The Grass is Always Greener

A farm girl who wanted to be an archaeologist, and an archaeologist who wants to be a farm girl.

Taking in the Midsummer Harvest

Midsummer is really the beginning of summer here in central Massachusetts. We are about six weeks off from the traditional British harvest holidays, with the cross quarter fire festivals marking the height of each season rather than its beginning. At least that’s been my experience. There are a number of sacred herbs that can be […]

Motherwort and Other Characters

This past week has been one of splendiferous adventures in plant identification. My best friend recently introduced me to the New England Wildflower Society’s plant ID website, and it has been so much fun tracking down all manner of flowering plants. Blooming this week in the Assabet River bioregion, we have Common Cinquefoil, White Campion, Motherwort, […]

Gifts of Meadow and Mire

Kitchen Witchery: Fire Cider

The same day that Sarah F. and I were making hag tapers, we were also cooking up a batch of fire cider. Actually, it was the fire cider that was the impetus for the get-together, as apparently someone, not the person who originally wrote down the recipe,* has decided to sue anyone marketing a similar […]