by Susun Weed

"Pack your bags for the journey," Grandmother Growth advises softly. "Your Change may be rough in places, so cushion yourself.

c. Susun Weed

If you live in any of the temperate regions of the world, whether at sea level or high in the mountains, some pine trees are likely to be growing very near you.

Antioxidants
Antioxidants are powerful plant compounds that preserve our health. Vitamin C is perhaps the most famous antioxidant, especially when it comes to winter miseries.

Antiviral herbs are effective, tasty, and easy to harvest, buy, and turn into remedies. You still have time before cold and flu season to make elder syrup and sauerkraut, two of the best antivirals.

Here come the colder, darker, often sicker, days of the year. Are you ready?

©2008 by Susun S Weed
As summer nights lengthen into autumn, the forests of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York fill with magical, mystical, medicinal mushrooms. "Toadstool" is a quaint name for the many mushrooms that spring forth between rains, while "fungi" is the more technical term.

Last weekend I taught about seeds and roots, autumn's blessings.
The shorter days and cooler nights change how plants store and use compounds. Instead of a focus on leaves, the focus shifts to roots. Nutrients and medicinal substances go into overwintering roots.

We just had a class on seeds. So much of what we eat is seeds. All grains — including corn, rice, and wheat — are seeds.

by Susun Weed

We got potatoes and leeks as part of our CSA share, so I asked Mik to make my favorite soup.

The taste of turmeric is unusual, but pleasant.

A healing treat.
by Susun Weed

by Susun Weed