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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 t...

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

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!

 

Monday, June 10, 2024

 


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!