Plant Senses
The nose knows and plants don’t have noses, but there are some fun photos of tree trunks that appear to have them. Can plants smell? ...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Feb 1
- 2 min
On Being--A Plant
On Being-A Plant Being, existence, living, life; these words all describe the same thing. The Oxford dictionary defines intelligence as...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Plant Pioneers
There are many who are researching how plants communicate with each other. Not out of a sense of down-grading human intelligence but to...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
At Year's End
There are so many good books available to read. Sometime in the future I will share more of my favorites. In the new year I will be...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano, PHD
Monica Gagliano takes us with her as she shares her experiences with a variety of plants throughout the world. It is the plants that...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Oct 3, 2022
- 1 min
The Family Herbal by Rosemary Gladstar
Rosemary Gladstar has made a positive and lasting influence on herbalism and herbalists from the west to the east coast, as well as...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Art of Psychic Reiki by Lisa Campion
Reiki is a word many have heard of by now, but that was not always the case. Even today some people feel the word Reiki sounds like some...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Mycelium Running How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World By Paul Stamets
In 2011, Paul Stamets was the Keynote Speaker at the International Herbal Symposium in MA. I had not heard of him or his work, but his...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
'Finding the Mother Tree Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest' by Suzanne Simard
This book is about trees, research, discovery, and so much more.
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel
If you or someone you know is a budding plant enthusiast, this is the book for you. Elpel is plant knowledgeable and has created a book...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
Gathering Moss A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Rose Kimmerer
Many people are familiar with Ms. Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass, another must read. My first experience with her writing,...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Wild Remedies by Rosalee De La Foret & Emily Han
These two women are herbalists from the Northwest yet their teachings reach across geographical areas. This is a delightful book for the...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Mar 1, 2022
- 2 min
Forest Bathing How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li
Early in the pandemic, when going to the grocery store was all one should do, I found myself ungrounded. It was a pandemic, after all. ...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
How Yoga Works by Geshe Michael Roach
This is not a book about how to perform yoga poses. There is no downward dog or warrior 2, and yet there is a dog and there is a warrior....
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Heart Roar By Bryonie Wise
It is 2022 and I am wondering where the past two years have gone? It is both very dream-like and also full of harsh reality. I know...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Plant Blessings
I hope that my discussion of a few wonderful flower essences has been of help to you. Flower Essences are a beautiful connection with...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Birch (Betula)
Birch trees are beautiful and can be found with white/black, yellow, brown, and silver bark. They grow in hardwood forests and boggy wet...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Asters in the Fall
This is a plant and a family I have mentioned before but which deserves to be mentioned again. The Asteraceae family is huge with 1,620...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Pearly Everlasting
Known as Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting is a lovely plant that blooms in New England from mid-summer into fall. I was first...
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Barbara Aspland-Wolf
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
Nasturtium Flower Essence
Are you going in circles?
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