I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Krista, and I’m an artist, author, photographer and grower of deliciousness on my Australian farm. I’m also a grateful survivor-thriver who believes in the power of stories, nature, and creativity to heal the darkest experiences of our lives.
My great love is making beautiful things with herbs, from nourishing remedies and fragrant teas to luscious home-brews and divine sausages, cheeses, breads, and preserves. I share those recipes and ideas through my books, teach them in workshops, and send them to you straight from my tiny kitchen via my Etsy shoppe.
I love working with folks to build a home apothecary, stock a pantry, or just have fun making delicious and nourishing things.
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A Good Plan for Good Land
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." J.R.R. Tolkien I've been thinking about the land so much this year as...
Courage, Dear Heart
I look outside and the air is filled with smoke and dust as the wind howls across the land. I walk outside and underfoot the ground is dry and cracked, some cracks big enough to easily slide my hand into. I knock on the side of our last rainwater tank and it is barely...
In this Upheaval, I am Safe
Sometimes Bear and I look back on the past 8 months and just laugh. Other times I have a good old cry and he holds me, kisses me on the forehead and says, "I know, babe." It has been dreadful. Awful. Scary. Painful. Overwhelming. Frustrating. But also, somehow, one of...