Friday, June 28, 2013

Medicinal Herb Garden

A month ago I inherited a couple of old tractor tires. One ended up a piece of workout equipment. The other has been repurposed as an herb garden. Of course, I planted the usual kitchen herbs, parsley, rosemary, sage, mint, and cilantro. Imagine my surprise to find out these are also useful medicinal herbs. I'm doing a buttload of research on medicinal herbs you'll need when SHTF, this is a new area for me, so bear with me. And if you have other info and ideas, send 'em along.

Good starting place:

http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/06/26/10-must-have-medicinal-herbs/

Must have book:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1601383517

This one has "Everything you need to know explained simply." Yep, that's about my speed.
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 28, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    how many hatfuls in a buttload?

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  2. hiswiserangelJune 28, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    Two hatfulls in a buttload.
    Two buttloads in a shitload.
    Two shitloads in a fuckload.
    Duh. ;-)

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  3. AnonymousJune 28, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    I used to mave a medicinal herb garden when I was in college.

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  4. Angel eyesJune 28, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    Clear as mud, thanks, Angel!

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  5. RabidAlienJune 28, 2013 at 1:06 PM

    Wait....English or Standard buttload? Cuz there's a difference, ya know.

    "Explained Simply": if it doesn't rely heavily on single-syllable words and crayons, I'm usually lost. The voices in my head can't handle much more than that (although porn can be 3D HD in a gazillion colors, and they're fine with that, for some strange reason). Headin to Amazon to check out the book right now!

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  6. hiswiserangelJune 28, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    stevie, not surprised.
    Angel, you're welcome.
    Rabid, dude, Texas buttload.

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  7. BobJune 28, 2013 at 6:25 PM

    Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
    Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

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  8. timboJune 28, 2013 at 9:32 PM

    Around these parts, you gotta get a permit for a "medicinal" garden!

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  9. HeisenbugJune 29, 2013 at 12:47 AM

    So what's a metric fuck-ton then?

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  10. Angel eyesJune 29, 2013 at 2:26 PM

    Laden ton or unladen ton? I don't make sense to myself, either.

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  11. UnknownJune 29, 2013 at 3:40 PM

    Of course, the basic redneck unit of measurement is little red c-hairs. And where does "a boot full" fit in?

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  12. hiswiserangelJune 29, 2013 at 3:43 PM

    "little red c-hairs"?! Oh you'd better be talking "cocker spaniel".

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  13. AnonymousJune 30, 2013 at 6:59 PM

    A reference from 150 years ago written during the WBTS by a Southern MD. Thanks to Brock for mentioning the book and inspiring me to find a free copy online.

    http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/porcher/porcher.html

    Terry
    Fla.

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  14. HeisenbugJuly 2, 2013 at 1:19 AM

    Well, here we are - the definition of a buttload

    I saw this referenced in a "Today's Trivia" post and immediately thought of this very post. Funny what you remember sometimes...

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