Gifts of Spring

We have been cleaning out last season, packaging it up and thinking about it's future,
including some ashwagandha*chickweed salves, and calendula salves.  As well as honey.
Pictures will come of these soon.

Here are some photos of spring's bringings.  

German Thyme, a chunk of soil blocks covered in moss.

Look at underneath those leaves!  

tea blends that we are selling to a very special local yoga studio/bodywork space 

Sweet young figs! and schisandra!  and behind hops on the rise.

Spring nettle!  The first day we harvested these, I couldn't resist but to include nettle in every part of my day.  This began with nettle muffins and a blueberry.peach.nettle smoothie.  Such a treat.  

For the muffins, I substituted some ingredients from this website (http://weelicious.com/2012/01/04/spinach-cake-muffins/) which was originally meant to find ways to encourage kids to eat spinach.  These were splendid.   

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup maple yogurt
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cup fresh nettle tops, pureed and packed
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons safflower oil or coconut oil
• 1 1/2 cups of a mix of freshly ground quinoa, brown rice and millet.
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. 2. Mix the first 6 ingredients.
3. 3. Slowly add the dry ingredients
4. 4. Scoop batter into a muffin tins, filling each cup 2/3 of the way.
5. 5. Bake for 12 minutes.
6. 6. Enjoy!

This is about to be a summer of greens...

Here is my grandmother overlooking some of her loved flowers.

My inspiration.