Nelle is better, so she was in kindergarten for half day and then in art school. She was home at 2:30pm.
Nelle: “What about coltsfoot?!”
Me: “Hmmm, last time we checked they were starting to open, so today (a week later) they should be in full bloom. Let’s go and see?!”
Nelle wanted my cardigan and scarf to be sure she will stay warm, looks funny!
It was sunny so we took a small basket to collect coltsfoot for a tea. Glad we did! Coltsfoot plants are useful in treating respiratory problems like asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, colds, and coughs.
Ilze
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That’s interesting; here the coltsfoot are not out yet but the celandines are. Tomorrow I’ll probably to collect wild garlic, and nettles before the get too big. Nettles make wonderful soup and I prefer them to spinach as a vegetable. Sorry I was too busy to go for the wild garlic today as it would be great in your salad wraps.
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Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, is well known in Romania too as a medicinal plant. Other members of the family, dasies, have been blooming for some time,
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Wild garlic is protected here in Latvia. Nettles are good, but somehow I like them fresh and forget to collect for winter 🙂
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Here wild garlic is really plentiful and we have a lot 10mins walk from home. If we remember we collect nettles for winter and put in the freezer, but you are right they are better fresh. We usually ‘forget’ anyway.
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This is all new to me, I’ve never heard of coltsfoot or nettles, however, I do know what garlic is, but we don’t have wild garlic that I know of in our area of the country, it would be wonderful if we did. I’m going to look them up and see if they are called by another name here:)
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…and let me know! I can send you the Latin names, that may help!
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I thought maybe coltsfoot was related to the dandelion family, which looks very similar and grows wild in the northeast US, but it’s not related. I will be on the lookout for both coltsfoot and nettles, maybe in Virginia?
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Colt’s-foot or Tussilago farfara L. is written in the book 🙂
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how adorable nelle looks!!! This looks like what we call Dandelion.
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No, Jodi! These aren’t dandelions! We have tons of dandelions too! 🙂 They are bigger and bloom a bit later than coltsfoot!
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I see
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Looks like a fun day! In America, we call these dandelions ☺
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Thank you. No these aren’t dandelions. We have dandelions here in Latvia too! Dandelions will be out later!
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Oh ok, that’s Interesting!
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🙂 They look a like only the “flower part” everything else is different 🙂
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Oh Interesting! I didn’t know you can make tea out of these flowers 😀
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It’s good if you have cough!
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