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So happy to be out walking, even if short. Dandelion greens stay edible nearly all winter - I've found and eaten in Feb. Flowers even.
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A gallon of maple sap makes about 8-9 bowls of oatmeal. So I had a months worth of oatmeal breakfasts frozen in plastic milk jugs. Sweet.
7:10 PM Nov 28th
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buckwheat pacakes made with maple syrup from the tree next door last Feb. was great way to start the morning.
7:07 PM Nov 28th
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Kim chi made with roots and greens and peppers and root veggies-yum. I'll publish a recipe annarbor.com in the next few days, and link here.
6:28 PM Nov 27th
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Harvesting gets more and more scant - but roots are still a great feast. Burdock (look for leaves with no flower stalks), dandelion are 2
6:27 PM Nov 27th
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When you harvest for bark, take vertical strips. If you gird the tree (go around) it dies. Except cork trees. But that is not a local tree!
3:39 AM Nov 25th
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we have slippery elms around here, but I've never harvested from them. Bark is powdered and used to stop colds, sooth colon, nutritious.
3:38 AM Nov 25th
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Just sniffed oil drops on surgical gauze. A bit formal - but some concessions can be made for the setting. Totally completely effective.
5:36 PM Nov 22nd
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Used peppermint oil to control post-surgery nausea. Read studies that said it worked, 1st and only chance to try. Amazing. Would wild mint?
5:31 PM Nov 22nd
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Using st. john's wort oil topically to keep shingles at bay. Made from flowering tops gathered in June, farmer's field. In Olive oil. Works.
5:29 PM Nov 22nd
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witch hazel grows in clumps of small trees. This must be ornamental var. as friend says he saw only one tree. And it fruits b4 it flowers.
8:40 PM Nov 21st
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friend walking my dog came back with witch hazel flower. blooms in Nov. fringy thin yellow petals. not edible but tinctured for astringent.
8:36 PM Nov 21st
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home from hosp day early - oatmeal made with maple sap - not syrup frozen from last season. And black rasp. No hosp. food at all.
9:50 AM Nov 21st
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No more tweets until Sunday at the earliest. Combining the best of conventional and alternative therapies, to be nourished and heal fast.
6:44 PM Nov 18th
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Woods today filled with young garlic mustard. Bad. And young strawberry plants - promise of good things in the spring. Good.
6:42 PM Nov 18th
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catnip is making a go of growing in this warm weather. Herbal tea, dry for cats, add to cooking greens for flavor change. Soothes stomach.
10:24 AM Nov 18th
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It took about 2 weeks for my root cellar to stop smelling like dead mice. The down side to food storage. Those mice are amazing. Destroyers.
6:50 AM Nov 18th
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I think I will miss the woods more than anything. Good motivation to get well soon. I just can't be inside too long.. lots grows in the cold
6:46 PM Nov 17th
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Hope to be back next week, posting ideas, recipes, philosophy, info on medicinal herbs, and herbs I'm using to nourish and heal.
6:44 PM Nov 17th
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I will be indoors for a week or two recovering from major abdominal surgery. It may be hard to twitter about wild things for a bit.
6:42 PM Nov 17th
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- Name Linda Diane Feldt
- Location Ann Arbor MI
- Web http://holisticwi...
- Bio Herbalist and Holistic Health Practitioner
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