Elderberry blossom, that scent is a winner. One part flower, one part sweat, amorous, with staying power and sunshine within, it welcomes summer, butterflies and bees that know a good thing when they smell it, just like me. Elderberry blossom, white and yellow delight. To the wind, you are rapture. To the people, you areContinue reading “Hot Calm, And All Organic”
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Earth Send On 12 May 2023
Everyday In Every Way I’m Getting Better And Better — autosuggestion by Émile Coué (1857 – 1926). John Lennon borrowed it when he wrote ‘Beautiful Boy’. Welcome to the splendour of mid May, welcome to our meditation for the well-being of all life on earth, welcome to our Earth Send. All who have requested goodContinue reading “Earth Send On 12 May 2023”
Sunchoke Petals
I dried some sunchoke flowers and made an infusion from the petals. The taste is not exactly sleep inducing, but it has a mild starchy sweetness to it that is soothing and relaxing. The aroma is hay-like, sunlit, quite reminiscent of mimosa essential oil. The petals will taste really good with rice, especially basmati rice,Continue reading “Sunchoke Petals”
Natural Mosquito Repellents
Basil, bee balm, catnip, citronella, clove, geranium, lavender, lemon balm, lemon grass, lemon verbena, marigold, most mints, especially peppermint, pennyroyal, rosemary… Almost all these plants are low maintenance, edible, with a fresh scent (minus marigolds), and they look attractive. It is good to grow them near your windows, doors, patio. All of them will do theContinue reading “Natural Mosquito Repellents”
Healers in the Plant World
Wild fruits or herbs with the most concentrated healing properties tend to grow in places where other plants do not manage to develop. The reason for that is not, as some have interpreted, that potent plants do “not depend on” a community, that they become rugged loners, or undemanding, low maintenance, “neglect lovers”; on theContinue reading “Healers in the Plant World”
Nanda Jurela 