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Went to town today so I took the opportunity to do a little plant hunting on the way home. 1st up, found some yellowroot. Hasn’t budded yet, it better hurry. It usually blooms by the first of march.

Had to be careful given my propensity to fall in creeks and rivers. Today the water looked extra cold! 🤣

Usnea was laying everywhere in the woods. The recent snow took down thousands of dead limbs. Especially pines, saw lots of pine limbs on the ground.

And last, old reliable, lance leaf plantain. I can find plantain every month of the year. Here it is, nice and green even though it was covered by snow a week before last, temps in the teens all last week. Yet it’s still growing.

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I pulled some of the elderberries out of the freezer to dehydrate today. I may dry the entire bag, or maybe make tincture. Still thinking on it. My oregano also needs a haircut bad, not the typical time of year for harvesting done but it needs to be done.
Out in the wild, I see the yarrow starting to come out, lots of mullein and of course the plantain that basically never dies here. There's some small California poppy seedlings around, too.
 
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Pressed out 2 and a half quarts of tincture tonight. 2qts of Sweet Leaf and a half quart of Catnip. Both wonderful medicines that treat a wide range of issues.

Thanks @Grimm still love the veggi/fruit press you told us all about. It works great for pressing tinctures. Makes what was a messy chore into a simple, clean and neat process.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/monarda-sweet-leaf.10258/

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/catnip.9994/

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Glad you like it!
 

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