Tag: Herbs
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A little relief
There’s so many folks I run into lately who are suffering from constant pain. Most of them are on some heavy duty pharmaceuticals and don’t like it. I decided to jump the gun a little today and make up some Wild Lettuce (or Prickly Lettuce) – Lactuca serriola tincture for them. Actually, I’m not allowed…
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Mal’s at the Sustainable Living Festival
Well, it looks like I’ll be at the Sustainable Living Festival at Pioneer Park in Gawler at about 10.30. It’ll be an early rise for me on a Sunday, but I promise to eat a healthy brekky and be there on time. What an I doing there? I’ll be rabbiting on about edible weeds and…
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Which Comfrey is which?
‘True Comfrey’ (Symphytum officinale) is a common herb in Europe. The other common variety is ‘Russian Comfrey’ (Symphytum x uplandicum) in many cases. This is, in turn, a hybrid of two varieties. The ‘x’ in its taxonomic name means that it is a hybrid. ‘True Comfrey’ will self seed prolifically, while the ‘Russian Comfrey’ we…
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Its been a while and a lot’s happened
Ive been really slack in keeping the blog running consistently. The wife asked me NOT to post every little thing we did to make the house sustainable and to get a really amazing garden going. We went from this… To this… and finally to this… All in about 16 months! A compromise…
