Substacks recommended by Sarah Donoghue

Recommended by Sarah Donoghue

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

What Anne doesn't know about medicinal trees just isn't worth knowing. Her fascinating research is a joy to read.

- Sarah Donoghue

The Villager

By Tom Cox

New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.

Comical insights into village life. A highly engaging read.

- Sarah Donoghue

H A G

By Ali Isaac

Where female senescence intersects with Irish landscape, mythical and natural.

Story telling from ancient landscapes.

- Sarah Donoghue

Brunette Gardens

By Lisa Brunette

Homesteading 🌱 on a quarter acre in the city, with a little snark and a lot of healing heart. ❤️‍🩹

So much more than a gardening diary. Lisa's personal take on growing and homesteading is so moving and inspiring, you can't help but lean into her world. Highly recommended.

- Sarah Donoghue

Mark Diacono's Garden To Table

Food - from garden to table - and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.

I love Mark's recipes and his general "bon viveur" attitude to working with herbs and spices. Fabulous read.

- Sarah Donoghue

Judson Carroll, Master Herbalist

Herbal Medicine

Raising the profile of herbal medicine. Judson's posts set the bar for quality and accuracy of information. An invaluable resource for home herbalists everywhere.

- Sarah Donoghue

Practical Self Reliance

By Ashley

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

Ashley generously shares her in-depth knowledge about growing, canning and preserving food. Her articles go way beyond the basics, are are a must read for anyone looking to live a more self sufficient lifestyle.

- Sarah Donoghue

Wild Food • Wild Medicine • Wild You

By Monica Wilde

A free weekly newsletter about natural medicine, wild foods, foraging and Lyme disease. Helping connect you to the wild world for food, health and spirit.

Monica is the Guru of all things wild food. An inspiring read full of practical foraging tips.

- Sarah Donoghue

The Herbalist's Diary

Recommended by Sarah Donoghue