Herbal Healing

08/02/2025

This is a project i have been working on for the last few months, to use traditional materials and methods (like tanning leather, and pit firing pottery) to fix up a cliff dwelling in Appalachia. And hopefully to demonstrate the connection between our land and our culture.
I’d greatly appreciate it if you would watch and share the video, and i hope you enjoy it!

An ancient cliff fortress gets new life! This set of rock shelters in Appalachian Kentucky— used by various mountain people since remote antiquity— is refurb...

07/27/2025

I’ve got a pack basket full of wood, stone, leather, and bone. I’m off to do some neolithic style interior decorating at the Cliff Fortress. Video coming soon.

07/10/2025

I am pleased to see that my bone and sinew lure has fooled the artificial intelligence. Bwahahaha. Old technology wins.

05/31/2025

How do you like my new hat? Photo by , taken during last weekend’s herb walk. It was the first herbwalk for this year’s batch of students (and their guests).

05/27/2025

05/06/2025

Some emerging leaves and catkins of king nut hickory (Carya laciniosa)

04/21/2025

Hey, check out this spooky tree i found.

04/11/2025

Long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata), which has a spur longer than its petals, and is pollinated by flies with long proboscides. It likes to grow in forests with acidic, sandy soil. Owsley county, Ky.

04/07/2025

https://youtu.be/eXdsHnuaOFI?si=vomcKFzqf4w0qQZj

Coming soon to my Youtube channel— A neolithic home improvement project. Lots of earthskills and a unique look at appalachian cultural traditions that go back to the end of the last ice age.

Home renovation, caveman style! People used to live in this cliff dwelling, but for centuries now it has only been used occasionally during hunting season. C...

03/17/2025

Today is a good day for planting potatoes, at least where i live.

03/17/2025

I took this clay from the riverbank and turned it into a small Datura-inspired jar. My hope is to pit fire it in the firepit, but it may or may not survive the process. For those unfamiliar with datura, it is a poisonous plant in the nightshade family, with a trumpet-shaped nightblooming flower, and a fruit called a “thorn apple”, which is a capsule covered in poky things.

02/24/2025

The next round of the Herbalism from the Ground Up one year course is beginning in just over two months. This course is designed to go beyond the basics and provide all the fundamental skills and knowledge needed to begin using herbs for yourself and the people around you. Classes held in person at our clinic in Lexington, Ky; live online; or asynchronously. Full cost of the course is $1200, 10% discount for those paying in full before the start of class. Work trade and financial aid available.