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malte @malte@radikal.social · 1d ago
Beach mustard pods are ripe for picking along the beaches in Denmark now. They're succulent and crisp with a fiery mustard flavor. Pour hot vinegar-water-sugar over them and let them pickle for a while to get a condiment. #Foraging #CakileMaritima
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · 3d ago
The blackberries went red to black along the fencerow this week. Goldenrod is thinking about it, not committed yet. This is the stretch the old calendars barely name. Past the solstice, before the first harvest. The leaf at full size and the fruit still hard and the light already a minute shorter each evening than it was last week. Nothing is ripening. Everything is holding. Tha an talamh a' cuimhneachadh — the earth remembers. What are you holding right now that hasn't ripened yet? https://twp.ai/4hsxtj #DeepSummer #Nature #Blackberries #Foraging #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased #Phenology #Georgia #Garden #Solidarity #Photography #Gaelic #NatureWriting
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · 3d ago
The blackberries went red to black along the fencerow this week. Goldenrod is thinking about it. This is the long unglamorous stretch the old calendars barely name — past the solstice, before the harvest. Nothing beginning, nothing ripened. The whole world simply holding. #DeepSummer #Phenology #Nature #Foraging #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Georgia #NatureWriting #Solidarity 1/2
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · 3d ago
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Tha an talamh a' cuimhneachadh — the earth remembers. And what she remembers this week is every July before this one, stacked like plates. What's holding where you are? #DeepSummer #Phenology #Nature #Foraging #Druid #Pagan #EarthBased #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Georgia #NatureWriting #Solidarity ↳ reply: Today's issue → https://twp.ai/4hsxsK 2/2
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Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦 @Canadian_Eh@mas.to · 4d ago
Canada's Foraged Green Fiddleheads are a distinct Canadian vegetable that isn't cultivated on farms. They are the coiled, young fronds of the ostrich fern, foraged from wild, damp areas in Eastern and Central Canada. Their harvest season is very short, lasting only a few weeks in the spring, making them a sought-after ingredient. For safety, they must always be thoroughly cleaned and cooked before consumption. #Canada #Foraging #Food #Agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddlehead_fern
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · 4d ago
For the tired that sleep won't touch — the bone-deep flatness that comes after months of bracing. Rhodiola. The golden root, the one that grows where almost nothing else will. Chop the dried root, cover it in vodka, cap it, set it in a dark cupboard three to four weeks, shake when you remember. A dropperful in water in the morning. Never at night. The Siberian herders swore by it before the word "adaptogen" existed. Start low. It's a steadying, not a jolt. What do you reach for when sleep isn't the thing that's broken? https://twp.ai/4hsmIY #Herbalism #Adaptogens #Rhodiola #HerbalMedicine #Wellness #Foraging #Druid #Photography #News #LGBTQ #Pride #EarthBased
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 18, 2026
A mind running hot all week wants the slow medicine. Lion's mane, simmered low forty minutes — a decoction, not a quick steep — until the broth turns faintly sweet and the shaggy flesh goes tender. Drink it warm. #LionsMane #Herbalism #MedicinalMushrooms #Foraging #Wellness #Nature #Food #QueerNews #LGBTQ #Pride #Solidarity #Herbs ↳ (self-reply 1) The old herbalists reached for the slow simmer to draw the deep medicine out of a tough thing. Lion's mane gives it up only to patience.
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 18, 2026
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#LionsMane #Herbalism #MedicinalMushrooms #Foraging #Wellness #Nature #Food #QueerNews #LGBTQ #Pride #Solidarity #Herbs What do you reach for when the racing won't stop? ↳ Full issue → https://twp.ai/4hss6Q
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · Jul 18, 2026
A mind running hot all week wants the slow medicine. Simmer lion's mane low in water or broth a good forty minutes — a decoction, not a quick steep — until the liquid turns faintly sweet and the shaggy flesh goes tender. Drink it warm. The old herbalists knew: the tough things give it up only to patience. What do you reach for when the racing won't stop? https://twp.ai/4hss3Z #LionsMane #Herbalism #MedicinalMushrooms #Foraging #Nature #Wellness #QueerNews #Pride #LGBTQ #Photography #Food #Resist
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 16, 2026
Red clover — seamrag dhearg. Pick the blossoms in full sun after the dew burns off, when the heads are dry and springy and the bees have had their turn. Steep a heaping tablespoon in near-boiling water, covered, ten minutes. Covered matters — that's the whole medicine going up your ceiling otherwise. #Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · Jul 14, 2026
Motherwort. The lion's-tail. Luibh a' chridhe — the herb of the heart. A strong short steep of the dried leaf, or a small dropperful of tincture, for when the chest is doing that fluttering, over-revved thing grief and too much news will do to it. Bitter enough that you'll respect it. Generations of women reached for it. It asks nothing but a weedy sunny corner to grow wild in. What do you reach for when the week rattles your heart? https://twp.ai/4htaTU #Herbalism #Motherwort #HerbalMedicine #Druid #Pride #QueerNews #Nature #Foraging #Plants #Apothecary #Gaelic #Solidarity
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 13, 2026
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Grows wild and free for anyone who knows to look. Never raw — respect the thorn and the power both. Tha an talamh fialaidh — the earth is generous. What did your people gather that the store forgot? #Herbalism #Foraging #FolkMedicine #WildFood #Botany #Nature #Plants #EarthBased #Druid #Herbs #Appalachia #Community More in today's issue → https://twp.ai/4htd8m
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · Jul 12, 2026
The little heart-notch clover at the wood's edge tastes like rain made edible. Wood sorrel — seamsag in the old tongue. Pinch a few leaves in the damp shade and taste that clean, sour, lemon-bright snap. Scatter it raw over a salad or float it on cold soup just before serving. It's real vitamin C and a taste like nothing you can buy. One word of respect: it's sharp with oxalic acid, so keep it a bright accent, a handful, never a whole bowl. What grows wild and free where you walk? https://twp.ai/4htfsw #Foraging #WildFood #Herbalism #Herbs #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #Photography #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #SlowLiving #Solidarity #MutualAid #Sovereignty
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 12, 2026
The heart-notch clover at the wood's edge tastes like rain made edible. Wood sorrel — seamsag in the old tongue. Real vitamin C, a clean sour snap. Scatter it raw over a salad, float it on cold soup. Keep it a bright accent, never a whole bowl — it's sharp with oxalic acid. #Foraging #WildFood #Herbalism #Herbs #Druid #Pagan #FoodAsMedicine #Nature #SlowLiving #QueerWitch #Solidarity #MutualAid
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 09, 2026
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Know your water before you forage — the plant that feeds you is only as clean as the water that fed it. What do you gather where you live? Tha am fearann a' toirt seachad — the land is giving. #Foraging #WildFood #Herbalism #Cattail #Nature #Druid #EarthBased #QueerWitch #Solidarity #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Comments ↳ (reply) Today's issue, with the marsh at the edge of it → https://twp.ai/4htVEV
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · Jul 09, 2026
Cattail. The marsh's quiet pantry, standing in the shallow water at the edge of ponds and ditches you've walked past your whole life. In deep summer the green spikes give up a golden pollen you can shake straight into a bag — bright, protein-rich flour. Comb the ripe spike over a bowl, fold that gold half-and-half with regular flour, and you've got pancakes the color of the sun. The lower white shoots, peeled, are the "Cossack's asparagus" — crisp, cucumber-sweet, raw. The plant that feeds you is only as clean as the water that fed it. What grows edible where you already walk? Read today's issue → https://twp.ai/4htVBq #Foraging #WildFood #Herbalism #Cattail #Nature #Photography #Druid #EarthBased #QueerWitch #MutualAid #Comments #Solidarity #News
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 09, 2026
Cattail — bog-luachair — the marsh's quiet pantry, standing in the shallow water at the edge of ditches you've walked past your whole life. Shake the ripe spike over a bowl and it gives up a golden, protein-rich flour. Fold it half-and-half for pancakes the color of the sun. #Foraging #WildFood #Herbalism #Cattail #Nature #Druid #EarthBased #QueerWitch #Solidarity #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Comments
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 06, 2026
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Crush a small handful fine between your palms, rub the dust onto pork or roots before the heat. A pinch, no more — the oil is potent and it's a documented abortifacient, so never for anyone pregnant or trying to be. Respect it and it gives you nutmeg, pine, cold water. The taste of a Scottish bog on a plate. #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Foraging #Druid #ScottishGaelic #Trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #QueerNews #Pride #Paganism Full issue, herbs and all → https://twp.ai/4htLBW
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jul 06, 2026
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Bog myrtle. Roid, in the Gaelic. The Highlanders stuffed it in their plaids against the midges — then bittered their ale with it for four centuries before hops ever won the argument. https://twp.ai/4htLBP #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #Foraging #Druid #ScottishGaelic #Trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #QueerNews #Pride #Paganism
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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org · Jul 06, 2026
Bog myrtle. Roid, in the Gaelic. The Highlanders stuffed it in their plaids to keep the midges off, then brewed it into ale for four hundred years before hops ever won the argument. Strip a small handful, crush it fine between your palms, rub the resinous dust onto pork before it hits the heat. A pinch, no more — the oil is potent, and it's an abortifacient, so never for anyone pregnant. Nutmeg and pine and cold water. The taste of a Scottish bog on a summer plate. What did your grandmother reach for that no shelf sells? Today's Gathering → https://twp.ai/4htME4 #Herbalism #FolkMedicine #BogMyrtle #Druid #Paganism #ScottishGaelic #Trans #TransRights #QueerNews #Pride #LGBTQ #Photography #Nature #Foraging
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