Spring brings tender plantain, nettle, violets, chickweed, dandelion, garlic mustard, fiddleheads, and lamb’s quarters right to your yard. Mother nature provides the nutrients you need. Eat clean foods. Be aware of your food’s source. Spring presents such great opportunities to eat beautiful fresh produce. Dark leafy greens such as spinach, dandelion and kale are packed with wonderful vitamins and minerals including vitamins A, C, E, K, and potassium and magnesium. Be careful with these foods and others high in vitamin K if taking blood thinners; but you knew that, right? It doesn’t mean you don’t eat greens but rather consume … Continue reading →

Is this spring, or is this just a memory? We are a month into spring ~ it is easy to see the differences in this spring compared to previous ones, but the spring season remains very much the same in many ways. The element of wood is associated with spring. Just as the wood of a bamboo tree sways and bends gracefully with the winds of change we need to remain flexible in this unusual spring. Fortunately, like the roots of a strong oak tree, natural tendencies of the winter season will remain deeply rooted as a memory in our … Continue reading →