Wildcrafting
October 8, 2009
Wildcrafting Yerba Buena
People often wonder what wildcrafting is like. Here is a picture I took last week, sitting underneath a bush harvesting my favorite wild mint, Yerba Buena, in the local coastal mountains. I spent the whole day crawling around beneath the...Posted by michael in Wildcrafting | Comments (0)
September 11, 2009
Black Sage Harvest 2009
Oh my goodness we're up to our ears in Black Sage right now. Everyone has heard of White Sage, but Black Sage is my favorite of California's wild Sages. It is much more fruity and floral smelling than White Sage....Posted by michael in Juniper Ridge | Wildcrafting | Comments (0)
October 31, 2008
Yerba Buena Harvesting
Sheez, talk about a nice day! I'm writing this on Halloween, but thinking back to the beautiful, hot July day Laura (on the right, our customer service manager) and Alli (left, sales manager) spent wildcrafting Yerba Buena, Coyote Mint...Posted by Hall in Wildcrafting | Comments (2)
April 11, 2008
Laura's Anza Borrego Adventure
I am a newer Juniper Ridge employee; camping in Anza Borrego was my first official Juniper Ridge company outing. On our first full day in the desert we decided to tackle a scenic hike that would wind us through views...Posted by laurasweitzer in Wildcrafting | Comments (1)
February 28, 2008
Wildcrafting Juniper
Here are some pics from our recent juniper wildcrafting trip... \ Wildcrafting can be fun fun fun - Nicole (long time Juniper Ridge customer) and Vicki (Juniper Ridge Art Director) laughing it uip on the ranch Here we are loading...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (0)
February 22, 2008
News for 2008
We realize that we have not posted to our blog in ages and wanted to let all of our dedicated customers know that we are going to update our blog in March and start posting to it regularly. We get...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting
November 5, 2006
Down on the Ranch
The Juniper Ridge crew at the Varian Family's V6 ranch For the past two summers, we’ve harvested Juniper at Jack and Zee Varian’s stunningly gorgeous, 25,000 acre ranch in central California. But I can never figure out why Jack...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (1)
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...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (1)
November 24, 2005
Last Wildcrafting Trip of the Season
Here we are harvesting juniper early in the morning - this is extremely hot country, even in the late Fall, so the best time to pick is from 6am to noon or so. Art photo and cover of this...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (4)
August 20, 2005
White Sage Harvest
Here it is, for all of you White Wage fetishists - the biggest White Sage patch in the world! I've driven the White Sage country from very northern and of its range in the Santa Lucias to the southern...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (14)
May 17, 2005
Wildcrafting Season Begins!
Here are some pictures from our recent juniper harvesting trip - wildflowers are out in force this Spring folks! Juniper country in the California's southern Diablo mountains - notice how thick the Juniper is in the hills. In this dry...Posted by juniperridge in Wildcrafting | Comments (8)
