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Sage advice! Energetic herbal smudging
This trio of white sage, blue sage, and cedar bundles are available in Dawn's Etsy shop. A guest post by Dawn...
Things I Love: Tiny Pumpkins
I. Love. Tiny. Pumpkins! #adorable #october #punkin #oshun???? A post shared by Amber Shehan (@amberpixiespocket) on Oct 15, 2017 at 10:28am PDT Howdy! Here in...
Pear Butter Recipe – small batch from windfall fruit
Last fall, when I picked pears, I was dutiful and busy and made pear cordial, pear vinegar, and pear butter! I cannot tell a lie...
Things I Love: Autumnal Equinox 2017
I have been busy on the homestead, doing anything but posting here on the blog, as you might well have noticed. This here is what...
Pear Vinegar Recipe – made with fruit scraps
Last year I came into an abundance of pears from a dear friend with a few grand trees at the edge of her yard. Among...
Things I Love: Oh, those summer nights…
The #larder has things in it! Not yet as much as I'd like, but we'll get there! #jellies, #jams, #homemade vinegars, and onions curing. #pixiespocket...
Cherry Wine – One Gallon Recipe
The day I have been waiting for finally came...my local grocery store had bags of beautiful, sweet red cherries on sale! Normally $6.98/lb or so,...
Things I Love: Coming Home
We have been in our own home and wee acre for a year now. After thirteen moons, this place is beginning to feel like it...
Pixie’s Pocket Workshop at Harvest Homecoming in August 2017
Last year I taught a fermentation workshop at the Harvest Homecoming festival at Cerren Ered in Tennessee, and they liked it so much that they...
Creating cordials – preserving memories as well as the harvest
A few times every year, on the equinox and solstice, at Beltane and at Samhain, I gather with my like-minded friends and family and raise...
Things I Love: Summer Storms
Hello, everyone! I hope your summer is just as joyful and busy as my own. I've been white water kayaking (WHEEE!) and camping and performed...
Things I Love: Has it really been that long?! Yipes!
Wow...it has been a while since I've last checked in! I've been traveling from festival to festival, and any time not taken up by...
Things I Love: Sweet, Busy Springtime Insanity!
Howdy there, readers! It's a lovely spring day in Asheville, which means that it is sunny, the wind is blowing hard enough to knock me...
Things I love: Silly Searches
Here we go again, folks! As much as I am a plant nerd, I'm a social media nerd. I love delving into search engine analytics...