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Disclaimer: As always, the final responsibility for determining the safety and suitability of using any wild plant as a food or medicine, is yours! In other words, you try it, you get sick, it's your fault!
Work has slowed down, so we've went to a 4 day week - bummer on pay days, BUT, it's an extra day to go hiking . Talk about your silver lining.
So that's what I did. Thought I'd share a coupla pictures with you.
The area is in Southern Ontario, Hamilton, to be precise and it is a natural area, recently devastated by the construction of an expressway right through it's midst. It's a shame that the only green politicians care about is that which they can fold and put in their wallet.
So then the challenge becomes to find the beauty amidst the folly. Just have to look a little harder, I guess.
This first guest is young Xanthoxylum americanum, better known as Prickly Ash. For our purposes, it's also known as the Toothache Tree. According to Dr. James A Duke, author of The Green Pharmacy, co-author of Peterson's Guide to Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants, and others, "This herb is best known for minimizing the horrible pain of toothache. It also contains a bacteria-killing chemical that can help prevent tooth decay. The late Alabama herbalist Tommie Bass recommended chewing twigs. You could make a concentrated tea to swish in your mouth."
Maybe a little beauty is in order. I believe this is Redbud (Cercis canadensis). If so, it has edible properties as a pickle, salad, and a cooked vegetable. I've never tried it, but included it here because of the attractive buds.
You might have seen this one in a previous post. It is Cut-leaved Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata). The rhizomes (horizontal stems under the ground) and leaves are peppery-tasting. The rhizomes can be cut up and used in salads or cut up very finely, can be used as a peppery condiment. I have tried the rhizomes before and they are peppery.
This is the rhizome.
A closer picture.
On a less appetizing note, the ever ubiquitous Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) making its way up this tree trunk.
On a larger scale, a little bit of scenery. My favourite spot in this area.
From this picture, you can certainly tell it's Spring in Southern Ontario
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoyed.
Doc
Work has slowed down, so we've went to a 4 day week - bummer on pay days, BUT, it's an extra day to go hiking . Talk about your silver lining.
So that's what I did. Thought I'd share a coupla pictures with you.The area is in Southern Ontario, Hamilton, to be precise and it is a natural area, recently devastated by the construction of an expressway right through it's midst. It's a shame that the only green politicians care about is that which they can fold and put in their wallet.
So then the challenge becomes to find the beauty amidst the folly. Just have to look a little harder, I guess.
This first guest is young Xanthoxylum americanum, better known as Prickly Ash. For our purposes, it's also known as the Toothache Tree. According to Dr. James A Duke, author of The Green Pharmacy, co-author of Peterson's Guide to Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants, and others, "This herb is best known for minimizing the horrible pain of toothache. It also contains a bacteria-killing chemical that can help prevent tooth decay. The late Alabama herbalist Tommie Bass recommended chewing twigs. You could make a concentrated tea to swish in your mouth."
Maybe a little beauty is in order. I believe this is Redbud (Cercis canadensis). If so, it has edible properties as a pickle, salad, and a cooked vegetable. I've never tried it, but included it here because of the attractive buds.
You might have seen this one in a previous post. It is Cut-leaved Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata). The rhizomes (horizontal stems under the ground) and leaves are peppery-tasting. The rhizomes can be cut up and used in salads or cut up very finely, can be used as a peppery condiment. I have tried the rhizomes before and they are peppery.
This is the rhizome.
A closer picture.
On a less appetizing note, the ever ubiquitous Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) making its way up this tree trunk.
On a larger scale, a little bit of scenery. My favourite spot in this area.
From this picture, you can certainly tell it's Spring in Southern Ontario
Well, that's it. Hope you enjoyed.
Doc
