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Missing summer time – But Samara's garden is still producing

January 26, 2012 / wahidk / Comments Off on Missing summer time – But Samara's garden is still producing

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Belle Benfield

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I’ve always wanted to make art as my contributio

I’ve always wanted to make art as my contribution to making the world better somehow. But ten years ago, I was feeling deflated – what was the point in pouring my heart and soul into work that a handful of people saw, work that created more waste in the world without changing anything? Everyday, I felt the call of the Earth. I wanted to grow food. I wanted to acknowledge with my work and being just how precious a gift our soil is. To acknowledge how badly we were treating our soil, air, water and wildlife and to live as an example of doing things differently. So I took a step and began studying herbal medicine with @sensorysolutionsherbal. I thought I would get some interesting content for my next art project. Instead I got an abundant, overflowing wealth of health, happiness and ancient knowledge.

When I aligned myself with plants, a clear path opened up before me. When I follow the medicine of the plants through each year, I am instantly connected to the Earth, the moon, the seasons, my body and my community.

Now more than ever, we need more folk aligned and ready to sing the songs of the Earth.

Join me for an alignment with plants masterclass on Saturday November 28th. 10.30am GMT.

There’s a live online workshop with me plus plant monographs, meditations and a recording of the session to take home.

If you can’t make it live, or are in a different time zone, you will get all the course materials in your inbox to use at your own pace and I’ll be available on messenger to answer your questions.

Sign up on the events page at heartfeltherbs dot com or follow the link in my bio 👆🌿🌿🌿

#herbalmedicine #herbalism #herbalist #alignmentthroughplants #heartfeltherbs #medicine #meditation #studyherbs #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraging #franklinmethod #mentalhealth #soulschool #emotionalhealth #loveandauthenticitycoach #lifecoach #communitygarden #gardening

As 2020 flips us upside down and back to front, I

As 2020 flips us upside down and back to front, I want to give you the time to remember where you are and where you want to go.

Plant medicine is the best tool I've found to keep me grounded, energised, joyful and purposeful, even when the ground is shifting.

Alignment Through Plants: a mini course where you can meet and work with plants and let the magic unfold..

🌿connect to your body
🌿connect to the Earth
🌿connect to your intuition
🌿tune into a deep level of purpose

Join me November 28th for an interactive online workshop and lots of goodies to take home...

Book your place now using the link in my bio 😍🌿😍🌿😍🌿👆👆👆(or head to the events page at heartfeltherbs dot com to find out more)

#herbalmedicine #herbalism #herbalist #alignmentthroughplants #heartfeltherbs #medicine #meditation #studyherbs #wildfoodlove #wildfood #foraging #franklinmethod #mentalhealth #soulschool #emotionalhealth #loveandauthenticitycoach #lifecoach #communitygarden #gardening

I’ve always wanted to make art as my contributio

I’ve always wanted to make art as my contribution to making the world better somehow. But ten years ago, I was feeling deflated – what was the point in pouring my heart and soul into work that a handful of people saw, work that created more waste in the world without changing anything? Everyday, I felt the call of the Earth. I wanted to grow food. I wanted to acknowledge with my work and being just how precious a gift our soil is. To acknowledge how badly we were treating our soil, air, water and wildlife and to live as an example of doing things differently. So I took a step and began studying herbal medicine with @sensorysolutionsherbal. I thought I would get some interesting content for my next art project. Instead I got an abundant, overflowing wealth of health, happiness and ancient knowledge.

When I aligned myself with plants, a clear path opened up before me. When I follow the medicine of the plants through each year, I am instantly connected to the Earth, the moon, the seasons, my body and my community.

Now more than ever, we need more folk aligned and ready to sing the songs of the Earth.

Join me for an alignment with plants masterclass on Saturday November 28th. 10.30am GMT.

There’s a live online workshop with me plus plant monographs, meditations and a recording of the session to take home.

If you can’t make it live, or are in a different time zone, you will get all the course materials in your inbox to use at your own pace and I’ll be available on messenger to answer your questions.

Sign up on the events page at heartfeltherbs dot com or follow the link in my bio 👆🌱🌿🐛

#herbalmedicine #herbalism #herbalist #alignmentthroughplants #heartfeltherbs #medicine #meditation #studyherbs #communitygardenproject #wildfood #foraging #franklinmethod #mentalhealth #emotionalhealth
#ecotherapy #gardening #communitygarden #lifecoach #loveandauthenticitycoach

Rose is wonderful medicine for the female reprodu

Rose is wonderful medicine for the female reproductive system and to calm the nerves too. I took my heartfelt tonic everyday in the first weeks of motherhood and felt really nourished, grounded and supported by rose, especially when my nerves felt frayed and my senses overwhelmed by all the new experiences I was going through. Heartfelt tonic combines the medicine of rose flowers, rosehips, hawthorn flowers and hawthorn berries. "For leading with an open heart and a quiet mind." ♥️🌹♥️

#herbalmedicine #postpartum #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalism #herbalist #rosehips #rosemedicine #dogrose #rosacanina #medicine #emotionalhealth #reproductivehealth #mentalhealth #nervine #adaptogen #hawthorn #cornishherbalist #heartfeltherbs #heartfelttonic

Yesterday I shared a recipe for making rosehip syr

Yesterday I shared a recipe for making rosehip syrup with sugar. Sugar is traditionally used for syrups because it is such a stable preservative. But you can make your syrups with other things too. I love to make mine with honey. I just add 1 and a half the amount of honey to liquid where sugar is a 1:1 ratio. I also store my honey syrups in the fridge as they are more likely to go mouldy.

The #seedsistas @sensorysolutionsherbal have a great recipe for rosehip syrup with apple juice concentrate in the #sensoryherbalhandbook . (book pictured here.)

How about you? Have you experimented with sugar alternatives in syrup making?

#recipeideas
#rosehipsyrup #rosehips #dogrose #rosemedicine #herbalmedicine #herbalistsofinstagram #herbalism #herbalist #cornishherbalist #recipe #wildfood #syrup #medicine #sugaralternative #sugarfree #immunetonic #immuneboost #wisdomwednesday
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I've spied some rosehips while out and about. If y

I've spied some rosehips while out and about. If you're lucky, you might find some too. Dog rose and rosa rugosa are such staples in my medicine cabinet as much for supporting me emotionally as physically. In winter, rosehip syrup, packed with vitamin c helps me stay resilient to colds and flu. I use a very simple recipe and add whatever else I have available that will support this resilience. Could be nettles, elderberries, seaweed or mushrooms (turkey tail or birch polypor), cloves, sage or ginger. You can make small batches if you only find a few last rosehips in the hedgerow.

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Rosehip syrup...

Place rosehips and other ingredients in a pan with a lid. Add enough boiling water so the hips are fully covered by about a cm on top.

Simmer gently for 20 minutes or until the hips are soft and mushy. I like to mash the mix a bit so the hips fall apart and you can get a good water extraction.

Filter the liquid through a muslin, making sure no seeds or hairs from the hips make it into your mix. You need to give it a really good squeeze to get the rosehip juice nice and red and full of all the good flavanoids. (Many herbalists use a press or moulis, which can be helpful at this point).

Measure the infused liquid and return to pan with 500g sugar for every 500ml of liquid. (I use fair trade, organic brown sugar). Simmer until all the sugar is dissolved and your syrup starts to thicken. Pour into sterilised bottles.

Take a tablespoon a day for preventative medicine during the winter months. I use it to sweeten my breakfast smoothies or on porridge.

#winter #herbalmedicine #plantmedicine
#rosehip #rosehipsyrup #immunetonic #immuneboost #rose #rosemedicine #cornishherbalist #wildfood #foraging #foragedfood #herbalistsofinstagram #hedgerow #healthyfood #vitaminc #smoothie #recipe #recipeideas

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