Comments on: Digging for Roots http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/ Tue, 29 May 2012 21:52:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sarah http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1418 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:38:32 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1418 Thank you! Lol, maybe they’re waving hello!

]]> By: Moonepower http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1414 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:58:11 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1414 BTW – lovely, lovely website.

]]> By: Moonepower http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1413 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:57:29 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1413 I may be going blind (!), but I am quite certain the roots in your picture “quivered” at me! :)

]]> By: Juniper http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1409 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:56:54 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1409 Oregon Grape is a favorite of mine as well, one of the first plants I ever started working with. I have so many photos of Oregon Grape on ym comoputer that I’ve taken over the years! I haven’t found ANY growing out here, new plants to learn out east and missing the ones I know.

]]> By: Rook http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1408 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:41:52 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1408 Thankyou so much for reminding me it’s ok to be me. You continually inspire me to get off my ash tree and go out and do. Nerds United lol.

]]> By: Sarah http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1335 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:39:34 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1335 I’ve noticed the same too, it’s not words so much as thoughts and ideas – like when you catch yourself thinking and realize how quick and without words it really is…

Good change of profession!

]]> By: Sarah http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1334 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:38:46 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1334 Well in my case it was a jumping spider, lol, not all spiders can jump, so maybe crawl into you hand? It was more uncanny right after when I put my hand on a picnic table and told it jump off as the table was safe…and it did..

I do love Oregon Grape, so many uses! It’s pretty friendly too despite the prickly leaves. I really like the local dwarf Oregon Grape as it’s less huge and unwieldly. Hehehe, Sparrow covered the Touch the Earth questionnaire on one of the Wigglian Way episodes a while back, I think it is a very useful practice Pagan or not!

Thanks for the kind words, still really missing cheese!
Blessings,
Sarah

]]> By: Tanja http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1333 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:55:20 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1333 Am I glad to hear there are others out there, that feel like me. I need to start talking to my plants again. Well i guess i do. just not in words. it is almost like an intuition. I hear them and i answer just not in words. Years ago we had some property with these gorgeous old cedar trees, my husband was a logger ( crinch ) then. i wanted to chane myself to the tree wich didn’t do me any good to save the trees. in the end i lost. But i always said how ironic he was the tree killer and i am the tree planter. he has changed profession he now is a nurse.

]]> By: hidingplainsight http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1332 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:07:21 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1332 Great little piece, as usual. :-)

I talk to plants, animals, and minerals too. And get results. Love swaying with trees and being called the dog whisperer. *laugh* But I’ve never actually asked a spider to jump into my hand although several have done it any way. Must try that. Very creative. I typically just use my Spider Bye cup and help them outside.

Don’t you just love the Oregon Grape is the “echinacea” of the Pacific Northwest.

There were many things my last Outer Grove education did for me but one that really sticks in my mind is the Touch The Earth questionnaire done by Chas Clifton. http://www.proteuscoven.org/proteus/Touch.htm I learned so much and found that as a native, I already knew much but this was a powerful exercise.

Cheers my dear and sorry to hear about the allergies. Having my own stomach ailment at the moment I feel for you. Giving up cheese would be a hardship indeed.

Cynthia

]]> By: Sarah http://witchofforestgrove.com/2010/02/05/digging-for-roots/#comment-1329 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:17:08 +0000 http://witchofforestgrove.com/?p=2479#comment-1329 Hi Anthony! At first I thought I was just nutters, but when animals, insects and plants respond back, it’s unnerving, so I keep up the talking. They don’t talk back in English, but when you tell a spider to jump in your hand so you can get it out of a human footpath and it does – it’s hard to ignore. And I noticed a big difference between not asking a tree for its wood and leaving bloody, or asking permission and leaving sans wounds with the branches I wanted, and an offering left for the tree.

Hmm that’s a hard one, generally to make fly agaric have less unpleasant side effects it is heated in an oven to dry, or cooked in water on the stove. Maybe just heat it up on a low or medium heat (or even the microwave for 45 seconds) for a little bit just to be careful before ingesting?

Slainte!
Sarah

]]>