Made rosehip tea for the first time from my first ever rosehips. Foraged them from an overgrown series of massive brambles that had completely taken over yards of an urban fence. Sweetened the tea with a bit of sugar and tried it hot before chilling it just to see which way I prefer. Both ways are great!
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Only a tiny portion of the massive bramble of rosehips
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Reusing this bottle
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Split the berries in half and filled the mug with boiling water
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For this badge bit, I made rose petal tea from some rambling rose that's taking over a portion of a cycle path I use regularly. The tea was very pale, but tasted of roses, which is what matters!
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Harvesting rose petals
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Making tea
He whai take kore noa anō te kupu mēnā mā nga mahi a te tangata ia e kōrero / His words are nothing if his works say otherwise
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When you are doing this BB, note the second photo needs to have the harvested plant in a container or your hand with the remains of the plant that you harvested from behind the "harvest". This is the proof of harvest. Before I submit a BB, I look at other BBs that have been approved to make sure that I have not missed a step or misread the requirements. I also have the BB requirements as a part of the submission so I can check them off. Hope this helps.
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Fortunately, the rose bushes are still flowering, so I tried again today. Flowers were mostly up high and in a bit of a ditch, so I needed both hands (one for holding on, other for harvesting). I took pictures from a bit further away where there was some level ground--hopefully you can see where I pulled down the rose branch and removed some flowers!
Rose tea from rambling roses. Did a better job this time as the water needs to be warm but not too hot, or the delicate rose flavour gets destroyed. Yum!
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The rose bush before & after harvesting
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Making tea
He whai take kore noa anō te kupu mēnā mā nga mahi a te tangata ia e kōrero / His words are nothing if his works say otherwise
I've been waiting for summer to start foraging for tea leaves, which I'm really excited for, but I realised that I could already forage for evergeen needles for tea in the winter. So I went out to get some pine needles, which we have everywhere around here.
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I chopped up the pine needles and put them into a mesh tea ball
This was the first time I’ve made tea before. It didn’t taste too bad. Mulberry leaf tea wasn’t on the list, but I believe it would still meet the spirit of this BB. If not, I’ll make more tea.
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My mulberry tree at the house I moved into this spring.
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Tub O’ leaves
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Tea in the kettle
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First class. Looks weak.
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Last glass looks better.
It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.
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I've found that trying to stick to the list exactly makes these BBs easier. The plants on the foraging lists have to be found near Paul's place in Montana (it is the Permaculture Experience according to Paul - PEP, after all!). I live in the UK and it means that some BBs are difficult for me to achieve but there is usually one or two species' that make sense.
If you think Mulberry falls into this category then go for it and suggest that it is added. Otherwise, perhaps this is a good opportunity to try foraging and eating (drinking!) some plants that are on the list - and you might not have thought to.
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