badger bulletin - spring 2021
"american badgers look like they're about to drag you into a back alley and pull a shiv on you to demand money for their meth habit"
must 💚 plants
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wabi-sabi
it was here, in the proverbial waiting room of the almost-dead, i learned of some of the 'crazy' remedies that people with no hope had resorted to and it was here my disgust for the shoddy/fake/hope-in-a-bottle-wildly-promoting-medicinal-herbs that were being pawned off on the desperate was instilled. i vowed then and there to create something real using true plant extracts. Â
farmstand is the new curbside
grimsby happens to be the gateway to horticultural paradise:  the talent and traditions of its residents combined with the innate beauty of the physical geography provide endless ways to find amusing diversion. sound enticing? well, it all begins when you pocket the shipping fee and pick-up your order right at our farm.Â
farmstand life
i'll cut to the chase right up front: farmstands provide the most transparent farm-to-consumer experience available. if you get excited about the freshness and bounty that explodes through a farmers market then what you get from a farmstand will blow your mind! Â
the comfort of comfrey
left to rest for a few months in the cool, dark extracts cellar, the highly desirable phytonutrients seep into the solvents and the result is heavily infused extracts ... they are a dark, mystical hue and there is no mistaking the fact that the solvents have changed dramatically and are now heavily impregnated with wonders of the comfrey root. Â
wow 2019, thank you!!!
many of the people i meet is due to the fact that they have given up on mainstream personal care products and they like the idea of knowing that what they use on their bodies every day is from a trusted source. on one hand it seems crazy that a plant-nerd like myself who finds herself floating around this farm in a state that seems so disconnected from the mainstream, that i have become the 'trusted source' for so many.
grow where you are planted
our farm sits on a ridge that, on one side, drops down to lake ontario and on the other, slowly drops in grade all the way to wyoming.
vauxhall, the archetype
london, new york, grimsby ... a lot of great stories start in the garden and i think that the best stories keep the garden central to the entire tale. quite frankly, who wants to stray from the delights which can be found in the garden?
vauxhall-grown chamomile
At Vauxhall Gardens, we grow a German strain of Chamomile that surpasses other varieties in its high essential oil compounds. Chamomile is known for its soothing, anti-inflammatory benefits.
Vauxhall Grown: Helichrysum
Stimulating cell regeneration, reduction of free-radical damage which prevents premature aging of the skin and phenomenal toning qualities, Helichrysum works hard at keeping your skin looking young.
