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The Wild Carrot Farmstead A small family farmstead crafting honest skincare & herbal goods from our land to your hands.

Goat milk, grass-fed tallow, and wild botanicals—made the old-fashioned way, with prayer & purpose. 398,000 followers on Instagram 💕 Licensed & Educated 20+ yrs

10/11/2026

October and November are some of my favorite months for dividing comfrey!
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As temperatures cool, this beautiful botanical begins shifting its energy away from producing those enormous green leaves and down into its roots, preparing for winter and another growing season.
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And that makes autumn a wonderful time to divide and transplant comfrey crowns!
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A crown is simply where the roots and stems meet.
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We dig up our established plants, shake away the soil, and carefully divide them into smaller sections, making sure each piece has a healthy growing bud and a good portion of root attached.
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One mature plant can often give us 4–8 new plants!
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And let me tell you, comfrey is RESILIENT!
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Even a small piece of root left behind can produce an entirely new plant. Wonderful when you want more comfrey, but also why you should choose its permanent home wisely!
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When replanting, space your crowns 2–3 feet apart, tuck the growing buds 1–2 inches beneath the soil, add some good compost, and water them in.
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IF YOU ORDER A COMFREY CROWN FROM US THIS AUTUMN!
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Get that little crown into soil NOW!
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You can plant it directly into your garden while the ground is workable, or pot it up, protect it from severe winter freezing, and transplant it into its permanent home come spring.
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And don’t worry if your crown arrives without those big beautiful leaves!
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We trim the foliage before shipping because dormant crowns travel much better without delicate greenery that can wilt along the way. And we use those leaves too! 😉
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Comfrey has long been one of my favorite plants in our herbal gardens. From traditional topical preparations and infused oils to its nutrient-rich foliage for composting, it’s one of those plants that just keeps on giving! And chickens and rabbits love it too!
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While everything above the soil is slowing down, there’s still so much happening beneath it!
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Our freshly divided comfrey crowns are available at www.wcfmarket.com while supplies last!
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10/05/2026

Great granny in the hills would swallow 4 pokeberries a day, whole, passing the toxic seed through her stool, leaving behind a sworn family remedy to her rheumatoid arthritis.
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Poke sallet, using the shoots and leaves, and blanching & rinsing, essentially, several times, is the basis to a popular regional dish, made from the pokeweed plant (Phytolacca americana).
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Growing up we’d also run around smearing the berries across our lips & cheeks for a quick, natural diy lip and cheek stain- Ulta, what?!
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Then there’s other preparations using…possibly the most feared & misunderstood berries in the region…this lymph-moving…immune-boosting…joint-loving…anti-inflammatory pokeberry elixir. Like I made, here, to stock up for the winter this week.
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Yes, this plant is to be used with extreme caution. In limited amounts. With education. There’s contraindications. Do your research. This is not medical advice. But a folk remedy that I take for myself.
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I have been out of the loop for a bit & taking a much needed break after navigating one of the worst flares I’ve endured throughout my chronic illness journey.
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I’m back. But I’m depleted now. Atrophied. Weak. Sluggish.
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My body needs movement & a recharge. My lymph has been stagnant, along with the rest of my body, & now it’s time to get it moving.
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The lymphatic system helps manage tissue fluid, transport immune cells, & move cellular waste…which is why supporting normal lymphatic circulation is something I pay attention to during recovery.
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I use this elixir very intentionally as part of supporting lymphatic movement & that transition back into feeling like myself by taking approximately 50 washed berries & muddling them into a quart jar.
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Then I fill half the jar with raw apple c***r vinegar and shake vigorously.
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Next, I strain everything out of the berries, seeds especially (root is also extremely toxic, side note)
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Then add honey to the rest of the strained vinegar to the top of the jar & shake and stir until incorporated.
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This is your pokeberry elixir & is shelf stable for up to a year (or longer) & even longer in the fridge.
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I add 1 TBS to 8oz tonic water over ice and drink no more than one a day. 💕

I wanted to give you all a little health update and what my personal life’s been like the last 6/8 weeks while I’m havin...
09/25/2026

I wanted to give you all a little health update and what my personal life’s been like the last 6/8 weeks while I’m having a break in nausea.
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I’ll be taking a sick day today- and that’s a pretty rare occurrence for me. But I have to tell you, even if it feels vulnerable or uncomfortable for me to share (which it does a bit) my health has begun to slip a bit again.
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I was at the er last night for Iv fluids and support from uncontrolled vomitting. The last time I was in the er was 2024 for 9 days, and was my last incident.
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For the past two years, I’ve enjoyed remission.
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That’s the thing with illnesses that flare- you often don’t know when they’ll come, and sometimes they’ll stay and won’t leave for years- and sometimes they go as quickly as they come.
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For those of you new- I have lived with several chronic gi conditions for the last several decades of my life.
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For those of you who have been around- you’ve seen me navigate my sickest days and still show up as a mother/wife/farmer/business owner.
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That’s what living with chronic illness is about. Being persevering warriors.
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Life doesn’t stop when these flares pop up out of the middle of nowhere- it’s just a time for our family to reorganize, rearrange, and pull together so that we can still keep running and going, even when one of our key players is out.
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I’m blessed that my husband and kids work here also and we all know what to do, and how to do it, in times like this. I’m so grateful for them to carry the load when needed. 💕
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We have been behind on some orders bc of my health slip and Jason has been working around the clock to get them shipped and out. We appreciate your patience!
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We decided to prioritize orders already placed and not have a drop and restock today, like we typically do, while we navigate this health setback.
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I am back out of the hospital and feeling better now that I’ve been able to get the fluids replenished that I’ve been losing through the constant stomach evacuating.
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The main concern is always to prevent dehydration- because when that sets in- is when everything becomes so much worse.
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Thank you all for being here for your support! 💕🫶🙏

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10510 E State Route W
Drexel, MO
64742

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