Change has always been a part of all life, however changes in nature happen at a pace that most of us never have the chance to witness. We either don't spend enough time in one place, or we get too caught up in our day to day lives and manufactured landscapes to really care to notice.

When I first built the yurt in May 2005, the flood plain beside Beaver Creek was full of Burdocks. Over the years, the Burdocks have given way to Giant Ragweed, Dames Rocket and Jewelweed. Just last year the Jewelweed was so abundant that it served as a great teaching tool to discuss the medicinal properties of wild plants. It has now completely walked off to a different part of the property entirely. Even the Raspberries have changed, over the years they had been harvested by local visitors traipsing through the brush. The very next season Stinging Nettle was flanking their sides keeping unsuspecting travelers at bay.

It was almost as if the plants where talking to one another calling in the warriors for help. No one eats the raspberries anymore, although the stinging nettle has proven to be a great medicinal tea for those in need.

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