Tag: weeds

  • Real Roots Root Beer!

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    Amelia
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    I’m making a blog post about this because the Facebook post went viral. I’m guessing you guys are interested in making root beer! I had a lot of sassafras saplings coming up into my raspberry patch, so I went in there with my shovel and dug a bunch of them out. Sassafras roots always break…

  • Cleavers is Galium, but not all Galium is Cleavers

    Cleavers is Galium, but not all Galium is Cleavers

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    Amelia
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    That title statement may not mean much to you unless you’re into herbs or foraging, but Cleavers are a common herbal remedy in much of North America and the UK. For the past two years, I have been operating under the exciting assumption that cleavers had graced me with their presence in my back yard…