Ethnobotanical advent is back! 🎄🌟🎁 This year I'm going to introduce you to some of our young whipper-snapper saplings and excite you with snippets of tree info! #1: Beginning with Birch! I was curious about why birch is a favourite for sauna rituals...like in Finland with their vihta/vaska 'sauna whisks' made of bundle of fresh birch twigs. So I investigated. Whipping the skin with these birch bundles stimulates circulation, opens the pores and eases pain, with the added bonus of scenting...

Villain or hero? Anyone know the Latin for apple? Malus. In Latin, both “an apple” and “an evil” are written as malum. Pronounce it with...

How ethnobotany helps... I'm going to start by mentioning what most of us know - modern life is predominantly about interacting with...