, anti-depressive formulas throughout the ages. I take a half dropperful of this mix whenever I feel the need. Not recommended for people who are taking pharmaceutical medication (including birth control), or those with bipolar/mania symptoms.
INGREDIENTS: Alcohol, Water, Mimosa, St. John's Wort, Hawthorn, Lemon Balm.
2oz
Bitter is Better
Only a few left!
Non-Alcoholic bitters with foraged flair.
We could all use a little liver toning!
You know those bitters they serve in bars? Back in the day, they’d serve bitter herbs before meals to stimulate digestion. Bitter herbs tonify our livers and gallbladders, too. There’s a lot of new research coming out now that bitters do all kinds of other great things, like work as anti-inflammatories, and are anti-depressive. Time to tonify yourself!
INGREDIENTS:
Apple Cider Vinegar, Grapefruit Peel, Burdock, Fennel, Ginger, Yellowroot, Bee Balm.
2oz
Join Abby's Upcoming Classes and Events
Join Abby Artemisia and Becky Beyer at the Sassafras School of Appalachian Plantcraft, starting May 2020. Learn more.
Wild Edible & Herbal Appalachian Walkabout (at Women's Wilderness Workshops)
This will be recorded and sent to you afterward.
Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, with so much to offer in the way of food, medicine, and, of course, beauty. Abby, a botanist, herbalist, and forager, will take you on a virtual adventure into the forest and open spaces to see what free foods and herbs surround us, how we recognize, safely and ethically harvest them, and how to preserve them. Get an introduction to basic botany to demystify plant identification and learn more about these plants as food and medicine.
Find more information on the Women's Wilderness Workshops here.
SLIDING SCALE INFORMATION:
Pay what you can: $20 discount for financial hardship, $40 full price, $60 a little extra to show your appreciation, $80 provide a scholarship for someone else
If you cannot afford this class, email Abby for information on work trades, barters, and scholarships..
SOLD OUT - IN-PERSON (!) Wild Edible & Herbal Appalachian Walkabout in Burnsville, NC
Sold out
Saturday, September 12 • 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
672 Bee Branch Road
Burnsville, NC 28714
RESCHEDULED from the original date of Saturday, August 15. More info and reflections here: https://www.thewanderschool.com/home/rescheduling-our-first-in-person-plant-walk-since-quarantine
Come learn about wild plants you can eat and use as medicine to EMPOWER yourself and your community!
Abby Artemisia, a botanist, herbalist, and forager, will take you on an adventure through a gorgeous, biodiverse rural area to see what free foods and herbs surround us, how we safely and ethically harvest them, and how to preserve them.
Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, with so much to offer in the way of food, medicine, and, of course, beauty.
On this walkabout, you'll get an introduction to basic botany to demystify plant identification and use all of your senses to learn more about these plants.
WHAT TO BRING:
Bring your questions, field guides, notebooks, and cameras, along with hiking boots, rain jackets, and water bottles. We will be on a gravel road that slopes. It won't be intensely physical, but we will be walking about a mile, partly uphill. Bring a chair or something to sit on in case there is rain and we end up in the barn.
SAFETY:
Masks are not required, as we will be outside.
You will be responsible for keeping social distance.
AFTER CLASS...
Abby will have her book, The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders, and her ethically wildcrafted Appalachian herbal products available for sale after the walk. Bring cash, check, or cards to purchase.
SLIDING SCALE INFORMATION:
Contact Abby about options for work trades or scholarships.
- $35 - COVID Sucks
- $45 - I want to support at full price
- $65 - I can afford a little extra to support a local business during a tough time
- $90 - I want to provide a scholarship for someone else
