Herb of the Week - Purslane

I am setting this up on a separate blog that will eventually 
be an easy to use resource down the line.
So click the link below to see it uses and bookmark the blog for weekly installments.

I will be posting an herb of the week every Tuesday. I find it is easy to remember things like this when you get them in small doses.

 Purslane

 This evasive weed as a  smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems and alternate leaves clustered at stem joints and ends. A yellow flowers have five regular parts and are up to 6 mm wide. Depending upon rainfall, the flowers appear at anytime during the year. The flowers open singly at the center of the leaf cluster for only a few hours on sunny mornings. Seeds are formed in a tiny pod, which opens when the seeds are mature. Purslane has a taproot with fibrous secondary roots and is able to tolerate poor, compacted soils and drought.

Song for this post is  Ziggy Marley - Herbs An' Spices

Herb of the Week - PLANTAIN

I am setting this up on a separate blog that will eventually 
be an easy to use resource down the line.
So click the link below to see it uses and bookmark the blog for weekly installments.

I will be posting an herb of the week every Tuesday. I find it is easy to remember things like this when you get them in small doses.

This is weed I have spent  weekends yanking out of my lawn....now they live free among the grass.

PLANTAIN

 Leaves are broad, ovaloid, toothed, and ribbed. Grooved stalk. Flowers are small, white, whorled and numerous. the root is fibrous. Plantains contain substances which might help decrease pain and swelling (inflammation), decrease mucous (phlegm) production, and open airways. It might also be able to kill bacteria and fungi. Approved for use in Europe due to broncho dialation effects, and proven as an antimicrobial.

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Songs for this post has to be Down With Disease - Phish