Mountain Mage Herbals

05/08/2026

It’s Homestead Hollow weekend!
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9-5
$10 for ages 13+

Shop artisans & crafters of all kinds, funnel cakes, boiled peanuts, fudge. Let the kids enjoy activities like a petting zoo, and see demonstrations of candle making, wool spinning, etc. Live music, too!

And me! I’m across the path from that butterfly hanging 🦋

05/06/2026

Just some pictures of the things growing over here. Some on purpose and some just gifts of nature!
1 & 3 are carrots
2 purple beet
4 white potatoes
5 sweet potatoes
6 plantain leaf
7 echinacea (purple coneflower)
8 Indian Blanket
9 clock w**d (I’ve never seen this before!)
10 butterfly milkw**d

I’m getting prepped and ready for Homestead Hollow this weekend in Springville!
I hope you’ll come join in this fun arts & crafts festival! (And get mom a gift…)

05/06/2026

Homestead Hollow is THIS weekend!
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday 9-5
Come shop artisans & delicious foods, hear live music, and see some
"old ways" demonstrations!

05/04/2026

A magical mushroom weekend.
I really can’t fully describe all that I get from this experience every year. To see the community of herbalists again and get to spend time learning from and with them… I have found herbalists to be the most inviting, encouraging, supportive, non competitive, and free people I’ve ever met.

Plants walks, conversations, reconnecting, herbal mocktails, storytelling, painting, dancing, laughing…
What an incredible weekend 🍄 🌱

05/02/2026

Wild Medicine Conference
First post because there will be too many pictures!
We’ve had so much fun learning and being in community at this conference. We’ve had a costume contest, a dance party, truffle popcorn, reishi craft tea, plant walks, fireside chats, painting sessions. The hardest part is choosing which class to go to! So many great creators/vendors of herbal products, books, plants, jewelry, & leatherwork.

One more day and a half of mushroom mischief before it’s over 🍄

04/29/2026

Things found in the garden after a fantastic rain event:
•The roses blooming! If any of you know how to identify roses by name, please tell me.
•many late boneset plants
•lovely grapes
•so many cut leaf ground cherries in my veg garden! Yay!
•the small pumpkins Andrew tossed out growing exceptionally well
•a ladybug on a big sunflower
•the other roses (same kind, pretty sure)
•echinacea beside milkw**d!
•milkw**d that I don’t remember putting seeds out for!
{not pictured} asparagus and mushrooms needs to be gathered once the sun dried things out a bit

🥳🥳
What’s in your gardening space??

04/28/2026

I’m working this week in a much less film worthy manner.
I’m counting inventory and packing up for the weekend fun at Wild Medicine Conference!
I’ve made my crown/headdress for the Feast & Frolic, now I have to decide what to wear 🧚🏻

I hope to see some of you there!
It’s going to be so much fun, so educational, so uplifting, and I can’t wait to spend time with this community again. 🫶🏻 🍄 🌱

P.S. my website is getting a little makeover, so if it doesn’t look quite right for the next week or so just bear with me!

Pictured:
1. My new herb bed, expanding every week. Moving those rocks and pulling up the grass.
2. My roses finally starting to bloom on the trellis! I can’t wait to see the whole thing in bloom after this rain.
3 & 4. Parts of my crown for the Feast & Frolic!

04/25/2026

New things at The Farmers Market at Brock's Gap today!
The rain is over, so come out here and shop.
Handmade pasta
Alabama seafood
Caleta strawberries
Pickled goods
Bbq sauce
Flower bouquets
Baked goods
& coffee!

04/25/2026

The rain is over, so come on over and shop The Farmers Market at Brock's Gap

04/25/2026

Oxymels
The word oxymel comes from the Greek words that mean acid & honey. The base is just vinegar and honey, usually apple cider vinegar is used. That combination is an old world remedy for generally immune support and balance. Other types of vinegar can be used, I alternate between ACV and white wine vinegar.

When herbs are infused into different things (called menstruums), different chemical constituents or benefits are pulled out into the menstruum. Herbs infused in water are called tea, right? That’s an easy one that most everyone is familiar with. Herbs infused in alcohol are tinctures. Herbs infused in vinegar and honey are called oxymels.

My “potions” and “brews” are simply oxymels. My favorite way to use them is mixed with sparkling water for a fun mocktail!

04/22/2026