yesterday was wonderfully hot and sunny, and from the moment i awoke, i was ready to go. rare to have an entire day to myself and having already purchased a large bottle of 100 proof vodka (this is always fun at the ABC store "it's not for drinkng, i'm making medicine" yeah ok miss), it was medicine time. i'd had my eye on a lovely patch of dandelion leaves for a couple of days and was planning on preserving their goodness in the vodka. standing there, munching on a few of these leaves, i noticed a lovely display of blossoming dandelion and couldn't resist digging up an entire plant. it took only a little maneuvering with a shovel, as it had rained not too long before. i dug her up and rinsed her off, leaving her to slightly dry off in the sun.
here she is basking....
here she is on the chopping block....
and into the jar she goes...
topped off with the vodka, labeled and put onto the shelf to admire for at least 6 weeks. i'm pretty excited about it. my first tincture from a whole plant, from root to stem to leaf to blossom to seed. should be pretty potent for general liver and digestive health.
sowing the seeds of love....even in cement
why oh why would you try to kill a plant that wants to live amongst us this badly? it offers itself to us from root to leaf to blossom to seed. every part edible, every part medicinal. and free for the taking most everywhere. the next time you see someone spraying her, let them know, use force if necessary (just kidding, sort of)
