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October 5, 2006

Black Sage Harvest

While White Sage may be the paparazzi-stalked superstar of wild sages since everyone from Tulsa to Timbuktu seems to know about and want White Sage, Black Sage is its quiet country cousin and one of my favorite of the native sages of the West. Black sage grows on steep hillsides and coastal bluffs in California's gorgeous Big Sur/central coastal region. In my most humble and extraordinarily informed opinion, it is superior to White Sage for pure olafactory pleasure (geez that was a convoluted way to say that it smells great). See our new Big Sur Sage sachet to enjoy the smell of the Big Sur coast in your home. Here are some pictures from the Black Sage harvest ...


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