Comments on: The Value of Weeds and Weeding http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/ Join the circle! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kriss http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/comment-page-1/#comment-83205 Kriss Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:37:30 +0000 http://www.circlemfarm.com/?p=3146#comment-83205 Great - we'll get some stuff out today. Great – we’ll get some stuff out today.

]]> By: Alexis Baker http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/comment-page-1/#comment-83202 Alexis Baker Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:39:55 +0000 http://www.circlemfarm.com/?p=3146#comment-83202 Hi! I am living in Argyle this summer and was interested in a Workshare. Can you send me more information? Thanks! alexis.s.baker@gmail.com Hi! I am living in Argyle this summer and was interested in a Workshare. Can you send me more information? Thanks! alexis.s.baker@gmail.com

]]> By: Jodi http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/comment-page-1/#comment-83168 Jodi Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:28:52 +0000 http://www.circlemfarm.com/?p=3146#comment-83168 Hi, Kriss. Sorry to have missed the class.....maybe next time! I'm glad to hear about something to help with bee stings. We keep bees and I have a terrible reaction to stings. I would love something to help other than benadryl. Hi, Kriss. Sorry to have missed the class…..maybe next time! I’m glad to hear about something to help with bee stings. We keep bees and I have a terrible reaction to stings. I would love something to help other than benadryl.

]]> By: Kriss http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/comment-page-1/#comment-82930 Kriss Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:54:22 +0000 http://www.circlemfarm.com/?p=3146#comment-82930 Boy, I've got burdock in spades (funny, because you've got to dig it like crazy!) but I don't harvest the roots because they are just so hard to get. Someone at the herb class told us about a "Parsnip Predator," a skinny spade that is being marketed to the prairie enthusiasts as a great tool to dig up wild parsnip, which has one of those crazy long roots, too. I'm sure it's something like a tree spade, which is long and skinny and you can sharpen the end. I'm always enticed by the seeds for various purslane cultivars in the seed catalogues. Red stems! But I've so far held off. Good luck with your weeds! Boy, I’ve got burdock in spades (funny, because you’ve got to dig it like crazy!) but I don’t harvest the roots because they are just so hard to get. Someone at the herb class told us about a “Parsnip Predator,” a skinny spade that is being marketed to the prairie enthusiasts as a great tool to dig up wild parsnip, which has one of those crazy long roots, too. I’m sure it’s something like a tree spade, which is long and skinny and you can sharpen the end.

I’m always enticed by the seeds for various purslane cultivars in the seed catalogues. Red stems! But I’ve so far held off. Good luck with your weeds!

]]> By: Mary Jo, Five Green Acres http://www.circlemfarm.com/2010/the-value-of-weeds-and-weeding/comment-page-1/#comment-82888 Mary Jo, Five Green Acres Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:54:27 +0000 http://www.circlemfarm.com/?p=3146#comment-82888 I did an herbal apprenticeship a few years ago, right as we were moving into our Five Green Acres. We inherited three fenced-in garden areas, which was both exciting and overwhelming. I found myself sort of paralyzed that first year, with thoughts of chickweed and nettle (which we have in blessed abundance!) and burdock on my mind. I wanted to give the plants already there an opportunity to make themselves known, but I had no vegetable success whatsoever that year. It took a long time to reconcile the desire to honor the 'weeds' with the desire to successfully cultivate some more deliberate plants. I think this year might be the year of keeping them separate. (fingers crossed) I've even gone so far as to buy a packet of Burdock seeds, to cultivate a whole row of it. The variety claims to be easier to harvest than the native ones that are everywhere, but still I feel a little silly spending money on seeds that are right out my back door. I did an herbal apprenticeship a few years ago, right as we were moving into our Five Green Acres. We inherited three fenced-in garden areas, which was both exciting and overwhelming. I found myself sort of paralyzed that first year, with thoughts of chickweed and nettle (which we have in blessed abundance!) and burdock on my mind. I wanted to give the plants already there an opportunity to make themselves known, but I had no vegetable success whatsoever that year. It took a long time to reconcile the desire to honor the ‘weeds’ with the desire to successfully cultivate some more deliberate plants. I think this year might be the year of keeping them separate. (fingers crossed) I’ve even gone so far as to buy a packet of Burdock seeds, to cultivate a whole row of it. The variety claims to be easier to harvest than the native ones that are everywhere, but still I feel a little silly spending money on seeds that are right out my back door.

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