heres a little peak into our blossoming gardens so far this summer…
May 24, 2012
A little bit of magic at the castle…
January 17, 2012
Home Made Herbal Goodies
This past holiday season, I wanted to make my friends and family something infused with love to last them throughout the year. I decided to make a few things…salves- one for the ladies and one for the fellas, dream pillows and oatscrubs.
December 31, 2011
Add some vitality to your hot chocolate this winter
As the winter chill blows in, we almost innately brew up some hot chocolate for a warm and tasty treat. When doing so, here’s a few quick and easy ways to revitalize this guilty pleasure and turn it into a medicinal delight…
Read my whole article on Naturalnews.com
December 28, 2011
Moon Garden 2011
Moonflower.photo by Morgan DeVoe.
This year, we were excited to go all out with garden space we have at our Elm St Castle. Morganalefay & EternalInnerSmile busted their humps cleaning up the beds and fixing the weathered greenhouse that we are also SO lucky to have on the property. They started the bounty of veggies, tons of cooking herbs and many many medicinal herbs. Not sure what to flourish next, I decided to surprise the girls with a little project of my own- a Witch Inspired Moon Garden.
November 4, 2011
Elm St Castle Weekend Sessions: djembe love
Making the most of our wonderful home and along with our cura te ipsum path…we decided to start spending time with some of the influential people in our lives and clear the space for expansion, education and understanding on our own terms. Studying the things we want to, with those who are willing to teach us.
Installation numero uno: Djembe making with Kyle Neidig
Our first guest was a long time friend of mine, the one and only mr. Kyle Neidig <3 musician, artisan, cat-whisper, & chef extraordinaire! For more about Kyle, see his bio below.
I was always in awe of those who could play djembes- with such beauty and power, and at various times I theorized about getting one but lacked the motivation to actually go through with it. Plus I knew if I had one, I wanted to make it myself, making the task that much more daunting. I knew eternalinnersmile and morganalafay shared this desire- we had causually mentioned it from time to time but without any real plans…
Then, at the new england’s women’s herbal conference, Mz. Amani and the heartbeats were beyond words- so captivating, majestic, and primal. They were the spark that ignited our lingering desires into what was now a fiery need- a need to satisify our primal right to build, grown and heal through drumming- NOW. It was decided, the time had come…
August 18, 2011
Jewelweed for Poison Ivy Relief
Over the summer, Miss Audrey and I were lucky enough to have a slight run in with, what must have been a killer-super-mutated (likely Monsanto modified) strain of poison ivy on Block Island. While attempting to tame the beast of the itch for Audrey, whose case was far, far worse than mine 
, I gathered up some local Jewelweed, or Impatiens capensis.
Then I gathered some chamomile and caledula from our garden.
