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Wendy
@wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org
1 giorno fa

Wild raisin. Viburnum cassinoides. Withe-rod, and up in the southern mountains they call it Appalachian tea.

Strip the leaves, wilt them a day, then

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Wild raisin. Viburnum cassinoides. Withe-rod, and up in the southern mountains they call it Appalachian tea.

Strip the leaves, wilt them a day, then dry-toast in a skillet over low heat, turning the whole time, until they darken and smell of tobacco and hay. Three minutes. Four at the outside. Steep a heaping spoonful in just-off-boil water for five and you get something coppery and faintly sweet.

The toasting is the whole trick. Untoasted, the leaf is flat and green and not worth your kettle. Be precise, though — the famous antispasmodic cousins are cramp bark and black haw, not this one.

What grows near you that your grandmother never had to buy?

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#Herbalism #ForagedFood #WildRaisin #Viburnum #Appalachia #FolkMedicine #HerbalTea #FoodAsMedicine #Botany #Foraging #Plants #Photography

Wild Raisin, in of all places, the wild.

#photography #plants #botany #foodasmedicine #appalachia #foraging #herbalism #folkmedicine #foragedfood #herbaltea #viburnum #wildraisin

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nationalparks
@nationalparks@sfba.social
1 giorno fa

Red and evergreen huckleberry, Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/database

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Red and evergreen huckleberry, Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/vacova/all.html and https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/cs_vapa.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #flowers #berries #phenology #plants Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #color #cawx #redwoods #ocean #summer #huckleberry

Red huckleberry in the forest understory of Redwood National and State Parks yesterday. The berries are just beginning to appear in this part of the park. This photograph shows two red berries (center right foreground and center left background) with sections of green stem and leaves making up the remainder of the picture. Subdued lighting leads to an overall cool minty green color despite the high noon timing of the photo taking. Evergreen huckleberry in the forest understory of Redwood National and State Parks yesterday. The berries are just beginning to appear in this part of the park. This photograph shows a deep blue berry (center) and a lighter green berry (left) lit by the sun, with sections of reddish -brown stem and green leaves making up the remainder of the picture. The background is generally not in focus, but shows a few additional branches and dappled sunlight on the forest floor. A location with ready access to sun and water resulted in this individual plant having a good amount of berries relative to neighboring shrubs.

#photography #forest #trees #flowers #plants #color #summer #ocean #nationalparks #nps #publiclands #berries #phenology #cawx #redwoods #huckleberry

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Gay Curmudgeon
@HermitsDaily@mastodon.social
1 giorno fa

Why, YES. YES I can. Although I prefer the title "Panjandrum." #satire #humor #humorous #funny #funnybone #silly #silliness #youthfair #countyfair

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Why, YES. YES I can. Although I prefer the title "Panjandrum." #satire #humor #humorous #funny #funnybone #silly #silliness #youthfair #countyfair #regionalfair #localfair #localfairs #mifflincounty #mifflincountyyouthfair #reedsville #local #localentertainment #localfair #localfairs #youthfairs #countyfairs #regionalfairs #exhibits #exhibit #plants #food #quilts #paintings #photography #community #localcommunity #animals #animals #goat #goats #sheep #localattraction

#photography #satire #humor #humorous #funny #funnybone #silly #silliness #youthfair #countyfair #regionalfair #localfair #localfairs #mifflincounty #mifflincountyyouthfair #reedsville #local #localentertainment #youthfairs #countyfairs #regionalfairs #exhibits #exhibit #plants #food #quilts #paintings #community #localcommunity #animals #goat #goats #sheep #localattraction

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