Welcome to our Backyard Medicine Cabinet!
We are Rodney and Jen, college sweethearts married since 1996 and proud empty-nester parents of our beautiful twins, Will and Jillian, as well as our many rescued pets and animals! We live on 13 wooded acres in western Maryland across from a wildlife management area. The lake in the photo below is part of that area and our house is at the foot of the mountain behind us in the picture.
This site is a compilation of hours of hands-on and online research and experimentation of growing, foraging for, preparing, and cooking our own food and plants as we’ve journeyed along our own path to wellness from the inside out! This includes both our successes and many failed attempts with building our own gardens, growing our own plants, and preparing meals – in hopes that we can save you time and help you find success more quickly!
Although we’ve created this site to share our love of the outdoors and all of the amazing, healthful resources that are available right outside our back door – the truth is, this site has become an accountabillity partner of sorts for us. Now that are children are grown, we have more time and energy to focus on our own well-being and happiness which includes enjoying and exploring the deliciousness of the great outdoors. Maintaining this site has become an excellent way of maintaining the course on our own journey to wellness; we can’t write about eating homegrown foods and plants if we aren’t doing it ourselves! Comments and suggestions from those reading our site help us to discover new projects to research and explore so we appreciate interacting and collaborating with our growing community!
We are definitely NOT doctors so please do not use any resources shared on this site to treat a medical condition. You should consult a physician before ingesting or applying any recipe, remedy, or product!
