Joy Oasis

Cameron Green wrote:

Thank you so much for this information. I made my purchase!

Fun, then we can share our growing experience here! I also got perenial Tindora cucumber, so these ytwo will be new vines for me this year.

I am wondering if anyone tried eating underground roots, people said that they taste better than air ones from the same plant. Some countries call air bulbits seed yams as they use them to plant and eat underground part.

Cameron Green wrote:I am interested in trying an edible variety that will be left in my greenhouse in 7 B.  Please contact me if anyone has them available for sale or barter.  Thank you.

GoodGardens on etsy i still selling angular variety. I just got them in the mail and they look beautiful, I will wait until March to plant them. I wonder if gophers eat them as we have some.

If your herbs are completely dry, it is best to keep them in the airtight container as oxygen degrades herbs faster. But if you are not completely sure, then cloth or paper would allow moisture to continue evaporating.

Thank you. Very interesting. I guess I am a lucky 50 percent that Jamaican Dogwood helps. I used it in combination with other herbs for the migraines in tincture form and felt it was very useful in stopping the attack.

Thank you, Judith, for your answer. I think we dig either in the fall or next spring before stem comes up. In my zone 10 though I wouldn't wait until spring as they might start shooting the stem up earlier due to no real winter.

Do they grow very slow at first? My seem to be lagging even though they sprouted quite fast.

Very nice! I amuses me that scientists keep thinking where animal has learned this behavior. Their forget intuition part.

Carla Burke wrote:

I'm not surprised her results were so poor. To make an effective medicinal tea, the ratio recommended (by well- known, highly reputable) clinical herbalists, is 1oz by weight of dried herb, to 1qt of water, at a near-boil, steeped until it cools. Strain, pressing all the liquid out of the herb. To use, drink 1C daily, sweetened with honey, monkfruit, or stevia.

An update: now sometime later I do find feverfew effective for migraine attacks, but not as a tea, but as a tincture. It takes whole tablespoon and sometimes need to repeat it later, That is a lot of alcohol though, so I prefer to use low dose botanical tinctures such as blue iris or ghost pipe. And lots of ginger slices from the jar with honey.

Kirk Hutchison wrote:When I was little I used to suck the nectar out of bougainvillea flowers. The internet tells me that the sap is mildly toxic, but apparently the nectar is fine

Bougainvillea flowers make a beautiful magenta lemonade. Just don't heat it. Let fresh or dried flowers soak in room temperature water for a few hours. We loved it! They also were used medicinally in some cultures. Also dye Easter eggs pink.