![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenPut in a wash early yesterday morning, then got distracted and forgot all about it until too late in the day. Got hung up this morning.
***
L and I harvested some Tall Cinquefoil (Potentilla Arguta) and some Mullein leaves yesterday. The former is mostly for some friends, but we'll keep a bit as well. There's tons of Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla Reptans) here as well (also called Tormentil). According to one site, there are 500 types of Potentilla...
Picked a few strawberries today. Oh, found some wild ones yesterday, and nibbled on a couple of those, but left most for the critters. If we want to make preserves again this year we'll have to go to a Pick-Your-Own, as our strawberry plants are still getting comfortable.
***
Went out to harvest some red clover flowers, yarrow, and horsetail. Started first with the clover, then figured I might as well get some grass for the chickens at the same time, which was a mistake. They came with little bright green insects of some sort.
At first I tried to get some of them out, then realized how silly that was, since the chickens would love them. So, carefully took out the red clover and put it to the side. The I gathered a bunch more grass and took the basket up to one of the chicken rooms, banging the basket upside-down to get all the bugs out.
***
Then off to get clover, yarrow, and horsetail. I only got a bit of clover, but I'll keep collecting over the next few weeks as I have time. I got a decent little bunch of yarrow, and quite a bit of horsetail. Since the yarrow's only started blooming in the past week or so I'm not quite sure how much there is, so I only took a third of the aerial parts that were in bloom.
The cinquefoil and mullein are hanging up in the back attic, but I don't have a lot of space there. So the clover, yarrow, and horsetail are all hanging up on our porch. There are nails on the inside of the lower edge of the porch roof, so they're high up and under the edge of the roof. Also that side of the house faces north, so it should be okay as the light is indirect or null in that area. When I get the stinging nettles I'll hang them up on the other side of the porch to keep them isolated until they're dry.
I still need to harvest the stinging nettles, but I'm working up to that...
***
Checked in on the chickens and they'd decimated the bugs and most of the grass, with some bunches of seeds laying around here and there. There's grass growing all over the place that won't be harvested as hay, so this can be something to do on some of my walks.
***
Cut out fabric for a couple of laundry bags, as we can't fit the hamper in the bedroom. Will be sewing those up today.
***
Need to do some prep for the event this weekend. Must get down loaner clothing, among other things.
***
Need to do some spinning. I need to make more space in the fiber/textile room and the best way is to get spinning, since yarn takes less space than roving. Which is also one of the reasons I've been doing more sewing this year, trying to make more space...
***
Need to pack up completed scarves so they're protected (wool) and out of the way.
***
L and I harvested some Tall Cinquefoil (Potentilla Arguta) and some Mullein leaves yesterday. The former is mostly for some friends, but we'll keep a bit as well. There's tons of Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla Reptans) here as well (also called Tormentil). According to one site, there are 500 types of Potentilla...
Picked a few strawberries today. Oh, found some wild ones yesterday, and nibbled on a couple of those, but left most for the critters. If we want to make preserves again this year we'll have to go to a Pick-Your-Own, as our strawberry plants are still getting comfortable.
***
Went out to harvest some red clover flowers, yarrow, and horsetail. Started first with the clover, then figured I might as well get some grass for the chickens at the same time, which was a mistake. They came with little bright green insects of some sort.
At first I tried to get some of them out, then realized how silly that was, since the chickens would love them. So, carefully took out the red clover and put it to the side. The I gathered a bunch more grass and took the basket up to one of the chicken rooms, banging the basket upside-down to get all the bugs out.
***
Then off to get clover, yarrow, and horsetail. I only got a bit of clover, but I'll keep collecting over the next few weeks as I have time. I got a decent little bunch of yarrow, and quite a bit of horsetail. Since the yarrow's only started blooming in the past week or so I'm not quite sure how much there is, so I only took a third of the aerial parts that were in bloom.
The cinquefoil and mullein are hanging up in the back attic, but I don't have a lot of space there. So the clover, yarrow, and horsetail are all hanging up on our porch. There are nails on the inside of the lower edge of the porch roof, so they're high up and under the edge of the roof. Also that side of the house faces north, so it should be okay as the light is indirect or null in that area. When I get the stinging nettles I'll hang them up on the other side of the porch to keep them isolated until they're dry.
I still need to harvest the stinging nettles, but I'm working up to that...
***
Checked in on the chickens and they'd decimated the bugs and most of the grass, with some bunches of seeds laying around here and there. There's grass growing all over the place that won't be harvested as hay, so this can be something to do on some of my walks.
***
Cut out fabric for a couple of laundry bags, as we can't fit the hamper in the bedroom. Will be sewing those up today.
***
Need to do some prep for the event this weekend. Must get down loaner clothing, among other things.
***
Need to do some spinning. I need to make more space in the fiber/textile room and the best way is to get spinning, since yarn takes less space than roving. Which is also one of the reasons I've been doing more sewing this year, trying to make more space...
***
Need to pack up completed scarves so they're protected (wool) and out of the way.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 11:55 pm (UTC)Make sure you have access to some dock. It really *does* work, as I found out after a close encounter with a nettle plant one fine June day....
no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 12:45 am (UTC)But yes, there is dock growing in/near the nettles -- a common thing with Mother Nature, putting cause and cure near one another ;)