Aronia Berries: Foraging this Native Shrub
Aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) is a native shrub in the eastern part of the United States. It is also grown as ornamental shrub in many areas. This shrub produces a berry that has become popular in the past couple of years for it’s health benefits. It is sometimes called chokeberry. This common name gives a clue […]
Summer Updates 2012
Originally Posted April 9, 2014 Greetings. Summer has passed and I now have a little quiet time to write and share some of the happenings here at Moonwise Herbs. We had a very busy summer, running several of our intensives progams as well as attending fairs and festivals. We harvested food and medicine throughout the […]
Cycles and Rhythms
Originally Published April 9, 2014 I began writing this on February 29, 2012. It is a leap year. A year where we are offered “an additional” day. It reminds me that days are artificially created. They are created so that we may have a common meeting frame of reference as a human race. And as […]