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Thursday, April 7, 2011
more on coltsfoot, that spring herb
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Catholic homesteading, natural living, homeschooling, living frugally and herbalism.
6 comments:
Hi Molly! I just took a little catch up visit here and i love love love it! First, I had no idea what coltsfoot looked like ~ so much like dandelions! Thanks for the tip. And your goats...oh goodness, they are Goodness. And you spin!!! Yay, so do I! Well, I am just a beginner and feel I have no time for it right now, but I also have an Ashford as well as my great grandmother's wheel from Norway. I look forward to another visit:)
xo Jules
I would have thought that was dandelion! so interesting...we love our herbal remedies--but have so much to learn!
Amazing herbs! My little helpers gather our herbs every evening for our healthy tea. We don't get coltsfoot here - I do try to grow what we can. Calendula, chamomile, comfrey, plantain and spilanthes grows well. Love the photos in your previous posts. It's too hot in the tropics to work with wool, our cool season is short and then i take advantage, maybe when we move to a cooler climate. Sweet bog.
And this is why I would starve to death as a forager. How in the world could you tell that wasn't dandelion?
KIm you are so funny! colts foot is much smaller than a dandelion, it is up WAY earlier than dandelions, and it stems resembles asparagus when it when it first emerges. I also always found it along road sides in wet areas, where as dandelions prefer sunny grassy areas.
I am with the dandelion crowd. I HAVE seen these and thought they were another variety of dandelion.
I foraged for chanterelles once. Fortunately I was with someone who KNEW a chanterelle from a poisonous mushroom!
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