... Ahhhhh, someone after my own heart. Do you also wait to mow your grass until after the dandelions have gone through first bloom? My sweetie will look at...
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Medb ingen Brain
medbingenbrain@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:45 pm
I do have a few violets blooming on the little plant on my desk. Does anyone know what (if) the medicinal uses might be?...
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Medb ingen Brain
medbingenbrain@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:45 pm
I've been wanting to make a tincture from dandelion roots, however, I read somewhere to wait till fall to do this, but, I'm impatient. Has anyone else made...
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Jim and Andi Houston
kobol@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:15 pm
... From: Medb ingen Brain [mailto:medbingenbrain@...] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 9:49 AM To: SCA-Herbalist@onelist.com Subject: RE:...
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ziegenlieb@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:43 pm
All roots are at their strongest from the time the top foliage goes dormant or dies until the plant comes back into leaf. That is because the plant stores all...
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JustMiketoo@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:55 pm
In a message dated 4/2/2000 2:46:23 PM !!!First Boot!!!, medbingenbrain@... writes: << I do have a few violets blooming on the little plant on my...
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JustMiketoo@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:58 pm
In a message dated 4/2/2000 2:46:23 PM !!!First Boot!!!, medbingenbrain@... writes: << I've been wanting to make a tincture from dandelion roots,...
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Jim and Andi Houston
kobol@...
Apr 3, 2000 2:46 am
Greetings Unto the Populace of this List!!! I am starting a bibliography for the archives of this listserve and the Herbal Guild of Meridies newsletter (and...
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Robin
tamarra@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:05 am
... Wow, folks after my own heart - I love the violets and danelions in the spring, and hate to see them cut too soon - which happens every couple of seasons...
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Darcy Sholts
chloethecat@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:25 am
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest! Your lawns sound IDENTICAL to my lawn! In fact, the mystery purple flowers (not the violets, which abound too) are...
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Jim and Andi Houston
kobol@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:47 am
I have narrowed them down to some sort of Labiatae variation, which is all square stemmed plants. Anybody gotten any closer? Madrun ... From: Darcy Sholts...
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ziegenlieb@...
Apr 3, 2000 4:52 am
Most common ones to be running into lawns are ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) and Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) Pat in OR...
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Motheleuco
motheleuco@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:42 pm
... Yep it's the Lamium purpureum in my yard, here's an addy with a pic: http://www.eco-usa.net/flora/pdeadnet.html ...
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Motheleuco
motheleuco@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:59 pm
Why do you suppose it's called "nettle" when its a mint? The fuzzy leaves or maybe since nettles are common it is synonymous with weed? I imagine the dead...
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ziegenlieb@...
Apr 3, 2000 2:14 pm
It is called Deadnettle (all one word) because it does not sting but someone fancied that the corrugated leaf looked a bit like a stinging nettle. The same...
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Jim and Andi Houston
kobol@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:30 pm
That is definitely what I have in my yard. Or should I say what I have for a yard? Just a reminder, SEND BOOKS!!!! Madrun ... From: ziegenlieb@......
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Jenne Heise
jenne@...
Apr 3, 2000 6:14 pm
Well, I'm not sure how we go about gathering the list of books, but this one is my absolute favorite, and its companion is my second favorite, at least among...
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Jim and Andi Houston
kobol@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:28 pm
Greetings All! There will be a meeting of the Herbal Guild of Meridies at Iris Faire, April 8th, in Lewisburg Tennessee. The online flyer is at ...
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newbrg@...
Apr 3, 2000 9:13 pm
In a message dated Sun, 2 Apr 2000 11:49:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Jim and Andi Houston" <kobol@...> writes: << I have narrowed them down to some...
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Aelfwyn@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:57 am
In a message dated 4/3/00 2:28:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, newbrg@... writes: << creeping charlie/that darn weed >> Now that's what I remember it being...
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JustMiketoo@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:21 am
In a message dated 4/3/2000 3:26:36 AM !!!First Boot!!!, chloethecat@... writes: << Greetings from the Pacific Northwest! Your lawns sound IDENTICAL to...
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JustMiketoo@...
Apr 4, 2000 5:31 am
In a message dated 4/3/2000 2:00:21 PM !!!First Boot!!!, motheleuco@... writes: << Why do you suppose it's called "nettle" when its a mint? The fuzzy...
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Jenne Heise
jenne@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:45 pm
I was talking over the idea of a possible herbal competition to be held at the symposium in September with a few people. And it occurred to me that we had not...
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newbrg@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:02 pm
... Thanks! You mentioned these before but I didn't keep the information. Back to the ILL desk . . . Johanna...
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newbrg@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:08 pm
... "Period Medical Herbalism" would be "Apothecary Practice"? Since I've never looked at it this way before, could you come up with a description of a sample...
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Jenne Heise
jenne@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:27 pm
... I just saw a great example in the competition at Northern Lights: a basket of 5 Arabian syrups (syrup of mint, syrup of lemon, etc) with documentation...
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Medb ingen Brain
medbingenbrain@...
Apr 5, 2000 12:15 am
Thanks to all for responding about dandelion root tincture. I will be patient and wait till the fall....
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Aelfwyn@...
Apr 5, 2000 12:55 am
In a message dated 4/4/00 11:35:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jenne@... writes: << I just saw a great example in the competition at Northern...
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Darcy Sholts
chloethecat@...
Apr 5, 2000 1:53 am
"JustMike" -- there is a kingdom herbal guild in An Tir (Washington, Oregon, parts of Idaho and Canada); sounds like you live in the Inlands Region....
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Robin
tamarra@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:14 am
... That looks pretty much like what I have - will go out in the daylight and bring a cutting in to compare. I'm gonna look up the other possibilities folks...