Spring is almost here – only a week until Brigid’s Day Eve which is a great opportunity to check in with the intentions made at the new year. It is also a good time to make some Spring intentions now that energy is rising as the Earth slowly wakes up and begins to stretch. I …. Read More
Category: Earth
Danu’s Irish Herb Garden – A Leap of Faith
Recently, on You Tube, I added a post about evergreens and how we bring them into our homes at the winter solstice as they represent life and rebirth during the deepest, darkest depths of winter. (https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4iMBMJz2Sg) Evergreens remind us that life is eternal, that there is no death really, only some change. This was brought …. Read More
Danu’s Irish Herb Garden – Healing for Mother Earth
The weather is growing colder and the nights become darker earlier. With the fall of leaves, the landscape changes and the trees appear skeletal. Their nakedness reveals other things within the landscape, things that are usually hidden, such as tussocks and hillocks and animal dens as well as the rocks and stones that are the …. Read More
Danu’s Irish Herb Garden – A Radical New Beginning!
For twelve years I have been working with and learning about medicinal plants in my study of herbal medicine. For the last seven years I have been learning from and journeying to plants and trees. I am now fully out of the closet – I am a herbalist. In today’s corporate world, a world of …. Read More
An Bhean Feasa – Herbs, Herbs and Herb Walk
Herbs such as this beautiful Chamomile are almost finished for the year. I noticed one or two flower heads still shining away in the herb garden but unfortunately, some of my Chamomile plants were burned badly by the salt wind after Storm Ali. This Calendula is more fortunate, being in the poly tunnel and may …. Read More
An Bhean Feasa’s Mission ….An Exhibition
Have you ever felt compelled to do something? Felt nudged and pushed? Have you ever had that feeling deep down in your gut that there is something you must do? I have for some time now and finally, that feeling has culminated in a photographic exhibition “Weeds on the Wall”. For the last number of …. Read More
An Bhean Feasa – The Power of the Elements
We have all heard of the four Elements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Generally we give little thought to them, tending to take them for granted, even though they are part of our bodies and part of life itself. Medieval herbalists were aware of the impact of the elements on herbs and prescribed accordingly. …. Read More
An Bhean Feasa – A Capricious Spring!
It is said that if Brigid’s Day is cold, wet and stormy, then the Goddess of Winter, An Cailleach, stays in bed and sleeps on not noticing Spring creeping up on her. However, if the day is fine on 1st February, the Cailleach gets up to collect more firewood as she means the winter to …. Read More
Springtime Simplicity
Today is La Feile Brigid – Brigid’s Day, a day that always feel special and exciting to me as it is also Imbolc, the first day of Spring. There is a sense of anticipation in the air which is exciting because it feels like a renewal, a fresh start, a change. I was at my horticulture …. Read More
The Sun Stands Still
Solstice literally means “sun stands still” for about three days. About ten days ago we had snow and sleet on the mountains. We had hope that we might get a “White Christmas” and a shining, sparkling Solstice but our hopes were dashed as temperatures rose again and we became engulfed in mist. The mist wrapped …. Read More