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Nothing Left to Do but Self-Medicate

February 12, 2012 Erica M. Davis 6 Comments

Dried mullein leaves.

This is great—not only did I jump off a bush (on my snowboard) in an attempt to skip over some rocks to a mogul that turned out to be solid ice and hear my knee go “crunch,” such that I am suddenly confined to home awaiting an MRI, but I am also coming down with a cold, sore … [Read more...]

high altitude, medicinal cold, Colorado, Denver, elderberry, foraging, Grindelia, medicine, mullein, non-native, Rocky Mountains, sticky gumweed, willow, yarrow

Botanical Paper Not Intended for Consumption

August 7, 2011 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

Use mullein for tea and paper but not toilet paper.

A few weeks ago I received a kindly offer of homemade botanical paper from a mullein-loving kindred spirit who uses it to flavor her paper. How could I say no to that?  When the paper arrived I was charmed thrice over—first by the thought, then by the lovely 4” x 4” pieces of … [Read more...]

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Warm and Fuzzy Mullein Celebration

June 24, 2011 Erica M. Davis 11 Comments

Iced mullein milk tea one day old.

No matter which way I turn, mullein (Verbascum thapsis) seems to insert its fuzzy leaves into my life. First there was the requested rescue mission to Aurora (on June 18), where Jim and Nancy invited me to weed out all of their mullein. Much to my excitement, there were about … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, medicinal Aurora, Colorado, Denver, foraging, mullein, recipes, Rocky Mountains

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