The zodiac herb garden in the community garden has gotten a bit beyond us this summer. Jeremy Scheme, the visionary who helped us plan and plant the garden last year, was kind and came out to help us identify what is still in there amidst the HUGE weeds that had almost overtaken circle. We discovered spearmint, yarrow, boneset, valerian, wormwood, echinacea,
fennel, and more after clearing out the much too large area that lamb’s quarters had
claimed. The nettles, a planned member of the garden, also replicated itself way beyond
what is needed or desired. John is still picking out the barbs today.
Luckily for us, nettles has some great uses. According to herbal sources, nettles is known for providing increased energy and stamina when it is consumed daily over a period of time. It is also purported to have affects on thickening hair and smoothing skin. Looks like we're going to be in good shape here at Laughing Waters and Hickory Nut Forest! We may need to do an herbal tea class or some such thing with all this excess.
Herbalists also say that nettles has also attributed to aiding in the following conditions:
So if you want to Detox or have arthritis, give us a call. Tomorrow I'll send on information about some of the other helpful "extras".
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