Return To Our Roots
Welcome to the outdoor Apothecary
The Outdoor Apothecary inspires naturally minded people to live with the seasons, become self-reliant, connect with nature, and protect their health through herbal living. We love celebrating “the old ways” of living to bring blessings to ourselves, our families, communities and to Mother Earth. We offer articles, tips, recipes and ideas on practical self-reliance, simple herbal remedies, foraging, gardening and reconnecting ourselves to our natural world and sacred ancestral traditions.
About Me: Barbi
I’m a bookish “earth mother” who loves to read and walk in the woods. I’m a wildcrafter & herbalist, avid gardener, collector of nature specimens, and field guide enthusiast.
I spent most of my childhood exploring our natural world and I’m now devoted to reviving the ancestral wisdom of plants as medicine and healers. I love spending hours outside tending to my gardens, gathering plants and herbs, being in nature,and learning skills of self-reliance like homemade soapmaking.
I give deep thanks and gratitude to my Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck family for inspiring me to honor our Mother Earth by dedicating myself to studying and sharing ancient lifeways and reviving the wonderous arts of plant medicine and nature connectedness. I sincerely hope you’ll join me on this journey.
Rewild Your Life
Connecting with nature is more than a walk through the woods. It’s about being conscious of seasonal changes, becoming intuned with the plants around us, and relearning the nature-language we’ve forgotten through our modern lives. We believe that incorporating the “old ways” of doing things, growing and harvesting our own food, and having a do-it-yourself spirit, promotes self-sufficiency and is an important part of leading a healthier lifestyle, closer to nature.
We hope to provide you with a foundation to rewild yourself through aligning with the cycles of the seasons and to help you in discovering the energies of the seasonal cycles.
Nourish Yourself with Nature
Free 29-page Guidebook to Celebrating the Seasons
A Guided Workbook to help you celebrate nature’s seasonal cycles with mindfulness and meaningful intentions – our gift to you! Learn how to live a mindful nature-connected life.
Wildcrafted Offerings
The Handmade & Wildcrafted Mercantile
Our wildcrafted offerings weave the Spirit of Plant Medicine and Ancestral Reverence into each item to bring us back into good relations with our Plant relations, ourselves, our environment & all of Creation.
Recent Posts
Easy Steps to Creating A Food Forest In Your Backyard
The Food Forest is an innovative new way of eating that combines organic farming with permaculture principles. Learn more about its benefits!
Lughnasadh and Lammas: Celebrating The First Harvest
Celebrate Lugnasadh and the first harvest as a way of honoring nature’s incredible fertile energy at this time of year, and as a way to connect with our natural world on a deeper, more meaningful level.
Amazing Plantain Weed: Nature’s Wonder Herb
Here’s everything you need to know about plantain weed, including how to identify and use this edible and medicinal herb.
Yarrow Tea: Both Magical and Medicinal
Yarrow tea made from yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) has been used in folk medicine for centuries. Discover some of the many benefits so you can harness its magic and medicine.
Amazing Yarrow Plant: The Native Herb with Surprising Uses
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Composting 101: An Easy Composting How To Guide
Making homemade compost is easy with this composting how to guide. Learn how to make, use and care for effective compost that will boost plant growth in your garden, while helping you be more sustainable!
Purslane: One of Mother Nature’s Wild Superfoods
Discover the benefits of purslane, an amazing superfood.
Easy Ways To Create A Pollinator Garden
Creating a pollinator garden will benefit every living creature and help keep our planet healthy.
Bioregional Herbalism and 8 Effective Ways To Practice
Bioregional herbalism focuses on knowing where your herbs come from, understanding how they interact with each other and with their environment, and using them in ways that align with those relationships.
10 Beautiful Rituals for Summer Solstice
Celebrate the first day of summer on June 21st with these rituals for summer solstice. May they bring you joy, love, and light in your life.
Harvesting Lemon Balm Plant and 3 Easy Drying Methods
Lemon balm plant is an herbal ally worth preserving and harvesting. Here are some tips on how to harvest, dry and preserve this amazing plant ally.
Eating Weeds: 22 Delicious Dandelion Recipes You Need to Try
If you haven’t been eating weeds, you’re missing out, especially when it comes to dandelion. Try these 22 dandelion recipes!
12 Amazing Benefits Of Lemon Balm You Need to Know
Discover the health and medicinal benefits Of Lemon Balm and why you need it in your garden.
Gardening as a Therapy and 6 Easy Herbs to Grow
Gardening as a therapy. As we plant and tend to our garden, we feel connected to the earth, to life, and most of all, connected to ourselves.
How To Use Blue Vervain Tea To Calm Anxiety
Blue vervain tea can help calm you down and sort of mellow the whole system out.
5 Easy Steps to Making And Using Blue Vervain Tincture
Blue vervain tincture helps you find peace in your body, mind, and emotions.
An Ancestral Diet and 12 Easy Wild Edible Plants to Enjoy
Here are some easy spring foods that you might want to consider gathering for food, medicine, or to start a more ancestral diet with.
13 Reasons Why Native Plants Are Best: A Wildlife Gardener’s Perspective
Many of us look at our yards as a place to grow food or flowers, but not necessarily for wildlife.
Litha: The Incredible History, Lore & 20 Ways to Celebrate
Everything you need to know about the celebration of Litha including the history, folklore, and ways to celebrate.
Edible Lilacs: 7 Delicious Spring Recipes
Edible lilacs are a spring treat that can’t be beat. Try them in one of these amazing recipes.
Blue Vervain: The Hidden Aspects Of A Magical Medicinal Herb
If you’re wondering how to identify Blue vervain, then this article is just for you. After reading through this article you will be able to spot blue vervain wherever it is growing as well as know its medicinal benefits and uses.
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