Plant medicine -- St. John's Wort Oil

 

This healing oil of St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum, is a staple for our family.  Michael healed a deep puncture wound, without infection, and any minor scrap or burn is treated with this oil.  A fellow villager, Kayla, gave us our first jar the month we moved to Tipi Village.  A precious gift!  This summer I made my own oil. Paying close watch over the new shoots on my daily walks around the mountain.  I felt like I was hovering in anticipation and envious of those returning with the summer's first blooms. Fair and I gathered the flowers and buds from multiple spots around the village, making sure that we were conscience of the other medicine makers harvest, as to not diminish the flowers to seed next years growth.  I used 70% buds to 30% flowers, solar infused with organic olive oil.  It sat outside our tipi for over two months, deepening in reds everyday. 

Hearth Tidings -- Issue Two

This is the issue of Tipi Village's newsletter I edited. 

 

 

Hearth Tidings Issue 2

 

 



Tipi Village moves up the Mountain

The whole Tipi Village has moved up to the summer spot which is in the  Cascades-Siskiyous of Southern Oregon. The village is semi-nomadic, living lower in the valley during winter and spring and then up higher for the summer and fall.  Here is a few of us putting up the Big Lodge.  TheBig Lodge is the village's community space and where we all live together while we are setting up our family lodges, during moving time.  The Big Lodge is open to all and if you want to come and experience Tipi Village this is where you stay. 

Photo catch-up

Just a glimpse. We are moving back up the mountain, over the next week. Downloaded a blog app on my phone and will be able to post more often!!!