Darryl Patton The Southern Herbalist

02/18/2026

07/17/2025

10/06/2024

With an abundance of Fall mushroom and fungi about to spring forth, be aware of one you need to avoid harvesting by mistake. Jack 0"lantern (Omphalotus olearius) is a common, wood loving mushroom often confused by beginners for the delicious Chicken of the Woods. Quite toxic, it does have some great medicinal properties for cancer etc.... but is way above the pay grade of the average person to use. Happy foraging and see you in the woods!

03/25/2022

Grafting class tomorrow is being rescheduled due to spring break conflicts. I'll post when a date is set.

07/08/2020

The process of making a Traditional Southern Salve (In this case, my Tommie Bass Salve), begins with oil of choice (Lard in this case). Next, you begin to "boil" your woody and juicy herbs. The first plant going in the pot here is Poke Root. If you notice the frothy material in the upper left - these are saponins, the powerful antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, skin healing chemicals found in my favorite medicinal/edible plant next to Yellowroot. I'll show some of the other plants later.

02/22/2018

Trout Lily, one of my favorite spring plants found in my wildflower garden.....

02/19/2018

The Mayapples are up in my yard. Getting excited about Spring......

02/16/2018

I am about to send out Chaga. Those of you who got on the list, PM me (Not post here) your mailing address so I can figure shipping costs.... I am going in the order in which it was received and when I run out, will have another batch in shortly. This is what a pound of it looks like.....