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

Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Harvest, Dry, and Store Burdock Root BB.

I harvested Burdock Root at a park in Missoula during SkIP 2021.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- 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, with the label indicating where the herbs came from, the method of drying, and the date

I'd intended to harvest these roots towards the end of the summer, but a bad windstorm knocked my burdock plants down so I figured I might as well dig them now. I definitely should have cut the roots up before drying them - they were a pain to cut once they dried. I ended up with about a cup of dried burdock root.

Harvested and dried burdock root.

For some reason I can't edit my post to add this, so here's the jar with the updated label!

Minimum requirements:
-  harvest, dry, and store enough burdock root to make a tea, infusion, or decoction.

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as photos or video (< 2 min):
attachment 1- a picture of the fresh herb being harvested
attachment 2- a picture of your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, in a bag, etc.)
attachment 3- a picture of your herbs in a sealed and labelled container
   - label shows where the herbs came from, the date, and the method of drying

Burdock root harvested from "the lease" and air dried.

Here’s my burdock root harvest and storage.

Another one from my client visit!

Found some burdock in the woods while picking serviceberries after I had been trying to figure out what plants I could find for the syrup BB. I had to run back to the cars to borrow a shovel and then I didn't have time to get a lot because my friends were waiting for me to return their shovel but I got three plants and a piece of another that I broke off trying to dig out.

Here is one of the plants.



I tried digging it out with a stick and broke the root.



I borrowed a shovel. It worked much better than a stick.



Look at that nice root!



I got several smaller ones as well.



Here they all are ready to be washed in the sink.



Scrubbing as much of the dirt off as I could manage.



Cutting up the roots. This actually smelled delicious. Like dirt but delicious.



I put the pieces on a pan to dehydrate in the toaster oven.



Running the dehydrate cycle.



After drying the pieces.



The dried pieces in a labelled jar. It wasn't a lot but should be enough for at least a couple servings of decoction.