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bekkathyst · 8 days
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Happy Spring Equinox! 💞🌸
Here’s a soup 😊
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erlagrimwood · 1 month
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A simple warding charm for my front door
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After listening to @breelandwalker's podcast episode about home warding, I wanted to try out an idea I've had for a while about a warding charm for my front door using stinging nettle. Warding my whole house isn't something I have the energy for right now, but I enjoyed working this little spell to give myself a little peace of mind. Please listen to the episode if you haven't (Hex Positive, Ep. 024 - Warding A Witchy Home) because she goes into detail about what home wards can and can't do, how to work them, etc. All very good information!
Also please note that I don't have a lot of experience and I haven't tested this spell before, but I wanted to share it anyway and in the future I'll update the post with any insights or experiences that might come up.
For this spell I used: - a small drawstring bag (mine was crocheted by my grandmother some years ago) - dried stinging nettle - one clove of garlic
I started by gathering my materials, then centered and grounded myself. I cleansed the immediate space around me as well as the bag (lately I've enjoyed burning dried juniper for this purpose), then took a pinch of the dried nettles and held it in my hands, asking the plant to please assist me in protecting my home from anything or anyone seeking to cause harm, while allowing friends and family and anyone else who we invite or welcome to our house safe passage through the front door. I visualized a powerful patch of tall nettles growing in front of my house, around the door, and wrapping around the door handle. I also visualized any person or entity seeking to cause harm feeling prickles and itching upon approaching the house or touching the door handle, and them retreating from the house. Then I imagined the nettles drawing back and allowing friends and family to come to the door safely. I charged the nettles with this intention and placed them in the bag.
I did much the same thing with the garlic but the visualization that came to me was more like a glowing golden light encompassing the door. Then I also put the garlic into the bag, closed the bag, and held it in my hands while charging it with my intention more strongly, holding gratitude for the plants for assisting me in the working. I then hung the bag on a nail above my front door (on the inside), placed my hands on the door, and visualized the nettle patch and golden light one more time. To my surprise the imagined nettles kind of decided by themselves to grow all around my house and garden, even around my garden shed, though I didn't specifically ask them to, which to me was a lovely sign that the nettle spirit was eager to help me. These days I usually close my spells by saying "make it so" because I'm obsessed with Star Trek, then I reversed my grounding and centering.
Please let me know if you try it out! I haven't worked with nettles much in my magic so far, but I can't wait to get to know them more intimately as summer rolls around.
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bonefall · 9 months
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So I recently learned that cats can have allergies and I wonder how clan cats would deal with that. My personal oc Skysniffle is based off of myself and therefore he inherited my god awful allergies lol.
I am actually writing Sneezecloud with a moss allergy! It's something that was said in an authorial statement that I'm running with. There is a specific type of moss he is allergic to (which I need to figure out at some point)
Treating allergies is a two-step process;
Identify and mitigate Sneeze was born with his allergies, and was a sickly kit. At this point, Beechfur and Graymist had already lost a singlet litter, and were terrified of losing another. So there was a scramble to diagnose the problem... and only by chance did they figure out it was the moss in the nest. So now, as an adult, Sneeze has to go through an extra hoop to make sure his nest has NO moss. It's reeds, grass, feathers, anything else. They identified the allergen and try to limit his contact with it.
Treatment The best antihistamine they have for treating allergies is Stinging Nettle. Collecting this is a bitch and a half. But there's a trick; nettle stings because the prickles break off in your skin. Those prickles point DOWN, towards the tip of the blade. Moving from stem-to-tip is how you don't get stung. Sneeze is a MASTER at doing this, as he was sometimes sent out to collect his own meds and Mothwing made sure to teach him how to not get hurt. From there, nettle needs to be dried or cooked to neutralize the sting. Mothwing likes to dry it, because then it lasts a long time and takes up less space in the den.
ALSO PROTIP for advanced Clans like the ones in BB; Nettle can be made into clothing and cordage. The entire plant is valuable. Don't let nettle go to waste, it's valuable as a medicine AND a material.
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How to Identify Red Deadnettle
Originally posted on my website at https://rebeccalexa.com/how-to-identify-red-deadnettle/
Name: Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
Range and typical habitat(s): Native to large areas of Europe and Asia. Introduced invasive in United States, New Zealand, and  scattered areas of South America
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Distinguishing physical characteristics (size, colors, overall shapes, detail shapes): Keep your eyes on lawns, gardens, roadsides, and other sunny areas this spring, and you may very well see the green and purple foliage of red deadnettle.
These heart-shaped leaves with softly serrated edges are covered in fine hairs. Leaves near the top of the slender, square-shaped stem are more of a reddish purple hue, while lower, larger leaves are a medium green. The leaves rarely exceed an inch and a half in length, and are attached to the stem with a slender stalk. Each leaf has palmate veins–several primary veins all starting near the stem–branching off multiple times into a reticulated network of smaller veins.
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At the top of the stem, which may be almost a foot long in extraordinary specimens, you may find tiny pinkish purple trumpet-shaped flowers. A close look reveals one large petal at the top, two smaller ones at the bottom, and sometimes a few tiny ones in the space in between. While flowers are easily in evidence this time of year, red deadnettle may flower in other seasons if conditions are favorable. As it is an annual, it will die back in fall, but new generations are quick to germinate before winter sets in. For those wishing to remove it from their gardens, the shallow root systems mean that it is easy to pull up, especially in wet soil.
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Red deadnettle is a member of the mint family (Lamiaceae). While it resembles a very tiny stinging nettle (Urtica spp.), its tiny hairs do not cause irritation, hence being described as “dead”. Other common names for this plant include purple deadnettle and purple archangel.
Other organisms it could be confused with and how to tell the difference: Purple henbit (Lamium amplexicale) is the most common lookalike for red deadnettle. They inhabit the same habitat types and are of similar size and colors. Upon closer inspection, the leaves are a good way to tell the difference. Henbit leaves are more rounded in shape with a scalloped, rather than serrated, edge. In fact, they almost give the impression of one large round leaf surrounding the square stem, especially near the top. The upper leaves have no stalks, while lower leaves have short stalks. While henbit has similar flowers, they are longer than those of deadnettle.
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Note how henbit’s leaves and flowers are shaped and arranged differently than deadnettle’s.
Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) is similar to purple henbit, but the rounded, scalloped leaves are often a darker green on a green to dark red stem. Also, all the leaves have a small stem. It is easily differentiated from deadnettle by its flowers, which although being of a similar shaped are blue to purple in color. Ground ivy is also more shade-tolerant than deadnettle. As with the others, it is a European plant that has become invasive in North America.
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Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) is yet another European wildflower that has taken root in North America and New Zealand, and to a lesser degree in South America. Its size is the most obvious way to differentiate it from red deadnettle and the rest; it grows on a single stalk that may be over thirty inches tall. The serrated, oval leaves and the yellow flowers are also larger than those of deadnettle, and there is no reddish tint to the foliage.
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The stinging nettles (Urtica spp.) can similarly be differentiated from red dead nettle by size. Particularly tall specimens may reach seven feet high, and the green, heart-shaped leaves can be up to six inches long. The leave margins are more sharply serrated and the end is pointier. And, as the name suggests, the leaves and stems have hairs that inject irritating chemicals into the skin.
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Anything else worth mentioning? Red deadnettle is a beginner-friendly edible plant for foraging. Henbit is the plant it’s most likely to be confused with, and it is also edible. People most commonly eat the young leaves and flowers at the top of the plant; they may be eaten raw or cooked. Because it is an invasive species, you are encouraged to pick the whole plant before it goes to seed, eat what you want of it, and compost the rest.
Further Reading:
Red Dead-Nettle
Lawn and Turfgrass Weeds: Dead Nettle
Dead Nettle, Henbit, and Ground Ivy – Three Look-Alike Weeds
Dead Nettle, an Overlooked yet Valuable Wild Edible
Did you enjoy this post? Consider taking one of my online foraging and natural history classes or hiring me for a guided nature tour, checking out my other articles, or picking up a paperback or ebook I’ve written! You can even buy me a coffee here!
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bumblebeeappletree · 7 months
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If you work with felt or wool or any other natural fibres, you may be wondering how you can dye them without introducing chemicals and difficult processes. Well, look no further than SOLAR DYEING!
Process:
- Pretreat fibre (aka mordant) with alum to make the color stick
- Put wet fibres in a sealable glass jar with fresh or dried plant material
- Leave in the sun for 2-3 weeks (depending on how much sun your jars get you can go shorter or longer!)
- Rinse out your fibres
Check out the video to see these plants in action:
- Marigold
- Red Clover
- Golden Rod
- Hibiscus
- Purple Loosestrife
- Curly Dock
- Red Hopi Amaranth
- Stinging Nettle
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siri-of-all-trades · 2 years
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Turning stinging nettles into yarn! First step is to collect long nettles at the end of summer and strip away the leaves. Longest of these reached me to the shoulder! Wear long sleeves and rubber gloves to avoid the sting. Next step is to literally let them rot. This is called retting, and its purpose is to decompose all the stuff holding the fibers together and soften the woody parts to make separating and peeling the fibers off easier. Mine were wrapped in wet newspaper and covered with plastic, but there's lots of different ways to do this. Mine got moldy, but that's fine - the fiber is very resistant to rotting. My Finnish ancestors used to make fishing nets out of these fibers for this very reason! It was called "the silk of the north", and it was used both in undergarments and fancier wear.
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After about two weeks it's ready for peeling! The fibers surround the hollow woody core, and we want to gently peel them off without breaking them. At this step you might already see some of the white single fibers poking out!
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ramuneclaws · 6 months
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Snow leopard with stinging nettles
(Made with water and alcohol marker, fineliner, gel pen, and colored pencil)
The lighting in the photo sucks ass it looks different irl...
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giantstoe · 9 months
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Homemade stinging nettle salt🌱💚
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harvestmoss · 1 year
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🌿Spellwork: Healing from illness
Healing spells are not intended to be used instead of traditional and conventional methods of healing, but they are meant to work in conjunction with them. To enhance and reinforce the healing proces. Usually meant to be used once other forms of healing have been exhausted.
Healing spells tend to be broader too, and some may prefer them for the more spiritual or magical causes of illness (hexes and curses of the likes).
This spells focuses on the physical health rather than the spiritual, and is good to aid in healing from fevers and sickness.
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This spell is cast by one person on another’s behalf.
You’ll need:
Stinging Nettle
Rope
Scissors
Gloves
Matches / Lighter
Collect fresh stinging nettles to make bundles with. Handle carefully with gloves on, as the leaves and stems have small needle like hairs that, when in contact with your skin, causes your skin to itch and sting. Once collected simply bundle them up into cleansing sticks with the rope you cut out, you may use red rope, as red is a healing colour.
Set the nettle ablaze, blowing the fire away so that you are left with smoke coming from it, waft it around the infected person all around the body, letting the smoke hit them. Once the whole body has been covered from the smoke, you may burn the whole nettle bundle you used.
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Why use stinging nettle?
Stinging nettle is used for healing as well as protection and warding, especially keeping spirits at bay, reverse hexes, and exorcism. But most importantly it is used for healing in this context, the smoke from the nettle will waft over the infected person and heal them. The nettle is also used to absorb the infection that person has into it, therefor, we burn the whole nettle afterwards rather than keep it, to burn the infection away.
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spinningabout · 1 year
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Just finished this up on my new wheel. I can tell you, it isn't my favorite fiber. It was something I'd never spun before, so I had to try it. The fiber itself is best described as dusty, and it shed a lot. I think it will need a really good thwack after a bath.
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dreaming-of-texel · 1 year
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Červené Poříčí, Klatovy, Czech republic    
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theyoungwaldschrat · 11 months
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hey Waldschrat i had your post with the nettle infusion saved in my drafts (nice and informative) and i just realized the op is like. very obviously a terf. radfem in the url. just thought id let you know
Thanks for letting me know! I did not check op's url or blog before reblogging. Yikes! Don't want that on my blog, this is a trans safe space. I'll delete the post, so have the nettle information here:
Very simple Nettle infusion for - lowering stress levels - regulating hormones - upping calcium and iron intake - giving energy - potetial antidepressant effects
Dry some stinging nettle leaves put them in a jar and fill it with boiling water stirr it for a while let it cool down (optional: leave it in the fridge over night)
Things to consider:
1. It’s always good to wash your nettles before drying them. Gets them clean. It increases the drying time of course but that gives them a moment to wilt which actually makes them more potent.
2. Don’t forget that you won’t be able to absorb that calcium without also having enough vitamin D in your body. So get enough sunlight and eat some cereal, fish, eggs or mushrooms.
3. Nettles are a very strong diuretic i.e. this will make you pee! A LOT! Just keep that in mind so you don’t drink it before an exam or sth like I did.
4. If you’re still not sold on this check out what the 9th century Old English Nine Herbs Charm says about nettles: Nettle is called the one, who withstands poison It expels the wretched, casts out the poison. This is the herb, that fought against the serpent. It avails against poison, it avails against contagion, it avails against the loathsome plague that travels through the land.
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chokrihizem · 1 year
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Stinging nettle "Urtica dioica", is a common plant that grows in all the world. Because of it's amazing health benefits, This plant has a long history of use as a medicinal aid...https://bit.ly/3uEvwsj
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nesselhexe · 2 years
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I made stinging nettle pesto! I paired it with seared oyster mushrooms, and in the end I added pasta water to thin out the pesto. I’ll post a recipe soon! This was truly so good. And of course food tastes extra good when you have to go out into the forest to make it 🥰
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shikitsuka · 1 year
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It's Time
Nettle time
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thecalicofolk · 1 year
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Stinging Nettle Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream recipe by Veggie Desserts
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