Underground wild foods and plant medicines

Underground wild foods and plant medicines Julia Hitchcock has been the gardener/herbalist of Westdale's Apothecary Garden since Dan Riegler passed it to her in 2015.

There are over 60 different plant medicines there and they are calling out to share their gifts. Underground Organics was the organic farm that Dan and Julia (with Shane Eby) ran together from 2006-2013. Here it is rebirthed as an herbal share program to help Hamilton grow in health and appreciate the wild plants and the medicine plants of our ancestors.

A pleasure to get edible flowers on the market table today:)
06/21/2025

A pleasure to get edible flowers on the market table today:)

Starting my first transplants today! Especially excited about eggplant and tomato from the Iraqi seed collective. The tr...
03/21/2025

Starting my first transplants today! Especially excited about eggplant and tomato from the Iraqi seed collective. The true love seeds packet has this on the back: the small man/ build cages for everyone/ he knows. While the sage,/ Who has to duck his head/ when the moon is low/ keeps dropping keys all night long/ for the beautiful/rowdy /prisoners. ~Hafez

Meeting the Chattahoochee… 🩷
03/11/2025

Meeting the Chattahoochee… 🩷

I’m finally understand the dye blanket! Thanks to the leaves and the cochineal bugs. Now to learn how to roll them up wi...
02/16/2025

I’m finally understand the dye blanket! Thanks to the leaves and the cochineal bugs. Now to learn how to roll them up without making creases…

Multicolour Natural dye printing…
02/01/2025

Multicolour Natural dye printing…

Sappan wood is my new favourite dye! It is a medicinal plant for humans and even for fish!
01/30/2025

Sappan wood is my new favourite dye! It is a medicinal plant for humans and even for fish!

Learning printing with natural dyes… it’s a lot like farming. Most of the work is the soil prep/ the steps you do to pre...
01/26/2025

Learning printing with natural dyes… it’s a lot like farming. Most of the work is the soil prep/ the steps you do to prepare your fabric

Yellow onion skins making various colours… Some just onion skins, the bright orange one has alum added; the darkest one ...
12/09/2024

Yellow onion skins making various colours… Some just onion skins, the bright orange one has alum added; the darkest one was first dyed with marigold…

Thanks to Dan .garden for teaching us incense making! Frankincense, rose, sandalwood…
10/02/2024

Thanks to Dan .garden for teaching us incense making! Frankincense, rose, sandalwood…

Botanical printing again…
10/02/2024

Botanical printing again…

It’s wonderful who we find in the milkweed but I’m pretty certain the veggies don’t grow as well with the milkweed aroun...
08/21/2024

It’s wonderful who we find in the milkweed but I’m pretty certain the veggies don’t grow as well with the milkweed around - now planning separate milkweed gardens away from food plants

Virgin blueberry cocktails made by the Plan B Westdale market girl:) Get your blueberry syrup there to mix with tonic an...
08/18/2024

Virgin blueberry cocktails made by the Plan B Westdale market girl:) Get your blueberry syrup there to mix with tonic and lime:)

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Julia Hitchcock has been the gardener/herbalist of Westdale's Apothecary Garden since Dan Riegler passed it to her in 2015. There are over 60 different plant medicines there and they are calling out to share their gifts. Underground Organics was the organic farm that Dan and Julia (with Shane Eby) ran together from 2006-2013. Here it is rebirthed as an herbal share program to help Hamilton grow in health and appreciate the wild plants and the medicine plants of our ancestors.