Just warming back up to foraging season? Here are some low-effort plants you can find in your nearby surroundings!
The Monthly Wort: Echinacea (Part 1)
You might have seen this strange, cone-shaped flower sitting delicately in a field somewhere. Wouldn’t that make a beautiful wildflower bouquet? Then, you go to pick it and realize how sharp that bulb is on top! That’s Echinacea alright, subtle and surprising. Read this month’s Monthly Wort and learn about why herbalists enjoy this flower, from root to petal.
The Monthly Wort: Stinging Nettle (Part 4)
The Monthly Wort: Stinging Nettle (Part 3)
For all the pain this plant might cause, you’d think its magic would be just as prickly. However, if you read through this Monthly Wort on stinging nettle, you might find that this little green guy is only here to protect us. Check out this blog and find out more on the surprisingly charming magic of stinging nettle!
Four Months of Wort: An Herbal Blog Summary
Have you been keeping up on the blog’s Monthly Wort? If you haven’t, you should! Every month, The Veil Blog picks a new herb to learn about, delving into its history of human use, its place in ye olden and ye modern medicine, what mystical properties it serves in magic, and how to grow it! Each section is posted for each week in the month, so you get the most of all of them. However, if you just don’t have the time to go back and read, then check out THIS blog, where we do a short summary of the last four months of herbs!
