Rootin' Around

Fortunately, Yellow Dock is MUCH easier to dig and often CAN be wailed upon with a pitchfork which yields yet the THIRD liver-wonder, this one being a grand source of iron which also allows you to absorb more iron from the OTHER foods you eat. (The fourth Liver Faerie is Milk Thistle SEED which isn't a root at all)

Digging Echinacea roots is a whole different dance. First off, you really have to let the dear Echinacea have THREE YEARS from seed to develop roots worth digging. When that third year comes, you dig up the entire clump and only take the roots that are at least as thick as your little finger. Replant the root clump and you can take a bit more the following year.

With Teasel Root, again, we go for the FIRST year plants, the ones that made a rosette of leaves, but didn't bloom. Teasel root tincture is what I credit for my complete recovery from 8 different sieges of Lyme Disease. Oh, not bad for a WEED.

Once the ground FREEZES, that's it, show's over. Say goodnight to the groundhogs and go inside and make SOUP.

I've been writing for Suite 101 since Dec of 1997 and every year about this time I pull up an article from 1998 that just GETS me to this day.....They put their Glories all Behind Them

I'll just leave it there.

LadyB

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