From the Wise Woman Center
Welcome Arnold and Ashay
Ashay on the goat tower
Purple dead nettle - (Lamium purpurea)
is a scentless mint. Here it is very young.
Purple dead nettle in full bloom. Sure is pretty.
Dandelion wine time!
Violets are smiling at you
Glechoma is good in salads.
Great as a vinegar. And why not try an oxymel this spring?
This cress is yummy before it flowers.
Mustard family plants have “upright and elongated seed pods” as we can see.
All plants in the family are edible.
All plants in the family are edible.
Shepherds purse
The seed pods of this mustard family plant are not erect and upright. Instead they look like hearts. Thus the name: shepherd’s purse. Entirely edible. In hard times, seeds were gathered to grind as a flour extender. Tincture flowering plants and you have an excellent remedy to check menstrual flooding.
Plantain
It’s not too soon to start eating plantain in salad. A little early for making plantain oil though.