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Baymule
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Black eyed Susan’s by the front gate. On the outside of the gate, where the sheep can’t eat them. LOL LOL
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Baymule
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Look at this magnificent mullein plant! It is preparing to send up a flower stalk. When it does, I’ll get another picture. The leaves stretch from my fingertips to past my elbow in length.
Beekissed
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That's one of my favorite farmscape flowers, Bay!!!! I've tried several times to get them to grow here and can't. Just lovely!!!
Beekissed
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We call that lamb's ear around here and it's starting to grow in areas where they logged....not sure if the sheep or deer will eat it, but I hope they do!
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Baymule
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No, they won’t eat it. It is a healing plant, we dug up 2 plants a few years ago and every year some grow, but none as big as this one.
Niele da Kine
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What does it heal? Small kid time, we'd press it against our faces to make them pink.
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My grandpa, born in 1913, in a very rural poor area where there was no access to a doctor, said his mother made tea from the leaves for fever. Every spring he and his brother got what they called spring fever, which he said as my grandpa years later, was probably malaria, but they didn’t know what it was. His mother made tea and had them drink it. He said it was bitter, but they would sweat out the fever and be ok.
The small yellow flowers, are picked, packed in a jar with a light oil over them and kept in a cool dark place for weeks, then strained. The resulting oil is used for ear infections.
The roots are used also, but I’d have to consult my herbal books.
Mainly I keep the plants as a connection to my grandpa who taught me the ways of the woods and animals. I could sit for hours, enthralled by his stories, and mullein was one of his stories.
The small yellow flowers, are picked, packed in a jar with a light oil over them and kept in a cool dark place for weeks, then strained. The resulting oil is used for ear infections.
The roots are used also, but I’d have to consult my herbal books.
Mainly I keep the plants as a connection to my grandpa who taught me the ways of the woods and animals. I could sit for hours, enthralled by his stories, and mullein was one of his stories.
Niele da Kine
Loving the herd life
There's some mullein growing around here in the dryer and higher elevation areas. Maybe I'll liberate a bit of roadside mullien and see if it can live in a lower and wetter area. It's always fun to have useful plants.
Today I discovered that lemon grass mixed with mamaki makes a delightful tea. Much nicer together than separately. Not sure if you have either plant near you, I think the mamaki is some sort of nettle and the lemon grass is a tall grass.
Today I discovered that lemon grass mixed with mamaki makes a delightful tea. Much nicer together than separately. Not sure if you have either plant near you, I think the mamaki is some sort of nettle and the lemon grass is a tall grass.
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We have Texas Bull Nettle here, I avoid it. That stuff HURTS. Lemon grass wouldn’t make it through the winter. But I am familiar with it, just can’t grow it. LOL
Niele da Kine
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Gadzooks, but that Bull Nettle has spikes! (the internet is amazing, there's pictures of everything on it). Our mamaki doesn't have any stickers on it at all. It kinda turns into a small tree and has green leaves with red veins. I may try making a hedge of it, the Kamehameha butterfly likes mamaki.
There's supposed to be some sort of nettle fiber which is shiny which is used for spinning and weaving, I think. I've seen references to it, but not ever actually seen anything made with nettle. Not sure if bull nettle is a good candidate to try making into fiber, although I'd think that bull nettle stuff must be tasty to something since it needs such ferocious armor.
Lemon grass may grow in a pot that could be brought in during the winter? It smells nice when you brush up against it. Not sure how happy it would be in a house, I've never tried it. Not that inside is much different than outside around here, though. Are green houses for the winter time common in Texas? Folks around here have shade houses for antheriums and orchids but they're not heated or even air tight.
There's supposed to be some sort of nettle fiber which is shiny which is used for spinning and weaving, I think. I've seen references to it, but not ever actually seen anything made with nettle. Not sure if bull nettle is a good candidate to try making into fiber, although I'd think that bull nettle stuff must be tasty to something since it needs such ferocious armor.
Lemon grass may grow in a pot that could be brought in during the winter? It smells nice when you brush up against it. Not sure how happy it would be in a house, I've never tried it. Not that inside is much different than outside around here, though. Are green houses for the winter time common in Texas? Folks around here have shade houses for antheriums and orchids but they're not heated or even air tight.
