Chickweed Collective

01/11/2024

I have a couple joints that hold all my Chronic Lyme's Disease pain- and today i woke up and the pain is totally gone!!! Sweet relief and thank you to Jill Schimmelpfennig for doing community acupuncture Soulcraft Bloomington last night!!

03/12/2023

Monique, one of the organizers of Chickweed Collective, has launched a new pursuit and life path called Soulcraft! Check out her website and an impressive list of classes, workshops, and community offerings for the spring! http://www.soulcraftbloomington.com/food-for-the-soul.html The link will take you to a collaboration between Monique and Michelle (another CC organizer!) for an April weekend filled with gathering local wild edibles and medicines to process, cook, and create together. Knowing these two, it will be so much more than that, too!
There are also one day workshops, programs for young girls and teens, and a class on learning to make bark containers (which some of you received one we made in one of the Chickweed Collective CSA's!).

Spend the weekend gathering wild edibles and wild medicines from various ecosystems in beautiful Southern Indiana! We will learn about, ethically harvest, process, cook, and of course devour lots of...

12/11/2022

Folks! We're excited to announce a small pop-up of Chickweed Collective offerings right before Winter Solstice!
》Trying something new and letting you pick 3 items from the list below (+ let us know a 4th too in case 1 of the top 3 is not available)
》We'll fill orders as they come in. Pick-up will be on Saturday, December 17th between 10am and 12noon at the Rose Hill Farm Stop community area at 902 West Kirkwood, Bloomington.
》Cost is $35, payment accepted on the day of pick-up or Venmo (given through private message with your order).

》CHOOSE 3 (+1 extra just in case)
Mini Wreath (all natural items)
Medicinal Lip Balm
Eczema Relief Cream
Marigold-Honey Face Mask
Persimmon-Autumn Olive Fruit- Leather
Apple Bark Bitters
Milky Oat tincture
Holiday Anxiety Blend (tincture)
Cough Blend (tincture)
Wild Cherry Bark tincture

08/04/2022

Sneak peek of the Chickweed Collective drinks to be served up at Farm Fest tomorrow at Seven Ridges!

07/12/2022

July 2022 CSA is out, thank you all that signed up! We really had a lot of fun with this one. **Stay tuned for a giveaway coming up in the next few days with some of the extra items!**
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JUNEBERRY LAVENDER SHRUB- perfect sour and tangy way to preserve the fruits of the juneberry harvest
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LINDEN ROSE TEA- linden's energy is calming and still, bringing on the contentment felt on the best slow, lazy days of summer
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PEACH BARK TINCTURE- to help with heat exhaustion when you're feeling overly hot and overworked this summer
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MIMOSA GLYCERITE- mimosa flowers are so light and joyful as they dance in the air. Upon closer look the flowers tingle like nerve fibers. It provides a medicine that is uplifting, antidepressent, an affinity to relieve grief.
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SUN RELIEF LOTION- made with homegrown aloe, comfrey, and mint
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DREAM PILLOW- a time tested way to create a relaxing nighttime ritual that provides calm, restful sleep and dream recall. Made with mugwort, wormwood, and lavender.
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TULIP BARK BASKET- during one month of the year, if conditions are right, tulip bark can be harvested to make these baskets. They were a common basket for the indigenous people of the area- Miami and Potowatami.
*picture 2- creating baskets together.

06/21/2022

5 SPOTS LEFT in our July CSA, getting delivered on Saturday, July 9th. Link in comments below.
Each member will receive one of these tulip tree bark baskets, each handmade and unique and perfect for transporting a small amount of foraged foods!

04/12/2022

We're here for Year 2! Sign up for this year's Spring/Summer Chickweed Collective CSA to receive all 3 of our seasonal offerings. The first box comes out the day before Mother's Day! ..
Each box contains 5 or more items that may include: fresh or prepared wild foods, seasonings, pickled foods, tea blends, tinctures, elixirs, oxymels, syrups, herbal salves, oils, and other wellness items. ..
Each share is a surprise of seasonal, all local, wild food and plant remedies. ..
LINK IN COMMENTS BELOW TO A GOOGLE SIGN UP FORM.

03/27/2022

Our 5th Chickweed Collective CSA!!! Last year around this time, the three of us met to brainstorm an idea that was forming, to begin a bond over the love of plants and community, and make to-do lists for a new kind of CSA that would allow us to share herbal remedies and tasty wild foods. Thank you to everyone that supported us, joining together in celebration of the land and its many gifts.
We've got some cool things coming up this Spring/Summer, stay tuned!
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In today's CSA box:
CHICKWEED PESTO-
Chickweed, our namesake, we love it for so many reasons! An abundant superfood loaded with minerals, vitamins, and folic acid.
ELECAMPANE HONEY-
To soothe sore throats, draw out congestion and soothe coughs.
HEALTHY SKIN TEA BLEND-
(Pictured in the next 2 frames)
Scouring rush, shiso leaf, dried apple and pear combine in this blend for a tea that is as delicious as it is nourishing for our skin and strengthening to connective tissues.
APPLE BARK TINCTURE-
Mother Nature's answer to acid reflux and heartburn!
SASSAFRAS ELIXIR-
A delicious experiment of ours! A strong sassafras extract mixed with maple syrup from Seven Ridges Farm.
RUSTIC CONIFER SOAP-
With a deep scent of a conifer forest, this soap is chock-full of skin healing herbs to nourish skin tired from the dry winter.
ACORN FLOUR CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE MIX-
Say what! Yes, deliciousness and the last of our Autumn Acorn harvest. So much love in these cookies!

03/02/2022

Anyone else feeling a new 'spring' in their step today?! Chickweed is growing strong in the greenhouse so we harvested some for a delicious pesto that will be in the next CSA box on March 26! There are still some spots available, sign-up in our bio. Message us for details.
> items are made with plants only from our own gardens and local forests.
> items range from prepared wild foods to tea blends to wellness items like tinctures, salves, and elixirs
> 5-7 items in each box

12/22/2021

Happy Winter Solstice! Saying hello to the sun this morning and thanking him for brightening our days for longer and longer periods of time until the Summer Solstice. What a gift and remembrance.
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These are some of the pine sugar cookies! It's easy to make your own for the holidays. Find some white pine needles, those are the ones with 5 needles to a bundle! Pulse them with cane sugar and use the sugar as you would regular sugar in your favorite sugar or shortbread recipe! So delicious and nutritious.

12/13/2021

The December Chickweed Collective boxes went out to folks this past Saturday! As always, they were packed with local foraged and grown ingredients! It was really fun to put together, with collaborations from each of us on locally foraged and garden grown plants. We still have a few openings for the March 26 box if you're interested.
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HOLIDAY ANXIETY TINCTURE
from our gardens- passionflower, hops, skullcap, and catnip
This powerhouse blend is a wonderful ally for all types of anxiety, nervous tension, overstimulation and restless sleep...perfect for when you have a long to do list or a family gathering that gives you stress!
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FIRE CIDER
all locally grown ingredients- horseradish, onion, garlic, ginger, aji and jalapeno peppers, wild rose hips, and homemade apple cider vinegar
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SHROOMS AND ROOTS CHAI BLEND
wild foraged reishi, turkey tail, and chaga mushrooms along with burdock, dandelion, ginger and turmeric roots
We imagine friends enjoying this tea together after a long winter hike, cheers to good health!
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WILD FORAGERS SEASONING MIX
wild dittany was the inspiration for this seasoning packet. A native perennial woodland herb that has a spicy oregano flavor, it also has antifungal properties and is a strong infection fighter.
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PINE SUGAR
add to your favorite sugar cookie or shortbread recipe to bring that evergreen goodness and added vitamin C to your baking
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ARTISAN WILD CHERRY MARSHMALLOWS
perfect reason for a campfire to gather friends around, the cherry flavor comes out stronger when roasted!
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PERSIMMON PULP
this little orange fruit is like pumpkin pie straight off the tree, it's flavor is so unique and a great wild source of potassium and vitamin C.