Summer: Mead Moon
As the carousel of summer abundance twirls, the Mead Moon is in bloom. The flowers are bursting and the nectar of Mother Earth is gathered by her creatures. The pollinators are busy stocking up.
Summer Meatballs with Yogurt Sauce
Cool Bija Spice Blend is specifically formulated for summer. It utilizes the cooling and nourishing aspects of seeds and herbs. It gently supports digestion while cleansing and cooling the body down. Cooking with these spices is balancing for everyone needing a soothing retreat or tending toward inflammation.
Family Summer Solstice
Family play for the longest day of Father Sun! This is an interactive game and art project we use to celebrate the solstice as a family. The children transform from a hungry caterpillar to a flourishing butterfly seeking nectar from the flowers in the meadow.
Summer: Wart Moon
The high summer sun dwindles and the remedies of the plant world are offered up for those who remember the ancient ways of healing. Concentrated constituents rest latent in the humble life of herbs.
Summer: Moon of Making Fat
With the beginning of summer moon, life has fully taken root in the rich soil and the busy work of gathering nourishment has begun for the natural world. The warmth and sweetness of Mother Earth is revealed…
Herbal Flower Sodas
We have 3 varietal Flower Soda blends to try in this wild-fermented home brew recipe. These recipes use what is called a ginger bug. It’s an old traditional way of using wild yeasts that eat sugar, begin to proliferate and bubble making them fizzy like soda. Unlike our store bought sodas, these have lots of health benefits…
Wild Crafting : Safety + Ethics
Getting to know the local plants and learning how to use them for food and medicine can be a great doorway to becoming a steward of the land. Hopefully, the more we learn about the benefits of wild plants the more we will be motive to protect them and the surrounding ecosystem. These plants are integral to a whole ecosystem and the lives of many animals, bugs and birds.
Mint Chocolate Popsicles
These fresh, cooling and sweet popsicles are a family hit and are made with ingredients I feel really good about feeding to my children. My family loves mint chocolate chip ice cream and dairy is not always the best for everyones GI tract. These dairy-free and sugar-free popsicles will hit the sweet spot without taking a toll on your wellness.
Mountain Gardening with Christel & Anyll Markevich
A group of neighbors have been gardening up here for years testing high altitude gardening techniques and researching traditional gardening in other cultures. After much experimentation and hard work, we are so grateful they share the culminating knowledge from years of gardening in the rocky mountains.
Celebrating Fathers
“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” - Unknown
Fairy Magic
There is magic everywhere, largely in the noticing of it! I like to create magic for my child with fairies. We have special houses we’ve made in the woods where we leave little nature treasures, and the fairies leave treasure in return.
Summer Herbs
If there is an herb that is most loved and valued across all of time and geography, it might be rose. Roses have been valued for their beauty, fragrance, and health benefits for hundreds of years.
Skin Care for Summer
Get out and enjoy the sun, the landscape and majesty of Colorado's beautiful mountain towns with your friends and family. Do so safely by protecting your skin and eating well. We have to be careful year-round and Summer can get us into the habit of adopting skin and diet rituals for optimum health.
Bridging the Gap Between Food + Medicine
For a long time I’ve been interested in having a relationship with the plants that grow in the ground. It started off as wanting to deepen my understanding in relationship to the food that we put into our bodies.
Wood + Soda Firing
Pottery, for me, is really more about getting to know the process. I use a wood and soda firing technique, which is a process that always comes out different than I think.
Yoga for Summer :: Mudra
Summer is Pitta Time… where the mental, emotional and physical flames (read: inflammation) are fanned by the strong solar energy. The ambitious and visionary constitution of Pitta is quick to express anger, judgement and conflict. In the body, Pitta leads to inflammation, rashes, and indigestion.
Summer Wellness
Staying vital in the summer is maintained by staying hydrated, cool and rested. The high solar energy can quickly drain our ojas (vitality) and deplete prana (life-force).