~TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE~
WEED WALK #1
WEED WALKS WITH GRANNY & FRIENDS!
Last summer a group of local
-WEED EATERS- joined together at
a farm in S.W. Pennsylvania for a few
~Walk On The Wild Side~ gatherings.
Annie Herman hosted the
outings and a good time was had by all. Below are some pictures of
the Weed Eaters as they shared their
knowledge and learned from others.
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Weeds for food- has she
become dafted?
‘Using weeds, of all
things!’, they mockingly laughed.
Laugh now, die later, oh
skeptical fool-
While I eat my weeds- my
natural fuel!
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(From
Granny's newest book -
Recipes From Granny’s Cupboard.)
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Weeds, weeds and more weeds! |
Ironweed
(Vernonia
Noveboracenis)
Its flowers open into flat-topped clusters of the richest,
deepest purple to be found in nature. Native Americans used
ironweed root as a blood tonic, for regulating menstrual
periods, to staunch internal bleeding, to treat
stomach-aches and to relieve pain after childbirth.
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Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)-
also known as Gravel root, or Boneset, is seen in the
back-ground and to the right in the picture above. Joe-Pye
is used as a tea to relieve kidney and urinary problems,
rheumatism, kidney stones and fluid reten-tion.
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Pictures from the 2006 Weed Walks
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The
'Weed Eaters' getting ready to venture into the woods. |
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