Ancestors

Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 00:13

I went out to do some weeding while I had the energy, and as usual came in with a bit of a harvest as well. I'm giving in to doing all gardening via intuitive puttering.

[#]gardening #PNWGardening #GrowYourOwn #WinterGardening

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 00:15

I use #mullein (Verbascum thapsus) leaves and flowers pretty regularly but I only recently learned the roots are medicinal too. I weeded the volunteer mullein out of the asparagus bed and brought the roots inside to dry as an experiment.

[#]PlantMedicine #herbs #Herbalism

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Descendants

Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 00:15

My old boss would call this "feeding 2 birds with 1 scone".

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 00:20

Sending out a message in a bottle to find any fellow #salad nerds. That container of mixed greens is mizuna and red oakleaf, filled out with some chickweed (Stellaria media) and bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta). I am treating those last two as "volunteers" rather than "weeds" since they are both so full of minerals that they get listed as medicinal. (Also, they are delicious.)

[#]EatYourWeeds #WeedManagement #PlantMedicine

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 01:54

Oops, realized there is one more species in this #salad : Miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata), which is very sweet after a week of frosty nights.

[#]EatYourWeeds

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Written by A Flock of Beagles on 2025-02-02 at 00:23

@beandreams quite a lot of what gets called "weeds" is very edible and good.

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 00:28

@burnitdown Big agree. I'm considering a full No Plant Is Illegal position

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Written by Moss Wizard on 2025-02-02 at 01:08

@beandreams @burnitdown Even mugwort, rapeseed, and choke cherry?

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 01:16

@Moss @burnitdown I know, i know, weeds and invasive plants are complex and you have to take it case by case. But i am learning that a lot of the time they just indicate a problem with the soil, usually caused by people. If you fix the soil problem, the desirable plants return.

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Written by Moss Wizard on 2025-02-02 at 01:18

@beandreams @burnitdown Oh I was just making a joke (in poor taste) about the names and being illegal.

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Written by Sarah dreams of beans on 2025-02-02 at 01:20

@Moss @burnitdown Ha ha I was too caught up in the actual plants

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Written by Robot Diver on 2025-02-02 at 02:21

@beandreams

That's one I go out of my way to grow from seed until it gets established. So tasty and the first plant I ever learned was safe to eat as a kid.

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