Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis

Our official major salad plant, for which we give endless thanksgiving. This hardy green will be available until it is buried by snow.

 For now, it is the main ingredient in all our late fall, early winter salads. Not too bitter, and not too spicy, but just right for colder weather. Let's pick lots of this one.

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Soothing Sitz Bath, Healing Bath

Soothes inflamed and tender tissues, heals trauma, lubricates.

 *Soak 2 ounces/60g dried or 8 ounces/250g fresh mallow (pictured)
or comfrey roots, leaves, and/or flowers in 2 quarts/liters of cold water in a pot overnight.
*Then bring to a boil.
*Cover, remove from heat, and steep for 4–6 hours.
*Strain.
*Warm the liquid, pour it into a small tub and sitz in it.

Alternately, pour it into a hot bath.
Or refrigerate and drink it. A dose is a cup or more a day —heated or iced, sweetened or not — daily for at least ten days.