February Green Report - Susun Weed

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February Green Report - Susun Weed

Loving greetings to you all in the month of love.

I love February. Not just because of valentines (especially the chocolate kind), and not just because of my birthday on the 8th, but also because spring begins. The tree buds swell. Green shoots emerge. Spring starts on February 2, that’s Groundhog Day, the Feast of Flames, Bridgette’s Day. Celebrate spring and love. Feel the love of the Earth for you; there in every step. Feel the love of the plants for you; there in every breath.

And here’s your top-of-the-month green report:

Look what I found: snowdrops blooming!

White pine needles, just what we need for Homemade Balsamic Vinegar (see recipe below).

White Pine needles are in groups of five

Wild chives, yummy minced into butter, omelets, and salads. They make a fab vinegar.

Wild cresses, in abundance now, so they will be our focus this month.     

Barbara's cress has shiny leaves

Rock cress is tiny

Winter leaves of Queen of the Night, a cress

Look for garlic mustard in protected corners

A couple of words about the photos accompanying these reports. The pictures are taken in my yard a few days before I write the report (and about a week before you read it). They show the plants as they are, right now. You probably can’t use them to identify plants.

It is almost impossible to make a trustworthy identification of a plant from a photo. Instead, join me for a class or two this year. Every class includes time outside identifying plants. Being with the plants allows you to see their true colors, and most importantly, to smell and taste them (these are the most stable characteristics, persisting in all stages of growth and all times of the year).

Green blessings,

Susun Weed

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Homemade Balsamic Vinegar - Susun Weed

This easy vinegar is a delicious way to ingest natural vitamin C, trace minerals, and anti-infective, anti-oxidant resins. It may be made any day of the year, including in the middle of the winter.

1. Fill a jar to the very top with needles from your favorite pine tree.

In the Northeast, white pine is the tastiest. In the west, pinon pine tops the list. No pine is poisonous, so feel free to experiment with your local pines. Pines have long, thin needles, not short, flat needles like poisonous yew. If you are uncertain about the pine you have in mind, make a small amount the first time. Some pines are too resinous to make tasty vinegars.

2. Then fill your jar with apple cider vinegar.

3. Put a plastic, glass, cork, or other non-metal lid on the jar.

4. Wait six weeks, then add to salads, soups, beans, anywhere you would use regular balsamic vinegar. If you are particularly impatient you could start using your homemade balsamic vinegar in as little as two weeks. The longer it sits, the better it gets.

February/March Edition of Aspire Magazine

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Susun Weed interviews life coach, Britt Bolnick

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Portals to the Self: A Women’s Circle by the Sea

March 17–24, 2012: Spring Equinox

We invite women to gather for retreat and replenishment on Isla Mujeres, an island in the Mexican Caribbean, sacred to Ixchel, the Mayan Moon Goddess and historically a place for healing rituals among the Mayan people.

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2012 Herbal Almanac

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