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Well I guess it was a semi urban hike really. I had to drop my car off at a garage in the next town to mine so I then walked back with the dogs.
I'd not been walking long when I came across some Sasify on a bit of scrub land. I don't come across this plant too often.
I've cut and pasted the info as it takes me all day to type !
Salsify (tragopogon porrifolius) is a vegetable whose root and leaves can be used for cooking purposes. It is also known as white salsify, goatsbeard, vegetable oyster, and the oyster plant. The latter two names reflect the root's taste, which when cooked, resembles an oyster. Salsify is a member of the sunflower family and its varieties are named French Blue Flowered and the Mammoth Sandwich Island. It is cultivated in Central and Southern Europe, the United States, and in Asia (Taiwan), and is said to have originated in the Mediterranean. Its root is similar in appearance to a thin parsnip. Additionally, it is long in length and is cream or white in color. From the top of the salsify, green, grass-like shoots emerge. These leaves are edible and can be used in salads, for example. Salsify is a hearty plant that requires approximately 150 days to grow. However, it can be left in the ground during the winter months and will still flourish. When cultivated for a few years, salsify will also produce stalks that bear purple flowers.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
There was lots of Plantain as I walked back along the road:
This is an amazing plant, folks, and it will help with a long list of skin complaints, including rashes, wounds, ulcerations, cuts, swelling, sprains, bruises, burns, eczema, cracked lips, poison ivy, mosquito bites, diaper rash, boils, hemorrhoids, and blisters. It is also effective as an agent that draws out the poison for bee stings, snake bites, and spider bites, and it effectively draws out splinters or thorns and reduces the risk of scarring with more severe cuts and scrapes. Placed in the shoes, the leaves will help prevent blisters on the feet.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
I then spotted this snake warming himself up in the sun, I tried to get a closer pic but Snicker got there first and he took off into the grass !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
At last I reached a park to cut through giving me some respite from the road:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
First plant I spotted in the park was a Large-leafed Aven.
Medicinal:
•30ml plant material boiled in 500ml of water is taken in doses of one small glassful a day as a bitter tonic to increase appitite after illness, help stop diarrhea, and relieve female problems.
•Fresh leaves soaked in hot water are used in compresses to relieve aches, sprains and pulled muscles.
•The tea made of plant material can also be gargled to sooth sore gums.
•1tbsp of chopped roots boiled in 250ml milk or water maked a tea taken for dysentry. 500-750ml in a day sipped over several hours is usually needed.
•2tbsp boiled for 20 minutes in 1 liter of water and drunk in small dosses for 2-3 days is said to be good for uterine bleeding, excessive menstral bleeding, and middle of the month spotting.
•5ml of dried plant material boiled in 250ml water makes a tea that is drunk between meals to relieve inflamation and irritability of the stomach lining.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
I then noticed some Climbing Honeysuckle:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
The Salmon berries were starting to appear:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
These were my sharps I had with me today:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
Snicker was eager to move on !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
As I left the park I came across a tree which looks to me to be Sumac, this is the only one I've seen, I didn't think we had them here !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
So yeah no cool waterfalls today or mountain views but there is still plenty to find when you look for it !
I'd not been walking long when I came across some Sasify on a bit of scrub land. I don't come across this plant too often.
I've cut and pasted the info as it takes me all day to type !
Salsify (tragopogon porrifolius) is a vegetable whose root and leaves can be used for cooking purposes. It is also known as white salsify, goatsbeard, vegetable oyster, and the oyster plant. The latter two names reflect the root's taste, which when cooked, resembles an oyster. Salsify is a member of the sunflower family and its varieties are named French Blue Flowered and the Mammoth Sandwich Island. It is cultivated in Central and Southern Europe, the United States, and in Asia (Taiwan), and is said to have originated in the Mediterranean. Its root is similar in appearance to a thin parsnip. Additionally, it is long in length and is cream or white in color. From the top of the salsify, green, grass-like shoots emerge. These leaves are edible and can be used in salads, for example. Salsify is a hearty plant that requires approximately 150 days to grow. However, it can be left in the ground during the winter months and will still flourish. When cultivated for a few years, salsify will also produce stalks that bear purple flowers.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
There was lots of Plantain as I walked back along the road:
This is an amazing plant, folks, and it will help with a long list of skin complaints, including rashes, wounds, ulcerations, cuts, swelling, sprains, bruises, burns, eczema, cracked lips, poison ivy, mosquito bites, diaper rash, boils, hemorrhoids, and blisters. It is also effective as an agent that draws out the poison for bee stings, snake bites, and spider bites, and it effectively draws out splinters or thorns and reduces the risk of scarring with more severe cuts and scrapes. Placed in the shoes, the leaves will help prevent blisters on the feet.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
I then spotted this snake warming himself up in the sun, I tried to get a closer pic but Snicker got there first and he took off into the grass !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
At last I reached a park to cut through giving me some respite from the road:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
First plant I spotted in the park was a Large-leafed Aven.
Medicinal:
•30ml plant material boiled in 500ml of water is taken in doses of one small glassful a day as a bitter tonic to increase appitite after illness, help stop diarrhea, and relieve female problems.
•Fresh leaves soaked in hot water are used in compresses to relieve aches, sprains and pulled muscles.
•The tea made of plant material can also be gargled to sooth sore gums.
•1tbsp of chopped roots boiled in 250ml milk or water maked a tea taken for dysentry. 500-750ml in a day sipped over several hours is usually needed.
•2tbsp boiled for 20 minutes in 1 liter of water and drunk in small dosses for 2-3 days is said to be good for uterine bleeding, excessive menstral bleeding, and middle of the month spotting.
•5ml of dried plant material boiled in 250ml water makes a tea that is drunk between meals to relieve inflamation and irritability of the stomach lining.
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
I then noticed some Climbing Honeysuckle:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
The Salmon berries were starting to appear:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
These were my sharps I had with me today:
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
Snicker was eager to move on !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
As I left the park I came across a tree which looks to me to be Sumac, this is the only one I've seen, I didn't think we had them here !
By pitdog2010 at 2011-05-24
So yeah no cool waterfalls today or mountain views but there is still plenty to find when you look for it !
