Mullein is one of my favorite local medicinal plants...party because of her soothing healing properties...and partly because she reminds me of the saguaro cacti that I love so much. Mullein thrives in unfriendly soil, bringing her healing medicine in the most unlikely places at times...fierce as a mama bear, healing and protecting those she loves even when they are potentially not in the most supportive environments. This mullein from last year's bounty towers like a monument of what has come and as a reminder of the turning season that is at our frozen doorsteps.

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