Wildcrafting
Spent a beautiful few early Sunday morning hours wild harvesting Larrea tridentata , aka creosote bush, to make chaparral salve. This beautiful piece of Chihauhauan desert is just two blocks from the 6th Avenue shala. All a part of my backyard. In a manner of speaking. Larrea tridentata does not play well with others. Typically not much grows around creosote bush plants. It seems that the roots are so efficient at absorbing water that they leave little for other species. On t