The Modern Homesteader | Art + Lifestyle Retreat June 13th-16th, 2024

Contemporary Practices From A Botanical Perspective You are in the garden at Hunter Moon Homestead with Kate Poole at the peak of spring! You are harvesting lavender, sage, chamomile, lemon balm, calendula, rose geranium, thyme, basil, oregano, dill, rose... With this botanical bounty, you will learn how to preserve, infuse, and distill. You will come to know the healing potentials for what you are harvesting very personally. You will learn to make fermented libations and infuse herbs into oil, vinegars, and honey. We are quite certain you will become a student of the ancient art of homeopathy, we will show you the first steps.  In the kitchen you will prepare foods enhanced by flavors and healing properties of the herbs and plants you have gathered. Canning and preserving food basics will be explored, and you will take away new versions of old recipes made so much better with added botanical plants. Local milk and nut milks will be magically transformed into cheese, you will taste the