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How to harvest and enjoy rose hips
While fall is definitely falling early here in the Colorado Rockies this year – I couldn’t wait for the first hard frost! It finally got cold enough overnight for the bright red rose hips bursting with color on the wild rose bushes to be ready to harvest!
Read MoreWild Rose Flower Essence
While I have been wildcrafting the wild plants for food and medicine since childhood, I have never worked with the extremely subtle art of flower essences. Flower petals are so delicate the beauty and fragrance is easily lost in a tea, and doesn’t transfer easily to the harsh treatment of alcohol. How to harness and preserve the beauty and healing power of rosa acicularis?
Read MoreTrue Story: Why I became a Wilderness First Responder
In 2010 I was living in a monastery, in a very remote location in Colorado. Born and raised a city girl I was full of my city hubris and totally ignorant about what it takes to be smart and safe…
Read MoreHow do I become a Wilderness EMT?
If you’ve ever been interested in the medical field, but didn’t go to Medical School; or if you are already a holistic practitioner but you feel that your training did not prepare you to recognize and respond to medical emergencies;…
Read MoreConversations with a mullein plant
Overlooked, undervalued and even criminalized – is that any way to treat such a soft, unassuming and generous plant? Mullein grows everywhere along the Peak to Peak: along highways, railroads and in everybody’s back yard. Mullein is officially classified as…
Read MoreNEW WINTER HOURS:
| Monday: | Closed |
| Tuesday: | Closed |
| Wednesday: | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Thursday: | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm |
| Friday: | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Saturday: | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Sunday: | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm |
LOCATION:
972 Golden Gate Canyon Rd.
Black Hawk, Co 80422
CONTACT:
303.582.3001
connect@theholistichomestead.org
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