Herbal Healing

02/24/2026

Coming soon— high quality extracts made from culturally significant Appalachian herbs, grown and stewarded in a regenerative forest ecosystem. Over the past couple years, i have been moving the pieces into place (acquiring the land and the production space & equipment necessary) to bring the magic of these herbs to a larger crowd. And as soon as i can get the e-commerce solution set up, these products will be available to order. From the forest to your hand, with expert care taken at every step of the process.

02/07/2026

Hawthorne fruits macerating in 20% alcohol. The dry fruits are partly hollow, and so they float. The red pigments (terpenes like lycopene) are relatively quickly extracted by the alcohol and stay towards the top of the maceration. as the fruits take on liquid they sink to the bottom, and the pectin that they contain is more slowly extracted, making the liquid at the bottom of the column, much more viscous than the liquid at the top. Eventually it will all even out through the process of diffusion.

02/03/2026

Plant Medicine is all around us. If you’d like to learn about it, and gain the skills and confidence to move beyond the basics to begin helping yourselves and the people around you with the healing power of herbs, I can help you do that. The “Herbalism from the Ground Up” course starts in May and runs for twelve months. It’s designed to be accessible and to provide real mentorship for people who want to make a real difference. Link to sign up in Bio, or message or text me with any questions you may have about it.

02/02/2026

The waterfall at the Sangtuary (from 25 Jan 2025). The Sangtuary is a forest and river ecosystem in Appalachian Kentucky, where native medicinal plants flourish alongside the animals and geological features that naturally support them. Beginning this spring, i’ll be offering a limited line of small-batch, culturally significant Appalachian herbal extracts that can be ordered directly from my website.

01/25/2026

Places are still open in my one year herbalism course that begins in May. This is an in-person or online course that imparts all the basic foundational skills of herbalism. I’ve spent decades as a full time practitioner in my community, and will work directly with students to give them the knowledge and confidence needed to begin using herbs for themselves and the people around them. Link in bio, feel free to contact me with any questions.

11/22/2025

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10/03/2025

How to know the Wild Flowers

09/30/2025

Pumpkins! .51 painted some seasonal art on the windows of the clinic.

08/02/2025

This is a project i have been working on for the last few months, to use traditional materials and methods (like tanning leather, and pit firing pottery) to fix up a cliff dwelling in Appalachia. And hopefully to demonstrate the connection between our land and our culture.
I’d greatly appreciate it if you would watch and share the video, and i hope you enjoy it!

An ancient cliff fortress gets new life! This set of rock shelters in Appalachian Kentucky— used by various mountain people since remote antiquity— is refurb...

07/27/2025

I’ve got a pack basket full of wood, stone, leather, and bone. I’m off to do some neolithic style interior decorating at the Cliff Fortress. Video coming soon.

07/10/2025

I am pleased to see that my bone and sinew lure has fooled the artificial intelligence. Bwahahaha. Old technology wins.

05/31/2025

How do you like my new hat? Photo by , taken during last weekend’s herb walk. It was the first herbwalk for this year’s batch of students (and their guests).