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Stinging Nettle – Urtica Dioica: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Misunderstood Prickly Wild Plant

May 15, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 1 Comment
Stinging Nettle - Urtica Dioica

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) tends to make a bad impression on first meeting, as the name suggests. But there’s way more to this needled edible and medicinal plant. The sting never lasts long for me, but I’ve heard of it lasting for days for a rare unlucky few. It’s recommended you wear gloves to harvest …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Antiseptic, Astringent, Compost material, Cool and Dry, Digestive, Diuretic, Dye, Edible parts, Found in damp ditches or roadsides, Found in deciduous woods, Found in edges of woods, Medicinal parts, Naturalized in Ontario, Pectoral, Perennial, Respiratory, Urinary, Urticaceae/Nettle family

Black Cherry – Prunus Serotina: Edible & Medicinal Uses of the Cherry Cough Drop of Wild Plants

March 13, 2020 by Rachel of the Woods 3 Comments
Black Cherry – Prunus Serotina

Black cherry (Prunus serotina) while perhaps the least palatable of our cherries is still a bouncin’ edible and medicinal tree. I absolutely love making stuff with it too! The scent of the sawdust – yum! Black cherry is also called rum cherry because settlers blended the fruit with rum or brandy and called the drink …

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Posted in: Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants Tagged: Alterative, Antispasmodic, Astringent, Bees, Black bears, Butterflies, Cedar waxwings, Chipmunks, Digestive, Edible parts, Expectorant, Found in mature woods, Found in old fields and farmlands, Found in roadsides, Found in sand flats, Full sun, Integumentary, Medicinal parts, Mice, Moist soil, Native to Ontario, Partial shade, Pectoral, Raccoons, Red foxes, Respiratory, Rosaceae/Rose family, Scarlet tanagers, Squirrels, Thrushes, Vireos, Well drained soil, White flowers, White-tailed deer

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