I must say I find this group exciting. You speak of tinctures, permaculture and other things helping people be more sustainable and I like that. I do have a question for you folks: Where did you learn to do all this stuff? I am a beginner in much of…
:) Certainly a good topic I visited http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/Ethnobotany/page2.php and this explained it a bit. But it seems under the umbrella of Ethnobotany all cultures would be represented. Look forward to reading more comments.
In response to your question about where people in the plant uses group learned this stuff... books, susun weed's website is a great resource, I took an herbalism course through alive academy, and sort-of apprenticed with a few herbalists...started by buying herbs like nettles and brewing them into various concoctions then began wildcrafting from there.
Yep! I would love to travle to alot of the places that you have in your pics. Sadly, I will probably never see yellow stone national park because john is very alergic to sulfer. The one and only time that he has ever been there, he couldn't stop throwing up untill they got to the airport to go home :( Now that he is older, that alergic reaction is only going to get worse. Soon, he will be like his grandma, if she breaths it in, she will die. Oh well, there is plenty of other places that I can go see and still take john with me!
I'm up at the top of Spider Gap, Spider Meadow (of day 2) on a 6-day loop in the Glacier Peak area of the Cascades in early August. Epic trip, gorgeous every day. Went to Lyman Lakes (below and buggy) then to Image Lake then to Buck Creek Pass to an incredible Glacier Lake that was frozen and hillsides covered of lupine and wildflowers, and marmots. It was a 10+ in the beauty department...