Jewel weed can also be made into a really effective salve for poison ivy/oak, and any other kind of skin rashes.
We have tons of poison ivy around here, and no jewel weed that I've found, so I'll have to break down and get some seeds.
Thanks, @carolkean, for alerting me to this post, which I'd missed the first time.
The death star and strafing references cracked me up, and I can completely relate . . . last year we had a nest of yellow jackets on our front porch, of all places, and I was about ready to just lock it up and move out.
We were finally able to take care of the little bastards once we had a couple of good freezes, and I felt a particular satisfaction when we finally built a roaring fire, and burnt the box they'd nested in.
I really miss our goats.
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I could send you a bucket of seeds, although the flowers are fading now so I imagine the window is closing quickly on that.
This year hasn't been as bad with the stinging menaces, but it's still a little stressful to be out chopping blackberries and wondering when I will be attacked. Last year was wretched. They were everywhere! We've had rain off and on all summer. Maybe that helps keep the population down. Congratulations on making your porch safe for humans!
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