Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is a snappy edible and medicinal herb, known for its exploding seedpods. It’s handy to have around if you like clumsily rooting through wild plants like me, and end up grazing yourself with stinging nettle or worse – poison ivy. Jewelweed is so named because of the way the dew beads on …
In Anishinaabemowin, mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is sometimes called waabooyaanibag (blanket leaf). Its uses are blanketly more medicinal than edible. But you can eat the delicate yellow flowers too! Mullein’s folk names include but are not limited to flannel leaf (leaves stuffed in shoes for warmth), tinder plant/torches/torch-wort, candlewick (dried stems used to be dipped in …
I include 12 body system and herbal energetics tags in my posts, found near the bottom. (Other tags are explained here.) I’m mostly keeping the herbal medicine part of the Wild Plant series at a beginner level herbalism and simples (one herb concoctions). But the tags included with every plant are entry points to delve …
Husking Black Walnuts to Make an Organic Brown Dye for a Brain Tanned Leather Bag Robin was husking this second batch of blackened walnut hulls from their nutshells fairly quickly with a knife. The outer hulls will be simmered for a deep brown dye. This organic black walnut dye will be used on a …
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