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- From: "Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Uses for weeds
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:06:44 -0500
Plantain is analgesic and contains proteolytic
enzymes. It's about the only thing that will stop the pain of caterpillar
stings. Because it's edible, though a bit astringent, you can simply chew
it up to make a quick poultice for anything you want to stop hurting. It's
also recommended for boils. That's something my family isn't prone to, but
my son had one coming up, and with a plantain poultice it simply went
away. We usually use the wide leaved plantain because we have more of
it, but they both work well.
Also look through your "weed
collection" for the smartweed with the larger leaves and the reddish spot
on each leaf. (the smaller kind won't work) This species is well
worth having, because Japanese beetles would rather eat it than anything
else. It makes a terrific trap crop to at least reduce the attack on your
plums and green beans. This year, not only are the beetles mysteriously
late (the cool wet spring) but my smartweed has been hit with a borer.
Yes, there really is a borer for EVERYTHING. Looks a lot like a
pickleworm, now that's a scary thought. But the cukes look fine.
Probably just related to pickleworms. Donna
P.S. One more use for smartweed. My mom
always taught Sunday school, and one year she went out and picked the tops of
blossoming smartweed, with their tiny pinkish orbs, and rubbed a little blue
food color on them. Then she made a teeny tiny arbor and used them to
illustrate the story of the sons who were asked to work in their father's
vineyard. Now and then when the smartweed is in bloom I find myself
thinking of those tiny "grapes" in fond amusement. It was a terrific
illusion.
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Lori Rizzo, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lon J. Rombough, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Kevin Moore, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Kevin Moore, 06/06/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification, Hector Black, 06/06/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Warning, Mushroom compost!, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Kevin Moore, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Saundra Scarce, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Uses for weeds, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Kevin Moore, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lon J. Rombough, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Lucky Pittman, 06/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?, Chris Garriss, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Anton Callaway, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses,
Raby, Brian, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses, Ed Fackler, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons? And goats too! Some fruit is ripe., Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses,
Raby, Brian, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Lori Rizzo, 06/06/2009
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