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PEP BB medicine.sand.dryhorsetail - Dry enough horsetail for a tea, infusion, or decoction

BB natural medicine - sand badge
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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.

For this BB, you will harvest, dry, and store enough horsetail to make a tea, infusion or decoction.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must post:
- 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 labelled container, with the label indicating where the herbs came from, the method of drying, and the date

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First to tackle this BB. Nice! This was also logged in my Permaculture/Homesteading Diary.
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Horsetail in the wild.
Horsetail in the wild.
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Being harvested.
Being harvested.
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Air dried.
Air dried.
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Labeled.
Labeled.
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Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Harvest, Dry, and Store Horsetail BB.

I harvested Horsetail at the Lab 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
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fresh herb
fresh herb
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drying in Solar Dehydrator at WL
drying in Solar Dehydrator at WL
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dry
dry
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labeled Jar
labeled Jar

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Dipping my toe into the natural medicine BB's.

I harvested a bunch of horsetail, dried it in a solar hot air dehydrator, bagged it, and labeled it.
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Some of the harvest.
Some of the harvest.
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On the tray to dry.
On the tray to dry.
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Dry and bagged
Dry and bagged
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Horsetail is getting killed off in many places it used to grow.... :'-( People spray it so much. But I found this patch recently and couldn't wait to get it harvested, dried, ground up and used as an herbal calcium supplement!
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horsetail before harvest
horsetail before harvest
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washed
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dried
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bottled and labeled horsetail
bottled and labeled horsetail

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My property is next to an open space that (from what I've heard) use to have a pond, before a 6 lane road displaced the pond. This open space is still fertile with a lot of hydrophilic vegetation, including horsetail. Harvesting horsetail is so fun to do that I have to be wary of not over-harvesting. The drying basket is huge so I added my hand for size.
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Paul Fookes approved this submission.
Note: I certify this BB complete.  Well done

 
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