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Late Summer Harvest
This week's harvesting from garden included anise hyssop, wormwood, stinging nettle, holy basil, sweet basil, horehound, and yarrow. My foraging yielded goldenrod, fireweed, comfrey, clearweed, asters, purple loosestrife, chicory, pleurisy...
Late Summer Harvest
This week's harvesting from garden included anise hyssop, wormwood, stinging nettle, holy basil, sweet basil, horehound, and yarrow. My foraging yielded goldenrod, fireweed, comfrey, clearweed, asters, purple loosestrife, chicory, pleurisy...
Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria, is an herbaceous perennial native to Europe, Asia, and N. Africa. It is primarily the aerial parts that are used medicinally. It is used for such diverse...
Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria, is an herbaceous perennial native to Europe, Asia, and N. Africa. It is primarily the aerial parts that are used medicinally. It is used for such diverse...
Antiseptic - Antifungal Salve for Ouches and It...
I have listed the salve ingredients and the infectious agents studies have shown they are active against. I did not cite due to space. More information and scientific studies are...
Antiseptic - Antifungal Salve for Ouches and It...
I have listed the salve ingredients and the infectious agents studies have shown they are active against. I did not cite due to space. More information and scientific studies are...
Dandelion - Honey - Rosemary Salve
This is a moisturizing salve that can help fight sun damage and irritation Dandelion, Taraxacum officinalis, inhibits oxidation of skin cells when those cells are exposed to UV rays. It stimulates...
Dandelion - Honey - Rosemary Salve
This is a moisturizing salve that can help fight sun damage and irritation Dandelion, Taraxacum officinalis, inhibits oxidation of skin cells when those cells are exposed to UV rays. It stimulates...
Comfrey - Symphytum officinale - aka Knit Bone
Comfrey is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Symphytum is native to northern temperate regions of Asia and North America, with a wide introduced distribution on...
Comfrey - Symphytum officinale - aka Knit Bone
Comfrey is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Symphytum is native to northern temperate regions of Asia and North America, with a wide introduced distribution on...
Spring Pickings
I have the incredibly good fortune to be able to forage around a large, organic garden that is not over-trimmed. Last year we had a late freeze, then a drought,...
Spring Pickings
I have the incredibly good fortune to be able to forage around a large, organic garden that is not over-trimmed. Last year we had a late freeze, then a drought,...