Do You Battle a Invasive Plant ? NY Ban Sale of Certain Plants

[Pulsegleaner]

No sure about plantains but I know that jewelweed sap works on them (also on beestings and pretty much any other minor pain or skin irritation). Or why a lot of people get confused about it's other name, Touch-me-not and assume it will sting them or give them itches (the name comes from the seed pods. Like many members of the impatiens family, they explode when pressed.)

 

[Nyboy]

A telephone repairman told me about jewelweed, said half the poles he climes full of PI

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Jewelweed is easy to identify and all over the place if you're in the right spot. The orange-flowered type is the most potent. You can make tinctures from the leaves and stems and turn that into lip balm, salves, shampoos, etc. They all turn out on the oily side, but do their jobs and are easy to make. We've been experimenting with extracting the oils from the plant to put into home made laundry soap.

 

[catjac1975]

At a lake where my family spent the last 60 years swans over multiplied from a few pets left to makes cute little babies. They struggled for several years to reduce the population with egg shaking in the nests. They were 5 feet tall on land and hissed if you came too close.What a poopy mess they made. Finally they were gone. Don't know how they did it.

 

[seedcorn]

@catjac1975 probably don't want to know...

 

[bobm]

A little birdie from across the pond told me that roasted Swan is pretty good if peppered with shotgun pellets first .

 

[seedcorn]

 

[Pulsegleaner]

That's probably sort of true. Back in the Middle ages roast swan was considered a real delicacy, reserved for royalty and selected nobility. Even today all swans in Great Britain are owned by the Queen, except those owned by the two corporations licensed to own them. That's why each year all of the swans have to be caught, inventoried and the new ones marked by a small notch on the bill (notch on left, one corporation) notch on right (the other) no notch, Royal. It's called "swan upping"

And I seem to recall that one of the dishes listed by the Imperial chefs as being prepared for the Imperial family was swan with wild cherry sauce (according to legend the dish was also supposed to be a favorite among loong (Chinese dragons) and therefore a good choice when bringing them tribute meals. )

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

Swan hunting is still popular in Denmark/Northern Germany. I don't think that they're reserved for loyalty, but do have regulations placed on them.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

I don't think that they're reserved for loyalty

Oh, so you mean traitors are also allowed to hunt them