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making dandelion root vinegar

making dandelion root vinegar

by Dr. Orna | Mar 3, 2022 | food as medicine, garden medicine, love the plants you're with, Medicine Making with Dr. Orna, Uncategorized

When the days are bright and warming but it’s not quite time yet for fiddling around in the garden, it might just be time to focus on edible and medicinal weeds. On one such day, I came across some beautiful dandelion roots – and it is a perfect time to start...
the salad beautification project

the salad beautification project

by Dr. Orna | Aug 3, 2021 | eating, food as medicine, garden medicine, love the plants you're with, plant medicine, Salad Beautification Project, the single girl's guide to eating alone

I know we’re often fed up about all the food rules — eat this, don’t eat that, only eat that in relation to this, alternate all the thises and thatses to maximize the something elses… But in the last few weeks I’ve stumbled upon a new rule you...
lilac season — in the kitchen

lilac season — in the kitchen

by Dr. Orna | May 7, 2021 | DIY medicine, garden medicine, love the plants you're with, Medicine Making with Dr. Orna, plant medicine, Uncategorized

I spent unfortunate number of my gardening years dismissing the idea of planting flowers. There were some exceptions: Calendula, rose, lavender — because those are all medicinal, too. But flowers just for pretty? What gardener has enough room for that? As you know,...
lemons: a love story

lemons: a love story

by Dr. Orna | Feb 27, 2021 | food as medicine, garden medicine, love the plants you're with, Uncategorized

When I was a tiny baby, I’m told that one of my uncles decided to be mischievous with me. “I’m going to make the baby make a face,“ he determinedly said. He cut a lemon and put it in my mouth. Defying expectations, I just smiled. And thus began a life-long love affair...
garden dreaming in deep winter

garden dreaming in deep winter

by Dr. Orna | Feb 6, 2021 | garden medicine, love the plants you're with, plant medicine

Over the last weekend in January, I spent some quality time in mine, doing winter-garden things like clearing blackberries, mulching paths, trimming branches of my olive tree, marveling at the green that’s surviving the season and the new life starting to think about...
making fresh elderberry syrup

making fresh elderberry syrup

by Dr. Orna | Aug 23, 2020 | garden medicine, love the plants you're with, Medicine Making with Dr. Orna, plant medicine, resilience, Uncategorized

In late July 2020, a friend invited me to pick newly ripened elderberries in her Portland yard. She’s got two — just two! — of the shrubs growing, and she can’t keep up. Knowing how coveted they are as medicine, she didn’t want them going to waste. I eagerly...
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