I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Krista, and I’m an artist, author, photographer and grower of deliciousness on my Australian farm. I’m also a grateful survivor-thriver who believes in the power of stories, nature, and creativity to heal the darkest experiences of our lives.
My great love is making beautiful things with herbs, from nourishing remedies and fragrant teas to luscious home-brews and divine sausages, cheeses, breads, and preserves. I share those recipes and ideas through my books, teach them in workshops, and send them to you straight from my tiny kitchen via my Etsy shoppe.
I love working with folks to build a home apothecary, stock a pantry, or just have fun making delicious and nourishing things.
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Messy Glory
I love these words by Mara Glatzel: "The trick of a lifetime is the story that we have to already know how to do something perfectly before we commit ourselves to it. That we should rehearse in secret, working things out on our own lest someone should see and judge us...
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
I loved wandering through so many different gardens in Tasmania. From the Australian natives at the Brickendon Estate Gardens and the lavish rose gardens at Woolmers Estate, to the country charms of Armytage House and the staggering scale of the Royal Tasmanian...
Time to Live
Morning sunshine is streaming through the kitchen windows as I sit quietly with my coffee and listen to the ticking of the cuckoo clock while I think through the last few months. It has been deeply unsettling for me, in a painful, exhausting, yet wondrously beautiful...