BramblyBearWhuffling<p>Getting aquainted with plantain herb. Learned about it from herbalist in workshop couple years ago, looking for it to recognize since then. Recently saw big patch in a park, and confirmed with another visitor who knows medicinal plants. Good for scrapes and cuts and bug bites and rashes. Some put it on wounds. Which is great for me as I seem to be on Favorites menu for all the skeeters and ticks in this county, and have scratched myself scabby!</p><p>The park patch has some flower stems poking up. That made me wonder if it will produce seeds (surely it must), and how I might collect some to plant. So I looked up how to propagate. Thought I would share what I found! This plant is good medicine, which we will surely need as ~ all the evil~ going forward, useful food, and helps break up compacted soil and helps prevent erosion.</p><p><a href="https://gardenerspath.com/plants/herbs/grow-plantain/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gardenerspath.com/plants/herbs</span><span class="invisible">/grow-plantain/</span></a></p><p> Which makes me think it might be good solution to another little park elsewhere, with newly raised walkway next to newly raised seawall by tidal river that floods now sometimes.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/HerbalMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HerbalMedicine</span></a> <br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a> <br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PlantMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantMedicine</span></a></p>