Only hardneck garlic grows blossoms (thus seeds) and I've recently learned that most are sterile, except for a few specific varieties that are closer to their origins (wilder).
Cloves are the way to grow 🌱🙂
Love the perfect shot of NPC in the background! #rooster
Beautiful 💚
I hope to be up for harvesting and processing acorns this autumn #foraging #homesteading
When my middle child was a baby he went staggering across the living room, eager to run while barely walking, tripped on Dad's legs and went forehead-first into the brick hearth and got a giant goosegg.
Same kid a year or so later, different house: I came out of the bathroom to find both kids (aged 5 and 2) had climbed from a bed to a windowsill and were trying to wave to their uncle in the driveway. 5-yr-old leaned forward to see better and 2-yr-old was pushed through the screen and tumbled out. Below the window was a piece of metal pipe with two elbows and little guy's forehead over his left eye needed 14 stitches. I freaked out for a good couple minutes because I thought his forehead was dented in, but it was only the gash being kinda bunched up that looked like that.
Those were not the last stitches that kid needed 😰 in spite of all my efforts!
I love this! Thank you for sharing your process as well 😊
Armageddon
Joe (Cup 'O)
Darkling
Toom
Slinky Malinky (after the book)
However, Christianity IS a religion.
I do! Especially summer storms 🌤⛈
First time growing carrots. Nailed it. https://www.allforgardening.com/571114/first-time-growing-carrots-nailed-it/
#fun #gardening #gardeningfun
Hard soil?
How does the lard salve feel on your skin? I'm interested in making tallow salve this year. I'm drying plantain and calendula and will make infused oil with avocado oil. Then will use tallow instead of coconut oil and shea butter to make salve.
That's awesome! I used to have a beautiful grapefruit tree in my bedroom 😀
I'm thinking it may need a bigger pot to grow thicker. Also, potted plants will generally need to be fed. You could see what nutrients avocados need the most of and give it a dose and see how it responds.
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Knowledge promotes freedom! I plan to keep sharing and learning! 🌱
"Got any candy in that phone?"
#mules #homesteading #photography
I enjoyed this episode about the history and uses of willow by Rooted podcast
#plants #herbalism #witch #Fountain
Making Pine Resin Salve
#herbalism #selfreliance #firstaid #foraging
Pine resin, or “pitch” is an oleoresin that can be used to make a salve with drawing and warming properties.
Pine, and other resinous trees, contain an irritant called abietic acid. Abietic resins stimulate topical circulation, increasing blood and fluid flow.
This increased inflammation speeds up the body’s immune response causing it to more quickly flush out splinters and other foreign matter from wounds.
Pine resin is also antibacterial, making it good first aid for cuts and scrapes.
Foraging for resin
Resin is made by the tree to flush, fill, and protect wounds, keeping out bacteria, fungus, and insects that would otherwise damage the tree.
When harvesting resin it is best to take resin that is clearly excess, overflowing the wounded area or dripping down the side of the tree, so as not to damage the tree.
In warmer weather the resin with be softer and stickier. It is sometimes easier to gather in colder weather when the resin is firmer.
A butter knife and a glass jar are good gathering tools for resin. The resin is very difficult to clean up so you may want to have dedicated collecting tools.
Mixed fir and pine resin nuggets in parchment paper cones. Some went into a batch of salve and some I saved for making incense:
Jars of pine resin going into a water bath in the crockpot to melt them down:
After straining the melted resin through cheesecloth, and oil and beeswax ready to melt:
Finished salve:
Recipe:
2T beeswax pellets
½ cup avocado oil
1T jojoba oil
¼ cup melted and strained pine resin
Add oil and beeswax to a double boiler and heat gently until the beeswax is melted. Then continue to heat and stir occasionally for ten or so minutes more*. Next add the melted and strained resin and stir until everything is combined.
Pour into your desired receptacles and cool.
*This is to ensure that the beeswax melts fully. If, as your salve cools, little white spots appear the beeswax was not fully melted.
Just rescued this little gal from my lemonade.
She spent 20 seconds or so cleaning herself off, then flew away.
#insects #photography #yellowjacket
Sweet Woodruff, evening light
#gardening #herbs #photography