tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post6973896356980114077..comments2024-03-20T10:17:53.388+01:00Comments on tales from the birdhut: Three-Lobe Beggar-Ticks*Saskiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-35442386867237637472014-09-16T21:46:02.024+02:002014-09-16T21:46:02.024+02:00hi Mo, apparently it also has a several medicinal ...hi Mo, apparently it also has a several medicinal uses, or at least that is what I've found on the internet in just a quick search! Alas, it doesn't grow in Europe.....Saskiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-87648173290913441612014-09-16T19:22:41.592+02:002014-09-16T19:22:41.592+02:00in Australia a common weed is Bidens pilosa aka Fa...in Australia a common weed is Bidens pilosa aka Farmers Friend for the way the barbed seeds attach to clothes and animal furMo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-4358644102095535122014-09-16T14:03:02.979+02:002014-09-16T14:03:02.979+02:00Saskia, can you use this "new" plant for...Saskia, can you use this "new" plant for dyeing? <br /><br />Slowly I think I am going to be joining you in making over some clothes because yesterday I ripped my favorite denim shirt on a barbed wire fence. It is a jagged rip on the sleeve so if I can't mend it I think I will cut off the sleeves and wear the body of the shirt as a vest with pieces of my dyed cloths sewn on in a sort of patchwork...Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305881181604750937noreply@blogger.com