Nancy Reading wrote:Any tips on cleaning the roots? I rinsed most of the mud off them used a brush under running water. I suspect that in better soil they develop a better taproot - mine were quite short with lots of side branches.
If you have a milk crate and a creek, you can rinse them that way, but they will still need scrubbing.
Nancy Reading wrote:I dug and dried a couple of roots. Had a look for the price of it online - fairly pricey! The retail price for a 50g pack seems to be about £100/kg (10p a gram) here for example . These two plants yielded about 75g of dried root, so potentially £7.50.
dried Angelica root
There was a bit of work in digging, rather more in washing and cutting up, but I think there could be a potential income there.... The main thing is though I have a little root to try as stomach calming tea....
The folks I learned from wild harvested herbs for a living and angelica was one of the main ones they harvested.
I tell you about the medicinal and culinary use of Garlic. Garlic is one of our most important medicinal herbs, being almost a "cure-all". In cooking, it is just fantastic!
r ransom wrote:In the first video, the person uses his little finger to press down the string.
In other videos, they don't need that finger.
Is it possible to play without the little finger pressing down the string?
Is it possible? Yes. Django Reinhardt, certainly one of the greatest guitar players of all time, only had use of two fingers and his thumb due to an accident. Is it ideal? No. You have four strings and four fingers. In the long run, it is better to use four and the thumb sometimes, but if that is not possible you can adapt.
I show you how to play my version of Big Bos Man as more of a Memphis style blues, influenced by Charlie Rich and Jerry Reed. I also discuss the Grateful Dead and their huge influence on the music we now call Americana.
BTW, be sure to pull up some Ukulele Ike, Cliff Edwards on youtube. He was the voice of Jimny Crickett and a fantastic musician. His life was tragic, but his talent was immense. He mixed chord melody with excellent single note soling that really put him on par with the greatest jazz guitarists of the era. He also played a mean kazoo!
