10/Garden Love

Another plant from my garden - Yarrow. If you look closely you can see a wasp on one of the flowers. Yes, even wasps are welcome in my garden, except the European Wasp. Luckily I see these only rarely.

With many medicinal and some culinary uses, yarrow can also absorb nutrients from the soil and make them available to other plants. I plant it at the end of some of the veggie beds.

I have recently read that it is sometimes added to ferments. I am keen to give it a try, but judiciously as it has a flavour tending on the bitter side.

#FromTheGarden #Yarrow #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAdelaide

Lovely Yarrow . . .

#yarrow #bloomscrolling

#MythologyMonday 🍇🌿🧙‍♀️🫖
In Appalachian folklore, boneset tea was a fever remedy when “witch’s breath” (illness) swept the mountains. 🤒⛰️🌳🌡️

💮 #Yarrow was brewed to “sweat out” sickness, and elderberries offered magical protection and healing from colds. Herbs hung above doorways guarded families from plague.
#BonsetTea 🌿🫖#Witchsbreath #AppalachianFolklore ⛰️🌳#HerbalWellness 🌿🍵

Sources: Foxfire Books; Phyllis D. Light, Southern Folk Medicine

📷by Barbi Gardiner

#ladybird #ladybug sunning itself on what I think is a #yarrow in our garden...

It's been a good year for ladybirds, and insects in general, this year.