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What Is White Sage? White sage (Salvia apiana) is a perennial shrub native to a small region of Southern California and Northern Baja California, Mexico. It grows naturally in the coastal sage scrub habitat — a dry, sun-drenched landscape shaped by ocean breezes, sandy soil, and the Mediterranean-like climate of the Southern California coast. If you have ever held a bundle of white sage, you already know its most distinctive quality: a deep, camphor-like aroma that is unlike any other plant. That scent comes from the essential oils concentrated in the plant's silver-green leaves — and it is at the...

What Is White Sage? White sage (Salvia apiana) is a perennial shrub native to a small region of Southern California and Northern Baja California, Mexico. It grows naturally in the coastal sage scrub habitat — a dry, sun-drenched landscape shaped by ocean breezes, sandy soil, and the Mediterranean-like climate of the Southern California coast. If you have ever held a bundle of white sage, you already know its most distinctive quality: a deep, camphor-like aroma that is unlike any other plant. That scent comes from the essential oils concentrated in the plant's silver-green leaves — and it is at the...

We have had a ton of weather in San Diego, this Winter. Cold, rain, hail, and wind. This is unusual for us. Our Winters are typically temperate, consisting of days typical for the region: mild, cloudless and sunny.   I embrace these fickle days, starting clear, bustled with wind, dazzled with clouds, glazed with rain.   It’s been many years since Southern California has had such a persistent Winter. We have had freezing temperatures and even snow at our Sage Winds East farm.   White sage is indigenous to Southern California and Baja California coastal valleys and deserts. Our continual...

  At Sage Winds Farm, East (pictured above) the Saliva apiana grows in it's native region. Our SWF East property, in the high desert facing east into what eventually dips down into the Imperial Valley. The Kumeyaay and Cocopah Indians were the area's earliest inhabitants, and the area is rich in Native American history, culture and archeological resources. Today Boulevard is the headquarters of the Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians. The Kumeyaay called white sage pellytaay. The Kumeyaay would burn these leaves in a sweat-house to help purify the body from toxins connected with illness.  In a sense, some of our illnesses are certainly physiological. You are exposed to someone with...