Milkweed Musings

Hey listeners! Back for episode 13 - welcome! Today is all about the heat wave and the drought and the lessons we can take from that and how the plants are handling it. Always looking to the plants for guidance. And today's plant profile is on Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium, a member of the Asteraceae family. It can be found blooming right now in the Community Garden on Baldwin Ave in Brantford, Ontario. Please go help yourself to all the herbs and veggies there! @rockyroseherbals on Facebook and Instagram www.rockyroseherbals.ca Music Credit: Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram. Thanks girl!!

Today we chat about the summer solstice and how to keep a positive attitude as we head through the rest of summer and as the days get shorter. Teachings from the plants to be present and in the moment (again, as always - thank you plant world!). And then a plant profile on the beautiful and delicious Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary), which you can find in the community garden on Baldwin Ave in Brantford, Ontario! Please help yourself for your medicinal and culinary uses. Resources from today: David Hoffmann Herbal Medicine Texts: The Complete Herbs Sourcebook (2013) and Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine (2003). Shout out today to @indefenceofplants podcast hosted by Botanist Matt. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! Remember I am not a doctor, and you should always consult your health care professionals before taking medical advice from a community herbalist/podcaster like me. @rockyroseherbals on Instagram and Facebook www.rockyroseherbals.ca Music by Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram Album: And I Run With the Wolves Track: River Run Through Me

Hey everyone! Welcome back for Episode 11 of the Milkweed Musings Podcast. So appreciate all of you for tuning in today, and bearing with me while I find my bearings in this new and crazy world. Sending you all love and happy plant vibes! Today I talk about how much I love my friend Autumn and appreciate the inspiration she gives me for these episodes! One day I'm going to have her on this show as a guest and you'll all understand what I mean! She inspired the topic of 'New Beginnings' today as well. I speak about new beginnings in this crazy world we call home, and in the life of a plant. Always taking inspiration from the plants and their world. Also today we have a plant profile - Chives! Brought to you by the Equal Grounds Community Garden. We have a lot of culinary and medicinal herbs planted this year and will be doing profiles regularly on each of the plants you will find in those gardens. Hope to see you there! Resources: https://egcgbrant.com/ - Equal Grounds Website https://www.facebook.com/CommunityGarden - Equal Grounds Facebook No Such Thing As A Fish - recommended podcast! Must listen! @rockyroseherbals on Instagram and Facebook @chicorynikki - Thanks for all the wonderful music for our intro and outro!

Thanks for tuning into another episode of the Milkweed Musings Podcast! Today was supposed to be a plant profile of an herb found in our Herbal Community Garden. But it's not! I felt strongly called to talk about resilience and planting with intentions this week. Keeping things on the spiritual/woo side for you. If you've been listening this long, then you must love the woo! Shout outs to everyone this week! As the world opens up again in our parts, let's keep health, safety, and love as our priorities. Sending love to you all - radiance and roses. Instagram: @rockyroseherbals - please comment on the post for this episode and tell me all the thoughts this episode triggered for you! Facebook: Rocky Rose Herbals www.rockyroseherbals.ca Music by Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram Album: And I Run With The Wolves Track: River Run Through Me

Hey listeners! Thanks for coming back to listen again to the Milkweed Musings podcast. Today I have a big announcement! We've planted a community herbal garden! How cool is that!? There are veggies there too. So when you come by to get your tomatoes for dinner, you can grab some basil too! And oregano, and peppermint, and chives, and rosemary, and Thyme! The garden is located in Brantford, Ontario on a friend's front lawn through a company called Equal Ground. They organize hundreds of community gardens across the city. When the garden is linked on the website, I'll be able to post the exact location. Feeling grateful for the community connections involved in a community garden. Growing and eating healthy, fresh food together! Oh the possibilities. Goals for a community herbal garden: to educate the community on the medicinal effects of common culinary herbs; to provide recipes for culinary and medicinal inspiration; to connect with others. Today's episode features some details about Thyme - which you can find in the garden! Thanks for listening! As always - shout out to @chicorynikki for the invigorating intro and outro music. Talk to you next Wednesday!

Hello listeners! Thanks again for tuning in. This week is all about Burdock - the underdog of the plant world. Burdock gets a bad rap because it sticks its seeds to us in the fall. But there is so much more to this herb. In the episode you'll hear all about its botany, medicinal actions, and energetics. The information in this episode was taken from other resources, and should not be taken as medical advice. Please speak to a doctor or other professional before adding medicine into your life. Sources are as follows: https://www.herbcraft.org/burdock.html The Complete Herbs Sourcebook by David Hoffmann Instagram: @rockyroseherbals Music by Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram

Welcome to another episode of the Milkweed Musings podcast! Thanks for tuning in today. You'll get to experience a rare opinionated rant from Brittany. Today we're talking about lawns and weeds and our strong opinions about them! But we also want to know all of your thoughts about the topic too. Have a listen and let us know your opinions! Music credit to Nikki Satira @chicorynikki Track: River Run Through Me Album: And I Run With The Wolves

ANNOUNCEMENT!! Launch of the Plant Spirit Postcards happened on Monday! Have you ever wondered if there's anything more to an herb than it's "uses"? My darling, there is! Every couple of weeks I'll be releasing a new Plant Spirit Postcard which showcases a certain plant or herb. Ali Schilter from @fuzzyferns tattoo studio has done some incredible drawings of these herbs - so you get this beautiful graphic of each herb along with the info and inspiration you need to dive deep into the energetics of each plant. Writings are taken from my experiences with the plants and from my education in herbal medicine. These offerings are free for you if you agree to sign up for our exciting newsletter that's launching next week! Don't miss this opportunity! :) Use code WILDROSE at checkout. www.rockyroseherbals.ca/products Today's show is all about the idea of what would happen if plants actually had feelings and emotions? How would that work? Is there even a way to know if they do? Can they understand us? So many questions! So many ponderings! Listen with an open mind and open heart, then let the plants speak to you! Music by Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram Song: River Run Through Me Album: And I Run With The Wolves Check out the blog at www.rockyroseherbals.ca/podcast for the written version of this episode! Thanks for listening. Radiance and roses.

Thanks for tuning in! Today we talked about the concept of plants as beings. There is so much to this topic and it was hard to fit it all into 10 minutes! Listen for all the deets. Music credit to @chicorynikki on Instagram. Nikki Satira performing River Run Through Me from the album And I Run With The Wolves Articles referenced in today's episode are linked here: https://qz.com/1294941/a-debate-over-plant-consciousness-is-forcing-us-to-confront-the-limitations-of-the-human-mind/ https://qz.com/959888/a-new-scientific-study-find-that-plant-roots-follow-acoustic-vibes-to-find-a-drink/ https://www.nathab.com/blog/research-shows-plants-are-sentient-will-we-act-accordingly/ https://e360.yale.edu/features/are_trees_sentient_peter_wohlleben https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/05/09/a-mind-without-a-brain-the-science-of-plant-intelligence-takes-root/#6547263776dc

Thanks for listening! Today's shout out goes to @horticulturist.melissa on Instagram. She's here to show us what plants are growing wild currently and how to identify them. Such an important skill, check out her account! Looking forward to our newsletter launching in the next week! Keep your eye out for it. To preemptively sign up, go to www.rockyroseherbals.ca/connect and submit your email address. Today we are talking about acceptance and how it's showing up every right now it seems. And of course, we relate acceptance to the plant world and take a lesson from it to apply to our own lives. Music credit to @chicorynikki on Instagram, Nikki Satira in "real life". Album: And I Run With The Wolves, Track: River Run Through Me Thanks for listening! Catch ya next Wednesday! Radiance and roses!

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Milkweed Musings Podcast! Shout outs today go to @chicorynikki for the stellar music that bookends this podcast! Follow her on Instagram. Also to Shona @for_the_wild on Instagram for her reminder that everyone connects with nature differently. Check out her beautiful feed. Announcements: Coming soon - freebies galore! Newsletter launching in May as well - sign up now at www.rockyroseherbals.ca/connect Link to the blog version of this podcast: www.rockyroseherbals.ca/podcast Resources to research wild rose medicine from herbalists that I am a fan of: Sajah Popham of Evolutionary Herbalism talks about healing the heart with Rose: https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/2018/07/13/herbs-for-grief/ A beautiful blog piece from Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine: https://chestnutherbs.com/a-love-letter-to-rose/ Herb Rally's Monograph of Wild Rose: https://www.herbrally.com/monographs/rose Elise Krohn's Monograph of Wild Rose including recipes!: https://traditionalroots.org/files/Krohn-Wild-Rose-NOTES-1.pdf You could also just check out a million pages on Instagram for more information - or message me! Thanks so much for listening. Don't forget to subscribe to the show, tell your friends, and follow me on instagram @rockyroseherbals.

Shoutouts to all the folks who responded to last week's episode! Much love. Also shoutouts to @cc_jillian and @cc_laurenb on Instagram who run the lovely Conscious Coaching business and Podcast - check out their work! You won't be disappointed. Shout out to my dear friend and consultant @spilltheteasocial on Facebook and Instagram for all the incredible advice and guidance through the launch of my business. She knows her s*** folks! (social media s*** to be exact). Check out her profile NOW! :) On today's episode, we look at the relationship between poisons and antidotes. There are several examples in nature of plants that are poisonous to humans which grow very closely to the plants that are the antidotes to those exact poisons. We go through a few examples in this episode. I ask for your thoughts and musings and real life examples where nature provided the plant that you needed, whether that be an antidote, a remedy, or a survival need. **CORRECTION** Please note that I made an error when talking about Jewelweed - I specifically spoke of the species Impatiens pallida but I do need to add the species Impatiens capensis as they are both applicable here as the antidote to poison ivy. My apologies! We then dive into the "woo" side of this title statement - Nature provides. We talk about the pandemic situation and how nature is providing us with so many needs right now - wisdom, clarity, breath, energy, perspective, company, solitude, nourishment, space. I leave you to muse on this question - How is nature providing what you need in this moment? I would love to hear all you have to say about this episode! Comment on the episode post on Instagram @rockyroseherbals or send me a DM. Let's keep the conversation flowing folks! Call to action for this week - Put your hands on a tree and feel its pulse, or feel the electricity in the wind on your cheeks. Music for this podcast courtesy of Nikki Satira @chicorynikki on Instagram. Song: River Run Through Me Album: And I Run With The Wolves

Instagram: @rockyroseherbals Facebook: facebook.com/rockyroseherbals Music by @chicorynikki Nikki Satira Song Title: River Run Through Me Album: And I Run With The Wolves Today we are discussing the concepts of social distancing and "nature distancing" - looking at some similarities and differences. You'll have to listen to the episode for the details and the full musings. Listen to the end for your question of the episode. Would love to hear from you! Any thoughts and musings are appreciated about today's episode. DM @rockyroseherbals on instagram!

Welcome to the Milkweed Musings Podcast! The trailer gives you an idea of what to expect from this podcast. Episodes will be approximately 10 minutes long and released weekly on Wednesdays. In the coming weeks, we will be looking at, on the broader scale, the interactions between humans and the natural world, and on the smaller scale, topics ranging from the plants that inspire us, how we can become healthier and happier beings with a little more nature in our daily lives. Stay tuned for next week's topic! Shout out to all the new listeners. Please subscribe to this podcast to stay up to date on new episodes, tell your friends, and leave a 5 star review. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @rockyroseherbals, or visit www.rockyroseherbals.ca Huge thank you to Nikki Satira for the music for this episode Track: River Run Through Me Album: And I Run With The Wolves Find her on instagram @chicorynikki