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Kelly

@ofsedgeandsalt

botanist / naturalist / craftsperson / artist / photographer / philosopher / hide tanner / herbalist on the road interviewing land dwellers.

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt May 19, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC

Living in a 'Yome' shelter for the summer

So, I thought I'd show up a couple scenes of the canvas house I'm living in this summer. I own a bell tent, but since we are in Appalachia this summer, we decided to keep it packed up so it does not…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt May 10, 2021, 3:52 PM UTC

Scenes of Spring wildflowers + medicinal herbs in southern Appalachia and a personal update

I've been a little down in the dumps this Spring. I'll be frank, this pandemic has kicked my arse. I didn't have a hard time with it until this past winter. Last year, I spent all my time out in the…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt May 9, 2021, 5:42 PM UTC

Deep Dive into the Ethnobotany of Juniper part 5: Common Juniper, Utah Juniper and Juniper medicine worldwide

(a note. all my pictures on my posts are my own photography, unless otherwise noted. In this case, the the drawings featured are from Wikipedia Creative Commons. For podcast episodes, I use photos gi…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt May 4, 2021, 9:30 PM UTC

Camping on the North Carolina coast in my vintage camper home and harvesting Yaupon Holly

In early April, I went camping with my sweetie at the North Carolina coast. We needed to get off of my parents' farm, as they are hard to be around, and we ended up at their place all winter, unfortu…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt May 2, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

Finding rare Goldenseal in the wild

Right now, I'm back on the farm I used to live on and grow tons of food and herbs on in western North Carolina. The land is tucked into the Appalachian mountains, and is just down the road from the p…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt Apr 27, 2021, 10:21 PM UTC

Deep Dive into the Ethnobotany of Juniper part 4 : all about Juniperus virginana - Eastern Red Cedar

#### Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Juniper Aromatic Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana, or otherwise known by its common name Eastern Red Cedar is the familiar species of my upbringing.…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt Apr 26, 2021, 11:02 PM UTC

Ground Shots Podcast Episode #57: Gabe Crawford interviews Angela Moles P.h.D. on the rapid evolutionary responses of plants due to climate change, challenging scientific dogma

### I thought I'd share one of my latest podcast episodes on here. I run a podcast called The Ground Shots Podcast which has been going for about 3 years or so. I focus a lot on herbalism and plants,…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt Apr 24, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

Deep Dive into the Ethnobotany of Juniper part 3: What is a 'true Cedar'?

## What is a ‘true’ or a ‘false’ Cedar? ### The word Cedar comes from the Latin word Cedrus which comes from the Greek word Kedros. The common name Cedar actually came from the ‘true Cedars’ of Leban…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt Apr 10, 2021, 8:10 PM UTC

Deep Dive into the Ethnobotany of Juniper part 2: Cypress plant family

### Yesterday, I was working in my old herb garden in my hometown, in southern Virginia. #### There’s something deeply relieving about revisiting a place that you’ve cultivated in some way. Tending i…

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Kelly
@ofsedgeandsalt Apr 9, 2021, 6:30 PM UTC

Deep dive into the Ethnobotany of Juniper part 1

## So, back in 2018, I wrote an extensive plant profile on Juniper. ### I do independent research on the road as an amateur botanist, herbalist and naturalist and through my travels I have gathering…

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