by clare | Dec 29, 2018 | economy, herbal medicine, land, nature, plants, trees, Uncategorized
Listening It was year ago when I was here on the land in Portugal on my own for a couple of weeks retreat time from the Solstice into the New Year, that I received the message loud and clear to start making essences from the trees, ( “with the trees” feels...
by clare | Aug 28, 2018 | culture, land, nature, plants
This year we harvested some cork from our forest for the first time. https://montedavida.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MAH02243.mp4 Cork is widely regarded as one of the most ecological and sustainable materials available. Here in the Alentejo region of...
by clare | Jun 18, 2016 | herbal medicine, land, nature, plants
Today I took my scythe and cleared a path through the long grass across to the other side of the main valley here. It’s an area of the land I have not visited for a while, on the north side of our little seasonal stream. There is a beautiful bit of old cork oak...
