Hello friends,
I have been growing native plants in my garden. I am not a purist, I will grow other types of plants, too, but I believe that cultivating native plants helps support the local ecosystems. If a diverse array of native plants are growing in your garden, you can rest assured that you are doing something right.
This is my wild cucumber. I do not know WHY it is called that because it does not grow edible fruit. I suppose that the seed pods look a little bit like a cucumber shape, but they are just spiny seed pods.
I am growing this wild cucumber vine in the hope that it will cover my pergola. I have had little luck battling the drought and more traditional vines such as honeysuckle and grapes just do not want to establish.
The wild cucumber should grow 30 feet long, more than enough to help out with my pergola goals.
This is a prairie sunflower. They love growing in a pile of sand so there is no trouble for them to survive drought. Not only are they pretty, but they provide a little shade for my petunias.
Are you surprised to see that prickly pear cactus is native to Saskatchewan? It certainly is and I must say they are a chore to weed. Someone advised me that they use a pair of long forceps to grab weeds from between these pointy cactus spines.
Here is a patch of mountain goldenrod. I don't know why it is called MOUNTAIN goldenrod as there are no mountains anywhere near me, but I will take it. This patch is growing in my lawn area and we have been mowing around it.
Here is a patch of pasture sage. Same deal--the husband is not allowed to mow over this highly aromatic plant.
These are called pussy toes. They are a low growing meadow plant that is spreading in large round patches in my lawn. The flowers look like little 3 toed cat paws rising from the soil.
These are just a few of the native plants that I am cultivating and protecting.
Thanks for reading!
That's cool. I wasn't surprised about the prickly pears as I had a friend from SK and when she went home for xmas, her mom sent her back with some prickly pear jelly and she sent a jar to me too.
I never knew the name of the pussy toes but we have them in northern BC too. I try to keep the local plants going too but in our tiny yard it is hard. Wild roses and Saskatoons are the biggest we have and luckily we can eat them.
Wow! I have not heard of anyone making prickly pear jelly! I am going to ask around.
It was very sweet but good. If you send me a jar when you make it, I will let you know if you did a good job. 😁
OK it's a deal!
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Nice to have pretties growing, and native plants always survive better! Love the sage, looks and tastes nice.
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I haven't tried eating it---let me check my book about Aboriginal uses of native plants--
OK so the Cree word for Prairie Sage translates to "good tasting cow plant" so I guess it is edible. Good for insect repellent, making a poultice for healing burns, drunk as a tea for kidney pain and ridding worms, as a diuretic and to treat bladder infections and much more.
Do you have this particular plant where you are? What is it used for down there?--in addition to burning for ritual use.
Sage is the primary spice for poultry down here, a very good add! I had just heard about burning it, have to look....
What you list of uses looks right. I use lavender oil for burns, it's incredible and fast acting!
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This is a different kind of sage than the one used for cooking poultry. That is garden sage. It should be a perennial where you live, so plant it once and it will keep coming back. Actually, most of the herbs should come back for you--rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, lavender, etc. You should have all of these planted on your homestead.
Got seeds for them all, plan on a pharmacology garden at the homestead; for when healthcare fails totally. Here in Tulsa a woman was denied medical care, be asked on her politics and religious beliefs...so it's coming!
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What about her healthcare and political beliefs caused her to be denied healthcare?
They didn't deny her healthcare, they just tried to kill her after she got in the hospital. The dark underbelly of socialized medicine, in the UK the refusal is direct...they send you home at the magic age; here they offer hospitals a bonus to kill those old enough and sick enough. They thought they'd get away with that with My love! The refused to feed her for 2 weeks, which left her in a coma. I forced feeding by threat of lawsuit; and by climbing every doctor and nurse I met up ike a tree! I'm sure they Still hate my guts....
As soon as she was fed again, she came around. Then they tried to convince her that I would be better off, if she died!!!!🤬😡 They sent her home on hospice, She is better now!
The other Lady I mentioned, is a minister to the indigent. She refused the vaccine, on religious grounds; and they forced her to leave...sick and untreated!
The socialists in 1930's Germany refused medical treatment to political enemies; and the socialists in DC are copying their game plans. The simply are substituting Christians for Jews, and building their camps! Your government is following closely, so watch out.
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