Five Finger Ivy.

Five Finger Ivy.

Susun shows us Five Finger Ivy. Which is an edible, lemony tasting plant, that is rich in vitamin c.

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Roadside Harvest

Roadside Harvest

Comfrey. Nettle. Red Clover. Jewelweed. Yellow Rocket. Yellow Dock. Chives. Finding nutritious food and healing medicines can be as easy as stepping outside your door.

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Fresh Yarrow tincture recipe

Fresh Yarrow tincture recipe

Look for yarrow growing in fields and meadows. Harvest only the wild white yarrow. And harvest on a sunny day, in the middle of the day if possible, so the yarrow is strongly scented. For tincture, the flowering tops are the best. (For salves, the larger, lower, basal leaves are preferred.)

I usually cut the top three or four inches of each yarrow plant, doing my best to allow the stalk to reflower by cutting just above a leaf node. I use the stalk, leaves, and flowers in my tincture.

Using scissors, I cut the yarrow stalks and flowers into pieces and fill a jar with them. Then I add 100 proof vodka right up to the top. Lid it tightly. Stick on a pretty label with at least the name of the plant and the date. And wait. The tincture is ready to use in six weeks.

I spray yarrow tincture on my ankles to repel ticks.
I spray it all over myself to repel mosquitoes.
I spray yarrow tincture on wounds and bug bites.
I spray it on my toothbrush and use it as a deodorant.
Yarrow tincture has many more uses. How will you use yours?

Fresh hypericum tincture or oil

Fresh hypericum tincture or oil

On the sunniest day of the summer, look in fields and along roadsides for the yellow flowers of Hypericum perforatum (aka St. John’s/St. Joan’s wort) and get ready to make two of the Great Remedies. Take both 100 proof vodka and pure olive oil with you when you go out to stalk St. John’s/St. Joan’s wort, bottles of various sizes, and a pair of sharp scissors.

Depending on the abundance or scarcity of flowers, I harvest anything from just the blossoms to the top third of the Hypericum plant. So long as the day is sunny and the plants dry the tincture will be active and medicinal even if it contains a fair amount of stalk and leaves. I also make a quart of this tincture as I use it frequently, in dropperful doses.

If you are using tops rather than just flowers, chop as needed. I often harvest Hypericum flowers right into my jar and fill it with vodka or oil while still afield, insuring optimum freshness and maximum fairy blessings.

Cover tightly. Label. I do not put my oil in the sun, but some people swear by it. Try one each way and see what you think. Your St. J’s tincture and your St. J’s oil will be ready to use in six weeks.

More Wild Plant Identification

More Wild Plant Identification

Susun goes on a weed walk in a vacant lot and shows us St Joans wort (hypericum perforatum), purple loose strife, cronewort aka mugwort (artemisia vulgaris), sumac, queen annes lace and more. She talks about some uses of these "weeds".