Text 7386, 60 rader
Skriven 2013-12-02 19:40:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7281 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
Ärende: Yarrow was: green  was:
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Hi Dave,

 DD> Ruth Haffly Said to Nancy Backus about green  was: Light's o

RH>  RH> Peonies and black-eyed susans.  Queen Anne's Lace too.  They're
RH>  RH> always crawling.

RH>  NB> Queen Anne's lace seems to attract flies, too...  :)  We have
RH>  NB> some of the false QA lace, aka wild carrot, growing alongside
RH>  NB> our side porch... looks close enough if you don't look all that
RH>  NB> carefully... :)  Doesn't seem to attract the buggies so much,
RH>  NB> either...

 DD> I got intrigued by this discussion - just in the interest of learning
 DD> something new. So, I went digging .....

Years ago I was nature counselor at a camp outside of Penn Yan, NY. One
of the things I taught the kids (mostly inner city from the Buffalo
area) was the names of the various wild flowers. I'd seen yarrow before
but not learned the name until that summer. Also drank my share of bug
juice there, and other camps I worked at.


 DD> Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird's nest,
 DD> bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America)) is a flowering

 DD> You can use the wild carrot seeds in place of caraway seeds, 1 part
 DD> carrot seeds for 8 parts caraway seeds.

I'll stick with caraway seeds; they're easier to get in the wilds of the
places I frequent for groceries.

RH> Yarrow? That looks sort of like QA's lace.

 DD> I thought Yarrow was the surname of one of the singers in the 50s
 DD> group Peter, Paul and Pushy ... errrrrm, Mary.   Bv)=

One of my favorite groups..................

 DD> Yarrow has been valued since ancient times for its ability to stop
 DD> bleeding, hence its folk name "nosebleed." Today, yarrow is valued for

Should have had some on hand a couple of weeks ago but I don't recall
seeing it around here.

 DD> its ability to fight off colds and flu. It is also an ingredient in
 DD> many herbal cosmetics. Dried and cut flowers are used in arrangements.

IOW, a very useful plant.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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