I could actually say I am in love with the taste of wild rose honey.

One of the most delicious and deeply sensual gifts of life is Wild Rose Honey Electuary. It's taste is exquisite and its healing unfathomable. It is so simple to make. You can make it with the wild roses which are beginning their bloom right now and you can make it with any rose.

Here is how.... Venture off to a place where the wild rose grows. As you come into its presence, begin to pay attention to your breath. Detect the smell of rose, perhaps subtle at first. And then put you nose right into the bloom. (Watch for bees. :<)

Smell this delectable fragrance and give thanks for it. Now, ask the rose if you may harvest. Yes? Well then, look for the blooms who's stamens are still pale yellow. Harvest as many as you can get in a jar just about to the top. Offer gratitude once again.

Saying thank you is a practice in itself and cannot be done too much. You can harvest the roses right into your jar if you like, but when you place them in a basket, they are so beautiful. Place these beautiful roses in your jar and drizzle local, raw honey over them. This is a slow process and can be rather messy evoking the wild wise woman in you.

You will want enough honey to cover the roses. Put a lid on your jar and label this with name and date. And wait...its hard to wait for rose honey, but oh, so worth it. Six weeks is long enough, but you could actually start to taste the rose in the honey after just one day.

You can strain this with a seive and a cloth. And....you can just eat it right out of the jar. And offer gratitude again for such precious medicine. I could actually say I am in love with the taste of wild rose honey. I must just surrender to this fact.

May it be in Beauty.

Love and Beauty at my Doorstep

This piece is the first of three articles I wrote for Susun Weeds' Wise Woman eMagazine ind 2008. You can read all three installments here...http://www.susunweed.com/herbal_ezine/June08/goddess.htm

The Journey of the Rose
A Shamanic Herbal Tale in 3 parts ~ Part I

I am looking forward to the blooming of the wild roses this year. Each day making my way down into the yard to “check on them”. We have lived here on this land for just over three years. When we moved here in December of 2004, I remember one of the first things we did was to walk down into the wetland area. My husband was on this trek to “claim” the land he had chosen to steward. I was in search of plants. Who lives here? I saw the thickets of thorny bushes, but I didn’t yet know for sure they were roses.

Around 8 years ago, I discovered a magical place on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington where there are acres and acres of wild roses. I began to travel to this place to harvest the blooms in May/June and then the wild rose hips in October. Year after year I would make this pilgrimage to commune with rose. Wildcrafting wild rose blossoms is bewitching.

It begins like any other wildcrafting task..... asking, listening, thanking, plucking the blooms, sniffing here and there, tasting. But then as I continue, I find myself entering another world. Soon I am mesmerized by this thorny priestess; I am inside the realm of love and beauty. Peace abounds in this space. Loving myself is simple. Wild Rose tells me tales of how to love, who to love and how to teach love. This sacred space that beckons me, welcomes me is difficult to leave. It is soon time for me to stop harvesting so that I may get to the ferry before the last boat. Wild rose is saying pick me, pick me, more and more. I am pulling myself away from her, telling her I will return in fall to harvest her hips. I discover that even after I leave this space between the world, I can still travel there in feelings and sensations.

As spring came ‘round, our first spring here at our farm, I discovered the wild roses...still doubt sets in about whether it could possibly be true that I had chosen to live the rest of my life surrounded by this sorcière couverture. I made plans to travel to the Peninsula to harvest once again my beautiful blossoms. I returned to the spot where the wild roses spoke so loudly to me, seeking that feeling, craving the realm, hungry for it. The wild roses did speak loudly to me then and startled me. “What are you doing here?” they yelled. “You have roses on your land to harvest? You can harvest a few petals here and then you must return to your home and begin your journey there with wild rose.” I was heart broken or might I say that my heart was broken open at that moment. I realized that up until this time, I had to go seeking for love and beauty, I had to leave home to find it. Now I am being called to a simpler and yet more difficult task, to find love and beauty at my door step.

This year, I am restless to discover what wild rose will teach me. Her subtly, fragrant green leaves have already taken me in. Within her wise teachings, there is more difficulty in peeling away layers, in finding more love for myself and there is also laughter and singing to come.

May it be in Beauty.

There are three spaces left for...
The Journey of the Rose ~ Weekend Immersion in Shamanic Herbalism
May 29-30, 2010 ~ Amongst the blooming wild roses at our farm on Whidbey Island
Visit our website www.crowsdaughter.com for detailed information and to register and email us anytime.

Calling us into Relationship, October Blog Party: Bio-regional herbs for Colds and Flu

Click on this link to visit Rosalee de la Foret's blog and links to many other herbalists who has written their blogs with the theme: Bio-regional herbs for Colds and Flu
http://methowvalleyherbs.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-blog-party-bio-regional-herbs.html

When I moved to Whidbey Island, just over 7 years ago, I had a good relationship with a few plants that boosted my immune system and helped me release viral and bacterial infections, helped me soothe myself through being sick and support me back to wellness. Some of these plants didn’t grow where I lived and so I depended on buying the fresh root and at times the dry root to make tincture. I had no idea what I would find here, on this precious island, and I am still amazed every time I think about it.

At a recent plant walk I offered on the island, I spoke to participants of how we don’t need to worry so much about colds and flus on Whidbey Island because we are surrounded by amazing immune system plants. I will share a bit about a few of these plants, how to prepare them simply at home and then at the end offer a few ways to nourish your immune system so that you are less likely to contact a cold or flu in the future.



Wild Rose Rosa nutkana and other species:
We have wild roses here on our land on Whidbey Island, almost an acre of them. They are in abundance all over the island as well as all over Western Washington, into the mountain and beyond. Wild Rose is anti-viral to name just one of many ways this plants offers itself to us. I met a man years back at an herbal conference who had done significant research on Pacific Yew as an anti-cancer herb. He told me that at University of British Columbia in Canada, they were testing some native plants for their anti-viral properties and the wild rose rosa nutkana, leaf and flower tincture killed the cold virus in the laboratory.
I was amazed and excited, I had some wild rose tincture at my booth, which is what sparked the conversation. I had not utilized it in this way. I began to make the tincture as he suggested and have utilized it now when I have a cold. It has been gentle and very effective in my healing. Students of mine have used it and we have found that it strongly supports healing, and can turn what appears "bad" to "not so bad "in a short amount of time. This “Pacific Yew Man” as I call him, said that he believed that wild rose hips tincture would have a similar effect. My husband and I now utilize both of these preparations for healing our upper respiratory infections. One of the beautiful things about this herbal preparation of wild roses is that it also supports the relaxation of the nervous system, which is beneficial when we are sick. It helps bring us into a more positive perspective about our health.

You can easily make wild rose tincture and wild rose hips tincture yourself at home. Right now, the wild rose hips are ripe and ready to offer themselves to you for healing.

• Find a stand of wild rose hips from which to harvest. Spend some time with the plants and breathe in their oxygen, breathe out offering your breath. Listen and see what these plants specifically have for you.
  
• Ask their permission to harvest and gather the wild rose hips in a basket or cloth bag. Say thank you for such beautiful medicine. If these rose hips are in abundance, gather enough to dry as well for infusions full of Vitamin C and pectin.
  
• Place your wild rose hips in a jar, filling it 2/3 full with these ripe red berries. Fill the jar again with 100 proof vodka. (You can now find organic vodka at the liquor store) Put a lid on your tincture and label it with name, date and perhaps something the plant spoke to you. Let this brew sit for six weeks, the turn of a season.
  
• Strain it through a sieve with a clean cloth draped over it. Squeeze out the liquid, as much as you can and place this incredible life giving medicine into a beautiful bottle.
  
• My husband and I use 25 drops about every 3 hours when we are right in the middle of a cold and then lessen it to once or twice a days as we are getting better.
  
• Next year, when spring is turning to summer, you can gather the wild rose flower and leaf tips and make a tincture in the same way.

One of my practices that keeps me connected with the compassionate wisdom of the plants that I utilize for medicine is to continue to thank the plants for their healing. And so I return to the plants again and again and wish them well, say thank you and remember what they have offered me.



Lomatium Lomatium nudicale: I found out about this plant from Ryan Drum, www.ryandrum.com, at an herbal conference. I had heard of Lomatium dissectum, a plant that is strongly overharvested. Ryan talked about how traditionally, the seed of the lomatium nudicale was utilized by the native first people here around Puget Sound. He said it was much more sustainable to harvest the seed than the root and really, the root is not a traditional medicine. I was intrigued with his stories.
I had just moved to Whidbey Island and asked him if he thought this plant grew on our island. He said “Yes” that he had seen it up near the central part of the island on the beach. I purchased lomatium seed from Ryan so that I could make tincture with it and begin to bring its medicine into my life. I have found the place where Lomatium nudicale grows on the beach. It is a member of the carrot family, and has a beautiful low growing umbel of seeds that ripen in late summer. I am excited to share this medicine with others, passing on its gentle and effective healing of upper respiratory infections. I also discovered that it has been called the “Indian Consumption Plant”
There is one more bit about it that is significant here. The Lomatium nudicale seed is a spirit healer as well. It was given to another when the giver wished to be heard. This to me represent relationship. And I have found in my studies and journeys that the immune system is about just that, relationship.
This plant is a little more elusive than wild rose. But if you do happen onto it, gather the lomatium seeds in late summer and make a tincture very similar to the directions above. Infused honey is another preparation that can be helpful when we are in need of support in healing a cold or flu. In this case, fill a jar half full with the lomatium seeds and pour local, raw honey over this to the top. You can use this preparation in a week or two, but do wait for at least six weeks for it. It will be worth it.
Tinctures are such a great way to make herbal medicine last for long period of time. I like to advocate that people also make infusion with plants. The mineral richness of the healing herbs will be extracted in a strong tea that sits for a long time. This is also the more traditional use of the herb.
Infusion of Wild Rose Hips:

• Pour one quart of boiling water over one ounce of dry rose hips.
  
• Let this sit for 4-8 hours.
  
• Strain off the liquid and put the wild rose hips in a saucepan with more water.
  
• Boil this for a long time.
  
• Strain this through a cloth draped sieve (so you don’t get the little hairs inside the hips)
  
• Add the two liquids to each other.

This is an exquisite infusion and full of goodness.

There are two , two weeds, that grow in my garden and on our land with which I make nourishing herbal vinegars. They are Dandelion Root Taraxacum officinale and Burdock Root Artium lappa. Now is the time to harvest these roots. They are filled with inulin, a starchy substance that nourishes your gut flora. It is becoming more and more widely known that most of the immune system is in the gut. When you have a healthy gut, you are well. Here is a link to a blog post I offered awhile back with instructions for harvesting dandelion root and making an herbal vinegar with it.
http://crowsdaughtersherbs.blogspot.com/2008/01/dandelion-has-been-potent-ally-of-mine.html
You might think the dandelion root would be bitter, but right now it has sweetness in it. I put this dandelion root vinegar on my salads, in my soups and on my well cooked greens.

The healing plants are calling us into relationship. "Come outside" they say, " And discover a whole new world of nourishment and healing at your doorstep."

May it be in Beauty.

Breathing the Breath of Rose

The Journey of the Rose
A Shamanic Herbal Tale in 3 parts ~ Part II

The wild roses are in full bloom now on our land, enough for all kinds of herbal preparations. We discovered a variety of wild rose buds as we wildcrafted recently. One flower bud being dark fushcia pink, another more mauve in color. Last fall as we gathered the ripe rose hips, we noticed even more species of rose. Some large and fat, some round, some oval, some ripening quite early and others not quite ripe. The fullness of this diversity is heart warming. Even within the wild rose community, when you look closely you will see many unique and wonderful gifts.

The wild rose, her teachings, her healing properties, her uses are an example of the ancient wise woman tradition of only utilizing a few plants for healing. Once, long ago, there were plants that were known to heal everything, anything. These plants were the companions of wise women and helped guide their healing practices. I enjoy discovering these plants and their shamanic teachings as well as utilizing them in as many ways as possible.
Rose is a spiritual teacher. I mean this in the shamanic sense. She is the one who will lead you to other plants that will nourish and heal you. In order to discover the teachings of wild rose, it is best to begin outside with her, listening. Here is a shamanic exercise that will facilitate this relationship:

• Take a walk and find a wild rose plant you feel a connection with.

• Sit or stand near rose

• Observe the rose plant, noticing how it comes up out of the ground and how it twists and turns toward the light.

• Find the thorns and observe the thorns

• Observe the intricate patterns of the leaves, the buds and flowers allowing yourself to detect the aroma.

• As you detect the scent of the rose notice your breath, breathing in and out three times

• Begin to feel yourself take shape as a rose.

• Feel yourself become the rose in all its intricacy, noticing many details

• Bring awareness back to breath again, breathing in the oxygen of this rose, breathing out offering your breath, and now breathe in as rose, breathe out offering oxygen. Do this for seven cycles.

• Listen. Listening is more than hearing. What do you see, hear, smell, feel?

• Now, ask yourself, “Who am I ” Take note.

• When this feels complete, open your eyes and move and stand once again.

• Give thanks to the rose.

• While proceeding with this exercise, do your best not to interpret what you are experiencing. When you are completely done, this is a good time to write and explore fully what this means for you.

• Return to the same rose. Connect again, remembering its details and the interchange. Now take basket in hand and gather rose.

There are many concoctions that you can make with wild rose. I have two favorites, wild rose infused oil and wild rose infused honey. To make the wild rose infused oil, I used to gather just the rose petals and buds. This makes an incredibly fragrant oil. Recently though, I have been experimenting with also using the wild rose leaves in my infused oil. The fragrance is a bit deeper and the healing tremendous. Gather wild roses in your basket. Immediately cut up the petals, buds and leaves, place them in a jar and drizzle olive oil over them just below the top of the jar. Put a lid on this and shake. Label with name, date, and perhaps something you remember from your journey and put it in the dark. Six weeks later, strain it and bless your skin with this precious oil.

Wild Rose infused honey is made just this way. Instead of olive oil, drizzle raw, local honey over the roses. You won’t have to wait six weeks for the honey. In fact, you can make this and use it the next day. But do be patient to let some of it sit for six weeks to increase its potency. This sensual delicacy is extraordinary. Not only is it delicious, you can utilize this honey for deep healing of infections.

Wild rose is anti-bacterial, antiseptic, very softening for skin and quite gentle. I have received feedback recently from people using wild rose balm (a combination of wild rose infused oil, wild rose infused honey and bees wax) who have experienced tremendous healing. A woman with auto-immune disease and a terrible rash that would not go away, put wild rose balm on the affected area and overnight it had began healing. Another woman put some of this balm on an open cut that was very painful and within a few seconds, the pain had subsided. Such a powerful and yet gentle healer.

As I reflect on the many ways that wild rose offers herself to us, I am reminded again of the wise woman. She is strong and compassionate and she is also sensuous and joyous.

May it be in Beauty.

Crow's Laughter Mystery School Offerings for Summer and Fall 2008
Follow the links to our website for all the details. Call or email anytime to find out more and request an apprenticeship application.

Apprenticeship Opportunities:
Women and Plants ~ Shamanic Herbal Apprenticeship Program;
Next session begins September 12, 2008
Open Day for Potential Apprentices ~ July 11th
Herbal Wisdom Circle ~ 13 Month Apprenticeship Program
Begins September 20, 2008

Summer Programs for Girls:

Herbal Wisdom Summer Mentorship for Girls
July 7-10, 2008 ~ 10:30-2:30
Awaken the Wise Woman! Apprenticeship Weekend for Girls 10-13

July 18-20, 2008
Into the Wood ~ Immersion in Green Witchery for Teen Girls 14-19

August 18-21, 2008

Monthly Classes:

Herbal Wisdom Circle
July 12 ~ 10:30-2:30
July's Theme: Lavender: Source and Center
The Well ~ Women's Study Group
First Wednesdays ~ July 2, August 6 ~ North Seattle

Earth and Moon Celebrations:
Dark of the Moon
July 2 ~ We are combining "The Well" Study Group and Dark of the Moon this month.
Passionate Abundance Earth Celebration
August 10 ~ 12-4 pm ~ Sunday
Free Herbal Class, Ceremony and Community Potluck

Classes in the Community:
Edibles and Medicinals Plant Walk at Golden Gardens in Seattle
July 16 ~ 6:30-8:30 ~ www.learnatnorth.com to register
A Healthy Gut
7-9 pm ~ This is offered through North Seattle Community College
www.learnatnorth.com to register

Earth Mysteries Weekend ~ Immersion in Shamanic Herbalism
November 1-2, 2008

Festivals and Fairs this Summer and Fall:

Northwest Herb Fest ~ Pleasantville, Oregon ~ July 26-27

I will be selling my nourishing herbal creations.

Seattle Tilth Organic Harvest Fair

September 6 in Seattle

I will be selling my nourishing herbal creations.

American Herbal Guild Convention in Redmond, WA

October 24-26, 2008

I will be selling my nourishing herbal creations.

Love and Beauty at My Doorstep

The Journey of the Rose
A Shamanic Herbal Tale in 3 parts ~ Part I

I am looking forward to the blooming of the wild roses this year. Each day making my way down into the yard to “check on them”. We have lived here on this land for just over three years. When we moved here in December of 2004, I remember one of the first things we did was to walk down into the wetland area. My husband was on this trek to “claim” the land he had chosen to steward. I was in search of plants. Who lives here? I saw the thickets of thorny bushes, but I didn’t yet know for sure they were roses.

Around 8 years ago, I discovered a magical place on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington where there are acres and acres of wild roses. I began to travel to this place to harvest the blooms in May/June and then the wild rose hips in October. Year after year I would make this pilgrimage to commune with rose. Wildcrafting wild rose blossoms is bewitching.

It begins like any other wildcrafting task..... asking, listening, thanking, plucking the blooms, sniffing here and there, tasting. But then as I continue, I find myself entering another world. Soon I am mesmerized by this thorny priestess; I am inside the realm of love and beauty. Peace abounds in this space. Loving myself is simple. Wild Rose tells me tales of how to love, who to love and how to teach love. This sacred space that beckons me, welcomes me is difficult to leave. It is soon time for me to stop harvesting so that I may get to the ferry before the last boat. Wild rose is saying pick me, pick me, more and more. I am pulling myself away from her, telling her I will return in fall to harvest her hips. I discover that even after I leave this space between the world, I can still travel there in feelings and sensations.

As spring came ‘round, our first spring here at our farm, I discovered the wild roses...still doubt sets in about whether it could possibly be true that I had chosen to live the rest of my life surrounded by this sorcière couverture. I made plans to travel to the Peninsula to harvest once again my beautiful blossoms. I returned to the spot where the wild roses spoke so loudly to me, seeking that feeling, craving the realm, hungry for it. The wild roses did speak loudly to me then and startled me. “What are you doing here?” they yelled. “You have roses on your land to harvest? You can harvest a few petals here and then you must return to your home and begin your journey there with wild rose.” I was heart broken or might I say that my heart was broken open at that moment. I realized that up until this time, I had to go seeking for love and beauty, I had to leave home to find it. Now I am being called to a simpler and yet more difficult task, to find love and beauty at my door step.

This year, I am restless to discover what wild rose will teach me. Her subtly, fragrant green leaves have already taken me in. Within her wise teachings, there is more difficulty in peeling away layers, in finding more love for myself and there is also laughter and singing to come.

May it be in Beauty.

Come join us for...
The Journey of the Rose ~ Weekend Immersion in Shamanic Herbalism
June 13-15 ~ Amongst the blooming wild roses at our farm on Whidbey Island
Visit our website www.crowsdaughter.com for detailed information and to register and email us anytime.

The Journey of the Rose

Greetings, Lovers of the Green,
The wild roses are deliciously blooming on our land. I would like to share them with you and
also this article I wrote for my column The Wise Woman's Garden in The Beltane Papers,
Journal of Women's Mysteries in Spring 2004. You can visit www.thebeltanepapers.net for more info. The pictures were taken on our land on Whidbey Island. You will see wild roses and also other rose family plants.

Green Blessings,
Julie
















Rose
petals and pollen
of Goddess
kiss my senses
so sweet
allure me
so deep
infuse my womb
with love

Rosa nutkana, Rosa rugosa,
Rosa damascena, Rosa canina, Rosa gallica,
Rosa sancta...

Rose lives in a world of peace.
Follow me through the garden gate as we experience the world of Rose...
The journey unfolds as we forgive ourselves and remember who we are...
the journey unfolds as we let go into the void and feel, smell, taste,
see, hear ourselves in every moment...
the journey unfolds as we emerge once more into
a world of sensual wonder.
Forgiving ourselves and re-membering who we are...

Rose nourishes and protects our skeletal structures, our blood, circulation and heart supporting us to re-member and love ourselves. She nourishes feminine power, helping us modulate hormonal surges and mood swings and offering grounded support for our journey of reclamation.

Letting go into the void...
Rose’s incredible nutrients nourish our emotional body, calming nervous tension, uplifting the spirit and easing depression. Rose is antibacterial and antiviral acting gently to encourage our physical body to release colds and flu.
Rose is nourishing to the kidneys, the place where chi originates, and thus can be called upon to nurture our spiritual bodies. Rose enhances the amazing
interplay of life forces stirred by erotic connection.
And we are full-bodied once again, at one with life.

Emergence into a world of sensual wonder...

The world we greet in the morning and the one we close our eyes to at night is a world of our own creation. Love is ever present for us to gather. As we deeply nourish our full-bodies with Rose and other whole and wild foods
there is nothing but Beauty to behold.
















From the Wild Rose thicket to your bountiful table...

There are so many ways to prepare roses for our nourishment and enjoyment. I use Wild Rose, Rosa nutkana, as she is abundant where I live.
You may substitute garden rose petals and
Rosa rugosa rose hips in any of these recipes.
Here are a few of my favorites:

Wild Rose Hips Nourishing Herbal Vinegar is made simply by collecting wild rose hips in a basket or cloth bag. (If you wait until after the first frost to gather they contain more Vitamin C.) Take these home and sort out the best ones to place in a glass jar. Fill the jar with these beautiful hips and fill again with apple cider vinegar. Place a lid on this. Let this sit for at least six weeks, shaking often. Strain this through a sieve covered by a cloth and store in your cupboard. Consume this freely on cooked greens and salad (with olive oil) or
add to water for a refreshing, daily tonic.

Wild Rose Petal Infused Honey is made in a very similar way. Collect Wild Rose Petals in early June. Wait for a time when the sun has shone on them for at least two days. Collect the roses that have just opened. You can tell these because the stamens are pale yellow and not yet brown. While gathering, stick your nose right inside the flower and smell the aroma. Fill a jar once with the petals lightly packed and then drizzle local wildflower honey over this. Place a lid on it. After this has infused for a good six weeks, strain it. Sometimes I warm the honey slightly to make it easier to strain. This concoction is delectable and once you’ve tasted it you will understand much about
how rose enhances erotic connections.

Rose Hips Nourishing Herbal Infusion is most easily made with the rose hips you purchase from your favorite herbalist but can also be made from dried whole wild rose hips. Place one ounce of dried rose hips in a quart jar, fill this with boiling water and put a lid on it. Let this sit overnight and strain it. This brew you have created can offer you all the nourishment mentioned above. And after you have strained this infusion save the precious plant material to add to bread and muffin recipes. I, recently, made a wonderful corn bread,
folding in rose hips before baking. (the organic commercial rose hips work best here as the wild rose hips contain little hairs within them that may irritate our innards.)

Edible Massage Oil

Wild Rose Infused Olive Oil is created from Wild Rose buds and flowers picked in June. My favorite way to do this is to pick mostly rose buds and chop them and fill a jar with them. Then, like the honey and vinegar, I pour olive oil over this and shake and place in a cool dark place for six weeks. Strain this exquisite, aromatic oil and store in a beautiful glass bottle. Share this oil with those you love for foot rubs, sensuous facial massage and erotic exchanges.


















Rose Meditation
Offer yourself this meditation on the new moon from winter solstice to midsummer and on the full moon from midsummer to winter solstice.
Sit near rose in your garden or out in the wild
Observe the rose plant, noticing how it comes up out of the ground and how it twists and turns toward the light
Find the thorns and observe the thorns
If it is spring, observe the intricate patterns of the leaves, if summer notice the buds and flowers allowing yourself to detect the aroma, if fall observe the hips and their vibrant color and if winter notice the dark engaging color of the thicket of stems and the last remaining hips.
Begin to feel yourself take shape as a rose, which part are you?
(What’s the first thing that comes to your mind?)
Feel yourself become that part in all its intricacy, noticing many details
Now, ask yourself, “Where is love?” Take note.
Open your eyes and move and stand once again.
Give thanks to the rose.

The rose’s many gifts mirror the miraculous abundance before us.
May you seek and find these treasures within you.

Bibliography
I give thanks for the many books that offer wisdom about rose. Here are just a few that I used to inspire this writing.

Opening our Wild Hearts to the Healing Herbs, by Gail Faith Edwards, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, New York

Peterson Field Guides, Pacific States Wildflowers, by Theodore F. Niehaus/Charles L. Ripper, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, New York

The Quest for the Rose, by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, Random House, New York

Common Herbs for Natural Health, by Juliette de Bairacli Levy, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, New York

Bible Plants for American Gardens, by Eleanor Anthony King, Dover Publications, Inc, New York

Witches Heal, Lesbian Herbal Self-Sufficiency, by Billie Potts, Cohosh Corners Press, New York

The New Menopausal Years, by Susun S. Weed, Ash Tree Publishing, Woodstock, New York














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