There's just no other month like April!  The grass is green and everything is starting to bloom.  It's the time of year that I get busy picking plants for medicine.  I have been called a squirrel when people hear about me walking in the woods every day with my clippers and bags saying I'm going foraging! I come back with bags and pockets full and lots of leaves pressed into my field guides of things I want to look up.  Each plant has it's ideal time for harvesting depending on what part of…

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We are taught to believe that we need an expert to heal us.  If we have an ailment then we must immediately make a doctor appointment and trust whatever prescription they give us.  If our symptoms are less severe then  we are supposed to visit the closest…