Weed Walk Invasive Garden

When we did our weed walk we started in the invasive garden. This garden has a mind of it's own. I've long given up trying to tame this beast. Every year the plants duke it out for space so I will have different winners often. 

The root crops I have are Sunchokes and Horse Radish

The flower crops are Feverfew and Calendula

The aromatics are Oregano, Rosemary, Lemon Balm, Mint

There are a couple plants who's leaves have medical uses, Artichoke and Grape.

I am working on pages to give you the benefits of each plant, medical and culinary. There will be pictures for easy identification, not all pictures are from my garden, some will be from the interwebs. Some of my plant are so close together it's hard to see which is which. 

The individual plants will be on the pages of this site. I will post as I have time. Enjoy!

 

 

Weed Walk!

Above is a picture of those that participated on the second weed walk.  So now I wonder if that makes it the 1st annual as its the first time it was done on a yearly basis or if it's the second annual as it is the second time we've done it.  Anyone know?

What's a weed walk?  We wondered through the property as I was pointing out plants with nutrition or medicinal properties.  We happened upon over 30 plants that day.  It was done in three sections and I will post the plant information per section soon. We had the invasive garden, the berry garden, and yard weeds. There is a lot of information and I will put up pictures as well to help identification. 

We are provided with so many great ways that nature keeps us healthy.  This was but a taste of what's out there. We didn't get a change to see it all, but I will do this again next year and add plants that help with poison oak, and natural St. Johns Wort, to name a couple. 

It was a lovely day and I appreciate those of you that came out that day.  Most were from the Placer  County Freedom Coalition, which is a ministry of the Church of Glad Tidings. This church is doing some great works! They are currently focusing on creating a sanctuary to help save children from human trafficking. There is a great need there and they are stepping up.  For more information and how you can help, go to  https://youtu.be/VC_KFyGPoQU or churchofgladtidings.com 

Blessings to you all!

Welcome 2024!

New Year, New Things!

It's no secret that 2023 we not a great year for me. So,I'm starting this year with a 3 day liquid diet. Can't say I'm loving it, but it's good for me, right?  Day one wasn't so bad, day 2 I have very little energy, I'm sure day three will be a blast!  :)  After the 3rd day I am going on a very low carb diet for the rest of the 3 weeks. I am hoping to jump start some good habits 

So on the first I decided to ferment some lemons, I had purchase quite a few and wanted to preserve them for future use, I also fermented a bunch of garlic.  I enjoy garlic flavors and this way I can get it in bulk and keep it around for a while.  The new thing I'm trying is making a ginger bug. I did my research and found I can make natural fizzy drinks.  Just seems like a fun thing to get into. 

We will start doing a new medicinal plant preview every Wednesday.  It's a great way to see what plants, weeds and herbs can help the body.  I've made may tinctures, salves and teas that will help us keep in balance. I want to share what I have learned, I feel everyone should know the natural ways to stay healthy. 

I also want to share "how to" classes once a month. January is soap month.  I make soaps to sell at craft fairs and I have a website you can purchase from too. So January 20, will be the first class. It will be limited to 5 folks.  Email me at tammie5750@yahoo.com please put "soap" in the description line.  This will be a demonstration, and explanation of the science of making soap.  Cost will be $20. 

That's all I have for now.  Have a great start to this wonderful new year!  

Tammie