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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 Echinacea flower, leaf, or root.



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DIY Natural discusses species of echinacea and its uses

Minimum requirements:
  - Harvest, dry, and store enough echinacea flower, leaf, or root to make a tea, infusion, or decoction.

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (< 2 min):
  - Your herbs drying (hanging, in a dehydrator, in a bag, etc.)
  - 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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My Echinacea patch is double last year!
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Echinacea harvesting
Echinacea harvesting
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air drying flowers
air drying flowers
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covered, labeled and ready to store or use
covered, labeled and ready to store or use
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This years drought might be killing my echinacea flowers. Trying to grab some leaves before they succumb.
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Harvesting from plant
Harvesting from plant
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Hang to air dry
Hang to air dry
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Labeled sealed container
Labeled sealed container
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I've been growing echinacea for three years or so. So weird that I haven't turned in this drying bb!
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Picking from my echinacea patch
Picking from my echinacea patch
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Drying several herbs. The echinacea is in the upper right corner of the dehydrator
Drying several herbs. The echinacea is in the upper right corner of the dehydrator
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In a container with a label
In a container with a label
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Cheryl Loomans approved this submission.
Note: I hearby certify this BB as complete!

 
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