Those who have have read my herb garden posts for some time will know that the only way to effectively grow herbs at Cae Non is to use raised beds. The first batch of raised beds I built were made of scrap wood and were rectangular. This poses several problems, especially if you’re using offcuts of scrap wood of varying thicknesses and sizes – getting the planks to meet up […]
Again, a dearth of blog posts has very much been the case recently… but it is not because we have been idle; in fact it is because out in the real world, we have been very active! But often, the best laid out plans tend to be different in their planning to their execution, and sometimes an opportunity arises that is too good to pass up. I had planned for […]
So, as of this weekend, I have officially moved home. It’s been a process that has gradually been happening for a few days now. Last week I came home for 5 days, then went back to Lincoln for the weekend to start wrapping up my life as a student there. Of course, I’m not going to be fully wrapping up my life there, because I’ve put down quite a lot […]
Today has been my last exam. It was my final clinical exam, and I had been psyching myself up for it for weeks – possibly since I got my dissertation in. A few minutes after the exam, I was told I’d passed. I can’t believe it – the emotions running through my brain are a mixture of relief, elation, excitement, happiness… and a little bit of a bitter-sweet emotion as […]
Another milestone made. Today was my last day of clinic. For me, this is actually more profound than taking my last academic exams last week. Clinic is where I feel I have done most of my learning, at least practical learning, and the kind of learning I will be using in my own clinic in the future. And, because we often work as a group in clinic, there is a […]
One of the things that I’m sure will change as I move towards setting up my own practice is having other therapists immediately available to check, consult and discuss cases, and other non herbal stuff with. As I write this, I am making up some clinic hours shadowing one of the second year clinics. Because there is nothing really for me to do at this stage, other than physically be […]
Something that has always been mentioned to me is how many people flop after finishing their Herbal Medicine degrees. Actually, from what friends have said, everyone flops after finishing their degree. But this especially seems to be the case with people who have done the Herbal Medicine course. I think it’s because going through a course like this takes you on such a journey of self development and personal transformation […]
So, I’ve finally done it. Last written exam on the herbal medicine course. This means that I only have one more thing to do here in my time at Lincoln University, and that is my final clinical exam. I have no reason to suspect that I won’t whizz through that considering how well the mock went. I can’t believe what a journey this has been. Mu herbal medicine journey started […]
No time to write blog posts at the moment due to it being exam week! One down, one to go tomorrow morning. After that it’s just my final clinical then I will be through… hopefully! I have imported the archive of herbal blog posts I have made on the Cae Non website into this blog. Now, whenever I post there, it will also post to this site, for those who […]
There are so many herbs out at the moment, it is absolutely insane! The heat wave of the last couple of days has really brought a lot of plants out, and there are just so many herbs ready to harvest now (the next lot will be after midsummer). I am a firm believer in making one’s own medicines and medicinal products – tincture making is pretty easy to do, and […]