my adventure in herbalism. try at your own risk. email me denise.despirito @gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @seedstemflower)http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgpqvv6GM1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgpqvv6GM1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgpqvv6GM1r09r69o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11489327188http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11489327188Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:31:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnun6oxxe1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnun6oxxe1r09r69o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11485640913http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11485640913Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:00:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskk5i2gRh1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskk5i2gRh1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11481859686http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11481859686Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:30:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqawQ4rJ1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>60 years ago this was barren pasture, now it is a thriving forest with goldenseal and other amazing medicinal plants</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11444558117http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11444558117Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:31:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnu7zYuWa1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnu7zYuWa1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I feel like I have been waiting forever to see Witchhazel bloom. Finally that day has come!</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11441674544http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11441674544Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:00:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskjabFRHo1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskjabFRHo1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskjabFRHo1r09r69o5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskjabFRHo1r09r69o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lskjabFRHo1r09r69o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>caves at Hocking Hills</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11439022328http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11439022328Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:31:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgsn9D9Mq1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgsn9D9Mq1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>made a goldenrod hydrosol</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11403699904http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11403699904Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:43:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgpjyreX11r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my favorite Goldenseal (<span>Hydrastis canadensis)</span> patch </p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11400794679http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11400794679Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:13:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnue8N5Fj1r09r69o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnue8N5Fj1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Jo and her Dittany </p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11398370393http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11398370393Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:38:05 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgpmaQ20s1qzsde5.jpg"/></p> <p>We transplanted some Black Haw trees from the woods to a spot where they can get more light and thrive. We harvested root bark and bark from some to make a tincture to be used for menstrual cramps or muscle spasms. Eclectic doctors thought it boosted fertility. <span>&#8220;It was customary for planters to compel female slaves to drink an infusion of black haw daily whilst pregnant<a href="http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_black_haw.htm" target="_blank"> to prevent abortion</a>&#8221;</span></p> <p><span><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnu1iz3cd1qzsde5.jpg"/></span></p> <p><span><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsnustb4Qk1qzsde5.jpg"/><br/></span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11363254567http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11363254567Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:40:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lseus3oSpC1r09r69o1_r2_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11360378554http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11360378554Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:10:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqlbgbm71r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqlbgbm71r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqlbgbm71r09r69o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsgqlbgbm71r09r69o6_r1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11357688860http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11357688860Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:40:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lseuktTlwg1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nativeamericanbotanics.com/docs_infosheet_blackcohosh.pdf" target="_blank">black cohosh</a> root for a tincture</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11325569293http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11325569293Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:50:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsetigD50c1r09r69o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>gingko! just like the ones by my apt in Brooklyn.</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11322434225http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11322434225Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:15:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb94nFj2R1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>echinacea purpurea root. I knew this plant as coneflower growing up, who knew it held such powerful medicine!</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11319794863http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11319794863Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:40:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lseuaxZ7oj1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘seng!</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11285066749http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11285066749Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:08:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb8zoem7G1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this pretty little white flower called White Snakeroot (<span><em>Eupatorium ageratoides)</em></span> is toxic. Abe Lincoln’s mom died when she drank milk from a cow who ate some of it.</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11280843414http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11280843414Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:23:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb8fqoEjz1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb8fqoEjz1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>we sowed about 6,000 ginseng seeds, some people think they look like little smiley faces, I think they look like little cookie sandwiches. </p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11277671611http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11277671611Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:58:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsb85lrHgA1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>only knew a resturant by this name in brooklyn before meeting this plant - wild ginger</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11241112381http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11241112381Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:25:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsev2m6kck1r09r69o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsev2m6kck1r09r69o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>this guy was outside my bedroom door in the barn the other morning</p>http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11238374815http://seedstemflower.tumblr.com/post/11238374815Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:25:06 -0400