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Dandelion -Taraxacum Officinalis

Panel #10 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia

This is the last to be feautured, perfect timing because i’m gonna take the tour down next sunday, just need to find transport to get there, anybody can lend me a car for half a day?

Dandelion -Taraxacum Officinalis

Dandelion Face Mask
Good for toning the skin and [...]

Sheep Sorrel -Rumex acetosella

Panel #8 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia

Sorrel Fever Tea
Sorrel tea acts as a diuretic and laxative and so helps the process of elimination in fevers.
30g Sorrel Leaves
500ml boiling water
Pour boiling water onto sorrel and leave to draw for 5 minutes. Strain and take 2 tablespoon four times a day.

And Below is the [...]

White Clover

Panel #9 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia

Recipes: White Clover Snow
250ml Water 250ml Orange juice
250g White Clover blossoms 3 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon agar agar 250ml Whipped cream

Bring water and orange juice to the boil , add the trimmed clover blossom which should have disintegrated into individual florets and stir well. Sweeten with honey [...]

Spiny Rush

Panel #7 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia now installed at Wollombi.

Spiny Rush

Spiny Rush is widely used in Africa as weaving fibre for baskets and mats.

Woman in Ghana weaving a basket .

Rush is used as natural fibre for weaving in many cultures around the world.
The fibre gets essicated then dyed and [...]

Willow

Panel #6 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia: Black Willow

Here’s a teaser of what you can find in the PDF panel below:
Medicinal Uses: Anodyne; Antiinflammatory; Antiperiodic; Antiseptic; Astringent; Diaphoretic; Diuretic; Febrifuge; Hypnotic; Sedative; Tonic.
The bark has been used in the treatment of gonorrhoea, ovarian pains and nocturnal emissions.
The bark of this species is [...]

Oxalis

Panel #5 in the WeedyConnection Self Guided Tour: Oxalis.

Recipes: Oxalis Sauce

This green sauce was a favourite in the fifteenth century when it was served with fish, game or pork.
250g (8oz/2 cups) Oxalis
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon cream
1 tablespoon clear, light honey
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
pinch cayenne pepper

Sauté’ Oxalis in butter till soft.
Pure’ through a sieve or in a [...]

Scotch Thistle

Panel 4, Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia, the Thistles were just over the star pickets fence, you can see the real thing up in Wollombi, NSW, Australia up to December 7.

And here below is the panel you can see on the wodden reader as a PDF, [...]

Poplar

Third Panel of the Wollombi’s Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia.

And Here is the PDF version of the [...]

Ribwort Plantago

Second installment of the Self-Guided Tour Panels: Ribwort Plantago

And here is the PDF version of the [...]

Blakberry Panel

Here is the panel i made for the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia now on at Wollombi.

Over the next weeks i will slowly upload all of the 10 panels.
The info-points are in PDF format, just download from this [...]