Last weekend was the annual Medicinal Herb Field Trip and Workshop at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas.
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Last weekend was the one-year Medicinal Herb Field Trip and Workshop at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View , Arkansas . It certainly is spring in the Ozarks – discipline out the photo – and you ’ll feel like you were out on the lead with us !
There is nothing better than a hike in the woods when the give ephemeron are just popping out . In the upper woods they were appearing in the understory , though most were not in flush – just here and there . Tree were leafing out , so we were able-bodied to identify them by their Modern , burnished - gullible foliage growth . Those without leaves were easy I.D.ed by our trail steer Doug Elliott , Bo Brown , John Michael Kelley , Sasha Daucus , Tina Marie Wilcox and I.
It is of utmost grandness , that we properly identify flora before harvesting and using them . That is why we have this hike every year – to hike up with versed woodspeople and herbalists – to help us to identify and learn the plants . We wish to use at least three field guide to help oneself us be sure of the plants and their chracteristics . Besides staying on the lead , or watching carefully where we take the air , we are serious-minded about harvesting plants from the wild . We do n’t glean plant life at - risk or endangered . If we do harvest home works material , we never dig too much of a patch . pick out plants to thin the patch and take small amounts – only what you will use .
As we progressed down the trail , more and more plant life seem and by the time we acquire down to walk alongside Whitewater Creek , plant like trout lily , leap ravisher , crinkle-root and spring anemones were in a bacchanalia of flower . We heard lots of bird Call and tree frog , which our pathfinder Bo Brown , who has great ornithological attainment , helped us to describe .
After luncheon we broke into smaller groups and were able to have more hikes with teachers whose expertise we were most interested in . ( Read agenda onwww.ozarkfolkcenter.com ) . The following day we had an array of inspiring and interesting programs from “ St. John ’s Wort : Nerve Healing Power Herb ” and “ The Magic of Fermentation : Why and How to Do It ” to “ More Stories , Songs and Lore ” and a choice of concurrent Roger Sessions . I learned so much from the other teachers and had a blast hanging with all of the herbies !
Our lunch was “ A Wild and Cultured Luncheon ” sport wild weeds and turn intellectual nourishment prepared by the Skillet Restaurant chef , Barb Wilson , her faculty and I. My next web log will highlight some of those recipe so stay tuned .
Meanwhile , get out there in the woods and commune with nature !
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We started our hike out with a “Dandelion Tale” by Doug Elliott. Did you know that all parts of the dandelion are edible? Get the leaves when they are small and add them to salads, soups or stir fries and make dandyburgers. Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Sasha Daucus
