July: The Summer Lovin' Box
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world."
- Ada Louise Huxtable
From my vantage point on the front porch I have a picture perfect view of summer to gaze upon each time I take a break from my work and look up from my computer. The blue sky is cloudless. The wind moves through the silver maple and Japanese lilac. The penstemon and peonies are blooming in the garden. The hops has reached the top of the porch roof. Flickers and robins hop about on the lawn, ignoring the chipmunks and squirrels. The four baby groundhogs living under the porch are destructive, insatiable, but oh so adorable eaters of all that is green. I shoo them away from my echinacea. My dogs snoozes contentedly beside me. Days like this are indeed a jeweled balm for the spirit, battered or not.
- Ada Louise Huxtable
From my vantage point on the front porch I have a picture perfect view of summer to gaze upon each time I take a break from my work and look up from my computer. The blue sky is cloudless. The wind moves through the silver maple and Japanese lilac. The penstemon and peonies are blooming in the garden. The hops has reached the top of the porch roof. Flickers and robins hop about on the lawn, ignoring the chipmunks and squirrels. The four baby groundhogs living under the porch are destructive, insatiable, but oh so adorable eaters of all that is green. I shoo them away from my echinacea. My dogs snoozes contentedly beside me. Days like this are indeed a jeweled balm for the spirit, battered or not.
A Herbaceious Border, By Helen Allingham (1848 - 1926) (The Bridgeman Art Library, Object 85951) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Summer solstice, the longest day of the year is upon us, as are summer holidays, cottage weekends, camping trips, BBQs, picnics, beach days, splash pads, outdoor festivals, baseball games and soccer matches. And this month's box is all about celebrating and loving the warmth and joy that the right kind of summer day can bring. Make a refreshing iced tea with red clover blossoms. Cool down on the hottest days with an aromatic lemon balm hydrosol. Quench your thirst with a rhubarb and hibiscus shrub. Soothe bites and stings with a plantain bug bite spray. Sweeten up your life with a mint infused honey. Nourish yourself with a wild greens powder.
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Boxes are offered with sliding scale prices. To learn more about sliding scale pricing, please read this post. But basically, in a nut shell (pun intended!), I invite you to pay one of the reduced fees, if paying the full price would cause you to be less secure in your ability to meet your food, health, housing or essential transport needs. To determine where you fall on the scale when choosing which price to pay, please refer to this infographic created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk (Click image to enlarge).
Large boxes contain 6 products. Small boxes contain 4 products. Taxes and shipping are calculated at checkout. Shipping costs are waived if you are able to pick up your box at the Just Food Farm (You will receive an email when your box is ready.) Shipping in Canada only. You do not need a Paypal account to make your purchase.
Payments can also be made by etransfer to: leighdoris at gmail dot com or cheque made out to: The Wild Garden, 2389 Pepin Ct. Ottawa, ON, K1B 4Z3
This box is now SOLD OUT and will ship through Canada Post or be available for pick up at the Just Food Farm on Wednesday July 11th. August's box will be available for purchase soon!
Large boxes contain 6 products. Small boxes contain 4 products. Taxes and shipping are calculated at checkout. Shipping costs are waived if you are able to pick up your box at the Just Food Farm (You will receive an email when your box is ready.) Shipping in Canada only. You do not need a Paypal account to make your purchase.
Payments can also be made by etransfer to: leighdoris at gmail dot com or cheque made out to: The Wild Garden, 2389 Pepin Ct. Ottawa, ON, K1B 4Z3
This box is now SOLD OUT and will ship through Canada Post or be available for pick up at the Just Food Farm on Wednesday July 11th. August's box will be available for purchase soon!
About the Herbal Box
The Wild Garden Herbal Box is your opportunity to connect with and learn about the wild edible and healing plants of the Ottawa bioregion. Monthly boxes are delivered directly to your door. Each month’s box will explore a particular theme and comes with a detailed newsletter highlighting the products for the month and is full of information, historical lore, recipes and more! Herbal boxes make great gifts and can be shipped directly to the recipient.
Monthly subscribers also enjoy membership in the Monthly Herbal Box Facebook group as well as free access to plant walks by the Wild Garden during the month(s) for which they are subscribed (material fees apply and pre-registration is required).
With an herbal box you can:
The Wild Garden Herbal Box is your opportunity to connect with and learn about the wild edible and healing plants of the Ottawa bioregion. Monthly boxes are delivered directly to your door. Each month’s box will explore a particular theme and comes with a detailed newsletter highlighting the products for the month and is full of information, historical lore, recipes and more! Herbal boxes make great gifts and can be shipped directly to the recipient.
Monthly subscribers also enjoy membership in the Monthly Herbal Box Facebook group as well as free access to plant walks by the Wild Garden during the month(s) for which they are subscribed (material fees apply and pre-registration is required).
With an herbal box you can:
- build your own home apothecary of healing plants and discover traditional ways of supporting wellness
- support local, small-scale, organic permaculture
- incorporate more nutrient dense wild foods into your diet
- enjoy organically grown and ethically wild gathered foods and herbs delivered directly to your door (all products are made from herbs that I grow and gather myself on the Just Food Food Farm.)
- nourish yourself and your family with local, seasonal products handcrafted with love in small batches
- learn about the wild plants growing in the greater Ottawa bioregion
- loose-leaf tea blend
- herb infused honey or syrup
- herb infused vinegar
- wild herb seasoning blend, dried culinary herbs, herbal salts and sugars, herbal powders
- wild food preserve (jam, jelly, fruit leather, pickles…)
- tincture or elixir
- herbal salve
- body oil, body butter or lotion bar
- herbal scrub, bath salt or tub tea
- loose or compound incense