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Same great blog, savvy new name. There are a couple of reasons for this: 1)I’ve  always wanted my own domain name and pennyscout.com was taken. 2) No one calls me Penny anymore, and when I try to introduce myself that way at gatherings it just gets confusing. 3) I can’t promise I’ll do away with [...]

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Roommate Wanted!

Thinking about delving in to the Portland rewilding scene? Or just need a place to stay? I need a roommate ASAP for my 2 bedroom apartment in Sellwood, a pretty, safe, quiet Portland, OR neighborhood on the SE side of town. I live in a cute retro apartment complex that includes a fireplace,  outdoor pool, and dock [...]

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Each Tuesday night in March from 6:30-8:30 we will be covering a different topic in botany geared toward helping you, the novice wildcrafter, identify useful wild plants. Basic edible and medicinal properties of examples covered in class will also be briefly discussed. Tuesday, March 3rd: The seasonal harvest cycle. What to harvest when and why. [...]

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Spring is not yet here, so we will continue to harness the darkness of January for still, inner work. The remaining Tuesdays will consist of continued intuitive experimentation with common and local herbs. For example, we might meditate with the three different immune support herbs in one night and compare their similarities and differences, or [...]

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Rewild Xmas

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lolcat breakup

The beginning: The middle: The end:

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Snow!

I am told it almost never snows in Portland…anymore. Indeed this is the winteriest I’ve seen it since my arrival. Therefore I am giving the snow storm the dubious honor of immortalization in blog format: Chains? What are those? I’d never seen tire chains in my life before moving out here, or understood why one [...]

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I am looking for help in designing my new website, trackerofplants.com. If anyone is interested in trading for plant classes or medicine or personal instruction this should be fairly straightforward…I have some templates I more or less like that you can go off of and the content will be very brief, about 7 pages? But [...]

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Intuitive Community Herbalism Dec 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 6:30-8:30 pm For this radical, hands-on approach to medicine I will facilitate a healing circle. Part magic show, part democracy, part spiritual revival. Each week one participant will volunteer a current health issue they would like to work on and write it on a note card. [...]

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A Snail Tale

Helix aspersa “Honey, I have something to tell you. I’ve got snails.” “What, does that mean I have ‘em too?” So went the conversation between Urban Scout and I when I phoned from the Oregon Garden to tell him about my latest foraging score. Long-time fans may remember my first wild snail experience about a [...]

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Usnea

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Got Ants in your panties? Feeling like you’re going nuts? Try the treat with a tang that can‘t be beat! After days of research Penny Scout is proud to bring you this high-quality-crunch-in-your-mouth snack. From the first moment Penny summoned the courage to pop a wiggling ant in her mouth she was in love. She [...]

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