About Suzanne Jordan |
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Suzanne Jordan is a Naturalist, Herbalist, Wildcrafter and Director of the Cedar Mountain Herb School teaching from a lifetime of personal and academic studies of plants and their environments. |
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"My passion for herbs started when I was a little girl. My Aunt Mary, who passed away in 2006 at 99 years old, shared with me her quiet passion for plants. She had a sun room in her home in Pennsylvania which housed dozens of beautiful plants which she taught me to care for, then took me outside and showed me her garden. She told me how to cook with herbs. She sent me home with seeds and cuttings. She showed me her money plant and taught me to plant it near the door to bring the money to the home which is an old Slovak tradition. I always put parsley and garlic in my chicken soup because of Aunt Mary. I was born in Pennsylvania and raised in Illinois with dirt so black it seemed that plants burst forth from seed the second they were tossed on the ground. My father had a huge vegetable garden and when I was old enough, he would carve out a tiny plot for me each spring. I can almost see him pick a ripe tomato right off the vine, sprinkle salt on it and eat it without ever leaving the garden. I learned so much from my Dad. He canned pickles from cucumbers from his garden and made us kids eat kohlrabi raw which was quite a feat, I must say. I donÕt remember everything I grew in that little garden of mine, but I do remember one year I planted seeds that grew into tiny seedless watermelons. I have never gotten over the joy of growing and eating vegetables I planted myself. An herbalist isn't just what I do, it's who I am. When people ask who you are and you say "IÕm am accountant," that is what you do, not who you are. For me, my work and who I am are the same. Not many people can say that. I am truly blessed. I didn't have any mentors besides my aunt and Dad. I have learned with various people along the way and read hundreds of guide books and herbal guides, but it is really the plants who have taught me. I work with them every day, literally every day, gathering herbs, making products, drinking teas, cooking with herbs and slathering them over my body." |
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Contact Good Natured Earthling
Suzanne@goodnaturedearthling.com
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