Dara is the founder of Albuquerque Herbalism and the Yerba Mansa Project. Her forthcoming book The Ecology of Herbal Medicine: A Guide to Plants and Living Landscapes of the American Southwest is available for pre-order now and released March 1, 2021 through the University of New Mexico Press.
Rocky Mountain Medicinal Mushrooms - Puffballs 101 Did you know that mushrooms are more closely related to animals than to plants? Or, that what we generally refer to as a “mushroom” is actually the reproductive apparatus of the fungus? We don’t usually see the...
Cultivating Mental Health During the Pandemic Winter ...in the midst of horrorwe fed on beauty—and that,my love, is what sustained us. — Rita Dove, “Transit" To cultivate mental health during the pandemic winter, the first thing is to avoid categorizing feelings as...
Let’s have some fun and get our hands dirty outside and in the kitchen. With viral concerns lurking everywhere and most of us spending more of our lives at home, it’s a great time to make some incense that will improve the quality of our living space and purify our...