Nice walk & In Season Challenge
I signed up for In Season at the end of last month. It is a monthly membership program that teaches wild medicinal plants. April Punsalan is the teacher/guide, you may remember me talking about her last year when I was taking her awesome class, Botanical Medicine Movement.
Cleaver Juice Wild Mustard Plantain and Yellow Dock
Anyways, the challenge this month is cleaver juice. I have seen and nibbled on cleaves before so thought this would be easy and fun. I had really gone looking for wild mustard which I also found.
Carolina Jasmine Carolina Jasmine Carolina Jasmine
When I got home I set to work making the juice. Afterward, I poured myself a mug and drank it. It was an interesting experience. It tastes like bean sprouts to me, which I'm not too fond of, but the allergy responses were a surprise.
Maybe Wild Lettuce Dandelion Maybe Dandelion or Wild Lettuc
As I finished the last sip, my head started pounding, and my throat started getting itching. I know that feeling well, it is an allergy response. I used to get it every spring when people mowed their lawns. Knowing this, I made a cup of goldenrod flowers and drank it and the symptoms immediately calmed down.
Maybe Sea Oxeye Maybe Sea Oxeye Maybe Fleabane
This is the same reaction I have to fresh dandelions. Over time I have learned that I can work with dried dandelions without issues, at least the roots and leaves, I haven’t dried drying the flowers. This makes me wonder what they have in common and if there is a way for me to work with cleavers without issues. Next time, I'll try blending cleavers with Nettle and Goldenrod and see if that offsets the response.
Maybe fleabane Maybe field sorrel Maybe field sorrel
The wild mustard, I was going to make mustard spread out of but then I couldn't stop eating the leaves so I put it in the salad we had for dinner and it was amazing.
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