Tag: <span>plantain</span>

Conifer Amusement and Syrup Experiments

Brought home some very “fat” green fir cones from the barn last night! By “fat”, I mean literally dripping with sap, using the term the same way very sappy wood is known as “fat”. The tree that we got them from not only was very generous in popping them off …

Foraging Workshops and Our Own Foraging Adventures, Lots of Hiking This Weekend!

Slowly but surely, the foraging workshops are happening. Thanks to one lady offering several dates that worked for her, another lady requested a workshop last minute, contacting me on the Friday evening ahead of what would become a whirlwind day this past Sunday. Both women attended the workshop Sunday morning, …

Forage Processing Day and a Bread Experiment Brewing

Today being Thursday, it is my processing day of the week, not Tuesday, which this week was an emergency attempt to make space for Monday’s foraging run. I’m making progress. I thought two trays of catnip were dry, but it turns out only 90% dry. They are now mostly crushed …

Senior Health, Nutrition, and Your Pocketbook

Read two articles today on orthomolecular medicine and the elderly. One article was an 18 page paper on using nutrition, specifically vitamin supplements in high doses, to treat and sometimes reverse senility. Vit B3 (Niacin) in its form as nicotinic acid allowed one doctor in the early ’70’s, to reverse …