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Dry alfalfa for a tea, infusion, or decoction - PEP BB medicine.sand.dry.alfalfa

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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

In this badge bit, you will harvest, dry, and store alfalfa leaf or blossom.


Minimum requirements:
-  Harvest, dry, and store enough alfalfa leaf and/or blossom to make a tea, infusion, or decoction.

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 2 min):
- a picture of the fresh herb being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, in a bag, etc.)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container
    - label shows where the herbs came from, the date, and method of drying
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Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Dry Alfalfa BB.

I harvested Alfalfa at Wheaton Labs during the PTJ 2021.  It was dried in the solar dehydrator.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- a picture of your fresh herbs being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, or in a bag, etc)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container.
    - label shows where the herbs came from, the date, and the method of drying (WL = Wheaton Labs as harvest location)
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It's the season for stray alfalfa plants in every pasture, road shoulder and even park to be blooming. I've heard that alfalfa is an excellent nutritive plant, especially for diabetics. So my kids and I have been pulling the blossoms (the most medicinally active part of the plant right now) dehydrating them and storing them. The plastic bag is temporary, since I've been grinding them into a powder to make a vitamin mix with them. It's hard to tell it's alfalfa at that point, so I used this pic instead.
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alfalfa flowers from the library's backyard
alfalfa flowers from the library's backyard
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my parents powder them and capsulate them
my parents powder them and capsulate them
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I skip the capsules and roll them into little balls for a daily dose
I skip the capsules and roll them into little balls for a daily dose
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dried alfalfa in dehydrator
dried alfalfa in dehydrator
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amended label on dried alfalfa container
amended label on dried alfalfa container

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Note: If you could add a photo of you dried herbs after correctlylabeling we can certfy it.  Ihave copied the relevant line herelabel shows where the herbs came from, the date, and method of drying

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Note: Label needs more info: location of harvest and method of drying (air, heat, solar)

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Note: I can't swallow pills, so the balls sound interesting!

 
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I harvest alfalfa at WL while I was there for SKIP 2024. I was thrilled to harvest from a polyculture.

Minimum requirements:
-  Harvest, dry, and store enough alfalfa leaf and/or blossom to make a tea, infusion, or decoction.

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 2 min):
- a picture of the fresh herb being harvested
- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, in a bag, etc.)
- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labeled container
    - label shows where the herbs came from, the date, and method of drying
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Harvested this back in September, but I didn’t store and label it properly… yes it took me 2 months to get over that hurdle, but today is the day!!
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Drying on rack
Drying on rack
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Labeled and stored!
Labeled and stored!
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Note: nice job! alfalfa is so nourishing

 
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As plants are blooming I went looking around the field for what plants I might have that are on the dry list. I found a couple of large alfalfa plants in the field, which doesn't surprise me considering we are surrounded by alfalfa fields. I picked some and dried it in a basket in the greenhouse. My acupuncturist told me that she just dries her herbs either in baskets or hanging from the ceiling and I thought that sounded like a great, super simple idea.
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Harvesting from a large alfalfa plant.
Harvesting from a large alfalfa plant.
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Some alfalfa (and yarrow) drying in a basket in the greenhouse.
Some alfalfa (and yarrow) drying in a basket in the greenhouse.
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Cutting up the dried alfalfa.
Cutting up the dried alfalfa.
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The finished container of alfalfa (and yarrow and willow bark) all labelled and stored in this snazzy little cabinet I found in a shed.
The finished container of alfalfa (and yarrow and willow bark) all labelled and stored in this snazzy little cabinet I found in a shed.

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