Lady´s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris)

I figured I haven’t shared much about herbs and their medicine lately so let me correct that with a little bit of introduction to this beauty and why I like to work with her.

Lady’s Mantle is a classical “old world” medicinal herb, mostly known and cherished in central Europe.
To me, Lady’s Mantle is the wise women’s ally, the grandmothers’ medicine, the midwife’s old friend.

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Delicious And Healthy Nettle Fritters

Spring time has arrived to the Northland and with Mother Nature´s perfect precision everything has turned green on the third week of May, just like every single year for the past 16 years. 

For us living here up north this is always a magical moment, just like when the snow arrives and covers the entire land around in the white blanket in the winter time. 

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Help Birds With Your Pet´s Hair

Over the years of living in the middle of nature we have noticed how the birds collect the fluffy undercoat that our huskies shed each spring, and add it to their nest building materials.

Also, we´ve seen them use it to fill in the bird houses for the upcoming nesting time.

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Remedies You Can Make With Wild Herbs aka The Wonder Of Mother Nature´s Gifts

I have been working with herbs, practicing herbalism and taking care of my animals naturally pretty much my entire adult life.

Yet, the endless options, the gentle but powerful nature of plants, the possibilities wild herbs offer in terms of food and medicine never stop to amaze me.

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Wild Herbs For Your And Your Animals´ Health Online Course

I am excited to open this LIVE STREAMED ONLINE SERIES for everyone interested in exploring the world of Wild Herbs around them and learning how, with the help of these Nature´s gifts, you can support your and your animals´ health.

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WILD CHAMOMILE (Matricaria discoidea)

WILD CHAMOMILE (Matricaria discoidea)

Also known as Pineapple weed.

You will most likely notice this tiny herb in the middle of the summer, mostly in your driveway, in vacant lots, on some rocky and dry paths.

A cousin of German and Roman Chamomile, Wild Chamomile possesses very similar qualities, said to be somewhat milder.

From my personal experience, however, I know it to be an effective, lovely healing and soothing herb.

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Tribute to my Uncle

I would like to dedicate a few words on this otherwise husky, herb and northern life dedicated space to somone dear, whom I´ve just lost, and someone who, in fact, had a lot to do with with where I am today, both lifestyle and geographically wise as well. 

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Caught On The Web #3: All About Communication And Behavior

Ok peeps, here goes another "batch" of links to some really, really great reading. This time all about behavior and communication.

Enjoy!

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Five of My Go To Nourishing Wild Herbs for My Dogs

The most common wild herbs that you will find literally underneath your house window or just outside the door are often not only rich in medicinal properties but are an incredibly rich sources of micro-nutrients (vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants and other vital and essential phyto-nutrients). Another words, they are classified as nourishing or nutritive herbs.

Here are 5 of my go to herbs from this category:

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Reintroducing The Pack - The H Litter

The "H" Litter - Runner, Hawky, Chasey and Huggy Bear

These four siblings are the oldest athletes in our team at the moment. 

They have turned 11 years this past September, so they are 11,5 years "young" and they are just as driven and athletic as they have always been.

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Partnership Program and Support for Our Huskies - Crisis Relief Fundraiser 2020

PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND SUPPORT FOR OUR HUSKIES 2020

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We Need Your Help - Partnership Program To Support Our Huskies

Dear friends, we need your help!

As the recent global crisis directly impacts the travel and tourism business branch, it unfortunately directly impacts our livelihood and we have suddenly found ourselves without the major portion of our income as of beginning of March. And while our winter husky tours and adventures came to an abrupt stop, bookings for summer programs and cabin rental are being cancelled. 

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Lecture on Folk Herbalism Invitation

It is  my pleasure to invite you to my upcoming lecture, hosted by ABF in Strömsund:

FOLK HERBALISM: A thousand year old practice of self care with medicinal plants and home remedies

In our beautiful Jämtland we have so many wild plants and herbs growing all around us in clean nature.

Did you know that almost each and every one of them can help you or your animals in some way, when we have the proper knowledge about them?

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Cold Weather Senior Dog Care

As the temperatures hit the 20 below mark again couple weeks ago, I thought I’d repost my Instagram post from a while back, with a few tips on winter/cold weather (especially) senior dog care, based on our holistic dog care practices at our kennel.

When the temperatures reach the -15C and lower mark it is time to think about the goldies oldies aka the canine senior citizens.

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Partnership with ABF

I am very excited to announce that I have partnered with ABF - the oldest Swedish organization dedicated to education for adults.

In cooperation with ABF Jämtland (and specifically the Strömsund office aka the best branch office ever!) I will be hosting and holding a number of herbal lectures, courses and workshops, with focus mostly on the following:

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Herbal Course and Workshop: Natural Self Care during Autumn and Supporting Our Immune System with Herbs

While summer is officially still here, when I wake up in the morning and step outside the door, one look around the wilderness that surrounds the farm tells me that autumn is slowly but steadily moving in.

It is a perfect time to start thinking of possibilities how to support and strengthen our immunity and nurture our body and mind before those long months of darkness and cold arrive, and before the upcoming flu and cold season hits us, slowing us down from all those important tasks that still need to be done before winter is here.

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Herb Course with Walk and Workshop in beautiful Vedjeön - Vild Ört Mini Kurs, Vandring och Workshop i vackra Vedjeön

Everything in life takes its time, and when the time is right, the things that are meant to happen, do :)

Having said that, let me invite you to my very first herbal workshop ever organized in my home in beautiful Vedjeön, in Swedish (and a little bit of mixed-in English, when I run out of words :)), open for everyone.

I am very excited to share my world, but also knowledge and experience of wild plants with you!

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About Nettle...A Little Differently

If you are expecting a post in the style of materia medica for this extraordinary herb in the mint family, I will stop your expectations right here. But please, do read on, as I have a bit to say about lady Nettle, that you may have never heard or thought of before..

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The Spring Has Returned And So Did I (as a blogger)!

I have been plotting my great comeback to the blog for quite a while, struggling to find the right topic to kick (re)start.

And today, while enjoying my morning cup of coffee and listening to the birds, looking around and absorbing all that great energy of returning spring, I realized that that´s it!

So, as the spring returns and the new cycle of rebirth and life starts all over again, it is actually a perfect opportunity to jump in on the blogging train again.

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Paying Attention To The Dogs´ Needs For Fasting: A More Spiritual Approach And A Few Herbs To Help With Nourishing And Cleansing

Couple of weeks ago, we felt our dogs´ needed a day of fasting. They all felt "stuffed", some ate reluctantly, some did not even touch their food and some did not look hungry at all, despite normally being ALWAYS hungry.

We honored their choice and gave the entire pack a day of fasting, 24 hours to be exact for the adults and 12 hours for the puppies and special needs dogs (aka "The Specials").

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