What a wonderful gathering on Saturday. We put on our clogs, walked through the wet meadow and harvested a few twigs of Wild Chokecherry, returning to the kitchen and peeling the bark, deconcocting the bark and creating cough syrup! It was a very simple process, and easy to remember. Everybody left with a beautiful ball jar of their very own cough syrup… alcohol free! Of course some opted to dowse the Brandy and add… no qualms there! Make it your own, twice the power.

I keep thinking of the phrase “the meek shall inherit the earth”. Regaining our ability to heal ourselves offers immense comfort and power as we learn to depend on ourselves and our earth for medicine. That song about teaching a man to fish… applies to medicine too. Nature is power, if you want to know how to make it yourself, here is a great video from Rosalee de la Floret http://youtu.be/lV8jV4o-mvU. Or come over and I will show you.

Perfect time to harvest the bark is now!
Have a wonderful day.
Wendy
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