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One of the main features of HerbMentor is the video lessons. HerbMentor commits to adding at least one new skills video a month in addition to ongoing plant studies.

  • Remedies and Recipes will focus on lessons. These are either full video demonstrations or audio slideshows, which feature photos and narration.

  • HerbWalk with Kiva Rose: Take a tour of Kiva's "backyard" in the Gila Wilderness. 15 amazing herbs, and many that have close relatives in most of North America.

  • Plant Walk with Jim McDonald: Join Jim as he covers many East Coast/ Mid West herbs in great detail.  We have over 3 hours of Jim speaking and we will be releasing a new herb every two weeks starting August, 2009.

  • Plant Studies with John and Rosalee focus on learning a plant, its family, some key identifying characteristics, as well as a few common uses.

  • Botanical Video Series with Dr. Sharol Tilgner: Enjoy these very detailed plant studies from an out of print video resource that I LOVED when I started learning.

  • Ancestree Herbals Videos with Rosalee: Visit an herb farm to learn about how to grow herbs, as well as ideas on how to use them.

  • Herb Walks feature other herbalists giving their unique perspectives of herbalism as they take show us plants in the field.

  • Bill Church's Video Field Guide: Videos to correspond with Bill's Plant Field Guide, available on this site for free to members.

  • Interviews and random videos: An hour with Susun Weed, as well as other odds and ends...

You can now watch our videos on your iPod or iPhone! Simply....

  1. Download the mp4 of the video (lower right icon on video player).

  2. Import into iTunes.

  3. Highlight the file in iTunes and select: Advanced> Create iPod or iPhone Version.

  4. Next time you sync, the video will appear in the "Movies" section on your mobile device. Of course, you'll need to tell iTunes you want the video to sync with your device after you have it plugged in.

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To browse our dozens of videos, use the "In this Category" links below...

Recent articles

  Juniper Smudge Video
Sep 1, 2010
Ever been out camping and the bugs are driving you crazy? This recently happened to Xavier and Rosalee while traveling through the southwest. This video will show you how to use a smudge to deter those pests!
  Mullein video
Aug 31, 2010
Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is an herb that most of us having growing nearby. It's relaxing, and is helpful for lung conditions where there is tightness, tension, irriration and dry coughing...
  Beebalm video
Aug 23, 2010
Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) is often called "oregano of the mountains." and is a member of the mint family. One of Kiva's favorite plants, she makes everything from pesto to tincture with it...
  Milkweed video
Aug 17, 2010
Learn all about milkweed, Asclepias syrica, in this video with Rosalee de la Foret. She'll cover edible and medicinal uses as well as highlights it's important role in the ecosystem...
  Alder video
Aug 16, 2010
Alder is a common tree in North America. Canyon Alder (Alnus oblongifolia) is the species Kiva gathers in the Gila. The leaves are anti-inflammatory and healing, and are great in salve...
  Elder video
Aug 9, 2010
Kiva Rose shows us the multi-purpose plant elderberry. One can use the leaves as a salve for swelling, or oil infusions, the flowers as an excellent tea for fever, the berries modulating the immune system...
  Black cherry video
Aug 2, 2010
Kiva Rose talks about the black cherry, Prunus serotina, and its many uses such as a digestive tonic, beverage tea, and tincture for a variety of rashes, irritations and wounds...
  Harvesting & Preparing Cattails: Part 6
Jul 25, 2010
In this last video in the series we head back to the cattail swamps to learn how cattails can be used in a variety of utilitarian ways. From baskets to insulation cattail has a lot to offer!
  Harvesting & Preparing Cattails: Part 5
Jul 22, 2010
Heading back to the swamps in the height of summer, Xavier describes how to harvest both cattail pollen and the cattail cobs in part 5 of this cattail series. Besides being edible and nutritious cattail pollen is also used medicinally...
  Harvesting Spring Beauties and Osha Root
Jul 21, 2010
Join Xavier de la Foret at a 5,000 foot elevation to learn how to harvest spring beauties and osha sustainably. You'll learn how to find the biggest bulbs of spring beauties and how to correctly ID osha root...
  Harvesting & Preparing Cattails: Part 4
Jul 19, 2010
Join Rosalee and Xavier in the kitchen to learn how to use your cattail rhizomes. These can be prepared in a variety of ways and Xavier will show you several methods for processing the starch to make cattail flour.
  Harvesting & Preparing Cattails: Part 3
Jul 18, 2010
Continuing on our cattail adventures we head back to the cattail swamp. In this video Xavier will show you how to harvest the cattail rhizomes. These horizontal shallow roots contain a starchy flour-like substance.
  Harvesting & Preparing Cattails: Part 2
Jul 17, 2010
Back home again Rosalee and Xavier show you how to safely prepare cattail shoots for eating. They'll cover both how to eat it fresh as well as how to dry it for later use. Yum!
 
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