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Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: meadow sweet

found some today, ive been looking out for a couple of days

wildgarlic · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:46 pm Post subject:

got loads of it here - what do you do with it?
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:

ive been making tinctures and oils, from herbs, ive bought some valerian tincture as my plant isnt up to having its roots stolen yet, and ive some echinachea tincture, i have some nettle oil , somest johns wort oil on the go, and tomorrow ill be making meadow sweet tincture and oil, well starting it anyway.

Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

its for heartburn for me, but the main thing is is that its sweet, so im hoping to get a bit of a concoction together for my needs, so i can have a spoon of one in the morning, and another in the evening, and a few different oils for rubbing in,

Maria · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:51 am Post subject:

Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject:

its got a wk to go

lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject:

I thought we didnt have any meadowsweet but having been inspired by this post I googled for a picture and found some!! it smells like olbas oil!
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Forget-me-Not · Neepster Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Insch

Me too! One week to go, will be sad when they go back butv. interested in all this

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lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject:

Ive also identified 2 mysterious plants in the verge of the track as Ladys Bedstraw and Lesser Stitchwort, both very pretty but I didnt know what they were before tonight!
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject:

theres loads of stuff isnt there, and when you think about it, its us, we are apart of this island

we are it , it is us

something like that anyway

so its obvious we should be using these things,

theres alott to learn though