Substacks recommended by Brunette Gardens

Recommended by Brunette Gardens

The place for gardeners who love to read, readers and writers who garden, and anyone who wants to have deeper, more meaningful conversations about horticulture and nature in times of great change.

Chronically Human, Practically Healing

By Kat Hossack

The official newsletter, blog, podcast and online hub for practices and recipes by Kat Hossack of Evoke Body + Mind.

I refer readers of Brunette Gardens to her somatic meditations, which work well for autoimmune conditions with trauma at their root.

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Backyard Farming Connection: Homesteading and Gardening

By Gretchen

For the Homesteader, the Gardener and the Do-it-Yourselfer, a weekly newsletter and vibrant community of like-minded people to inspire you on your backyard farming journey.

Medicinal Tree Woman

By Anne Stobart

All things plant-related for a sustainable healthy lifestyle, especially medicinal trees and shrubs, herbal recipes, permaculture design and forest gardening.

Looking forward to Anne Stobart's new book!

- Brunette Gardens

A Private Chef

By Will Cooper

Working as a private chef on a small family farm, deep in the countryside of rural England. I make vinegar, forage, preserve, smoke and ferment the ingredients around me and am also the guardian of two rather obstinate honeybee colonies.

Not all chefs can write, and certainly not all writers can cook. Will does both with beauty and grace.

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Bush Food Forager

By J.P.

What to forage for in the Australian bush: native plants, wild herbs and edible weeds.

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I've learned a lot about the so-called "weeds" in my own backyard kingdom from this Substack.

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The Herbalist's Diary

By Alchemilla Apothecary

Herbal tutorials and folktales from the Cornish countryside. Home medicine making projects from the notebooks of a professional herbalist.

Sarah Donoghue has a wealth of experience and training as an herbalist, and her unique take makes a subscription more than worth it!

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Unsettled Science

By Nina Teicholz

Why it's hard to get trustworthy advice on nutrition & health

With every post, Nina Teicholz fights the corrupt mechanisms ruining our food and health. And she does it with science and data on her side.

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Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Practical Self Reliance

By Ashley

Foraging, Preserving, and Homesteading Adventures. Follow along to learn more practical ways to be self-reliant.

The Suburb Farm

By Erin

Growing food to replace the lawn. Adapting our suburban property for food production. Reconnecting with the seasonal rhythms of the year. We can't all live on a farm, but we can do our bit where we're planted. I photo-document our progress.

A Midwestern gardener drawing on permaculture principles with an adorable family project.

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QTR’s Fringe Finance

By Quoth the Raven

Liberty. Finance. Bullshit.

Saving Culture (from itself)

By Jenny Holland // Saving Culture From Itself

Personal politics for the politically homeless. Writing on life, love and the toxic culture that's driving us all mad.

Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.

The hill Matt Taibbi's willing to die on is free speech.

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