Plum butter made in the slow cooker results in a rich, flavor fruitful spread ever so slightly nuanced with the almond notes of the plum pits. There is a great shift happening. The mornings are cold and dewy, although the…
Channel your creativity and artistic vision with the confidence nurturing attributes of sunny, warm, and encouraging citrine and helichrysum. This post is part of an ongoing collaboration with Hawkhouse, a designer of raw mineral jewelry. This collaboration seeks to explore the…
Summer can leave you feeling boiled over & otherwise burned. Here are a few holistic summer essentials to keep you calm, cool, & collected all season long! Summer can be especially draining. Even here in the temperate PNW, we get…
Sweet pickled figs with cinnamon, allspice, clove, and cardamom are a sweet, candy-like relic of bygone palates and childhood memories. I probably received my penchant for nostalgia from my father. He is a man of big emotions and a tendency to…
Learn the art of pleasurable eating while enjoying these herbal marshmallows flavored with the likes of rose, lavender or peppermint. These herbal marshmallows are brought to you in partnership with Mountain Rose Herbs! Whoever said that herbalism had to be…
Take your aggression out on a humble cabbage & be rewarded with tasty sauerkraut! Add fennel & caraway seeds for a supped up, probiotic, gut-healthy kraut! It should be known that sauerkraut making is a divinely wonderful way of working…
The ethereal cornflower blue-purple tones of tanzanite and lavender suggest their unique properties that evoke a cleansing calm.This post is part of an ongoing collaboration with Hawkhouse, a designer of raw mineral jewelry. This collaboration seeks to explore the metaphysical properties…
This foraged wild blackberry sage shrub is cooling, sweet, with subtle earthy herbal overtones — perfect for summer beverages! Shrubs, also known as drinking vinegar, would seem to be the lasted hipster trend. Actually, though, shrubs were all ole time-y…
A trip to Yellowstone gave me a challenge: healthily feeding a family of 10 for a few days. This balsamic tri tip roast with Bubbies sauerkraut was perfect! I am not asking for pity – but I hadn’t had a…
Wildcrafted soda is a unique and flavorful way to capture the essence of the season. Raspberries, wildflowers, and herbs offer enchanting flavor and color. Typical PNW summers are veritable painter’s palate of gastronomic inspiration. The cool, often rainy climate gives…
I am an herbalist, farmer, cook, and forager. I get my hands dirty and am not afraid to do things the "hard way". Sharing my Nitty Gritty Life with you! Read More
Devon
