Vancouver Island Lodgepole pine
Pinus Contorta
- Pine Resin
Various sizes, some hard some soft
Commonly used as incense, pine resin can be burned on a coal for a smokey, sweet, and mild aroma. Great for use in a thurible or the less smokey approach of a candle incense burner. Burn alone, or combine with other incense resins for a meditative combination.
It has been used for healing, fertility, compassion, to balance and clear energies, and for mental strength.
Wild harvest Vancouver Island pine resin.
Low-impact harvesting.
Fun-fact
Did you know you can eat certain parts of bark? Well, the inner bark, known as the cambium layer to be precise. In the spring long, noodle like strips are removed from the tree and eaten fresh, sometimes with sugar.
