My friend Judith gave me a great idea to have an endangered herb garden in the forest. We picked out a nice spot for it and ordered some herbs. This week I dug up some ground and planted hyssop, woodruff and wild ginger. I now have a rustic little herb garden area in the forest. My biggest fear is the deer will eat my treasures, but hopefully they will go un-detected!
Judith also helped me identify some medicinal and edible plants we have growing on the property. We came across tons of garlic-mustard. There is a nice crop of mullein that would have been great the prior week for Jackson's bronchitis. We gathered some yellow dock and I baked it into some muffins for Cooper and he never suspected a thing. We also collected rose hips and I made some tea, it was a little bitter, but I think worth the benefits. We have lots of poke, but apparently that can be a little too potent if prepared wrong. We found quite a bit of plantain which I was happy about, I hope to make some plantain salve in the spring. I was hoping to find jewel weed for my current case of poison-ivy, but I will have to wait until spring.
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