tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post7721157502318148312..comments2024-02-14T15:13:21.422-05:00Comments on Aging Gratefully: Common milkweedJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-16784189268007422142012-06-24T20:42:54.448-04:002012-06-24T20:42:54.448-04:00Will be heading out into the garden, ditches and o...Will be heading out into the garden, ditches and other rubbishy areas (yes, the garden is weeded up really nicely at the moment) once the rain has stopped...in the meantime it's google and finding out more about this plant - thanks for the heads up :)Janehttp://thevegetariancenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-80744664620136180622012-06-24T09:40:00.725-04:002012-06-24T09:40:00.725-04:00Thanks, June, for linking to my blog. And thanks,...Thanks, June, for linking to my blog. And thanks, too, for posting about one of my favorite native plants. Last week, I picked a flower cluster and placed it in a vase in my kitchen, and we could smell it all over the house, even after the florets were long wilted.Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-73646411263886512252012-06-23T11:02:26.884-04:002012-06-23T11:02:26.884-04:00Wow, the marvel of nature. It's truly mindblo...Wow, the marvel of nature. It's truly mindblowing all that we don't know. And, by "we", I mean me.Carolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-39860221692098311152012-06-21T19:54:14.557-04:002012-06-21T19:54:14.557-04:00Thanks for the info - I'm going to have to kee...Thanks for the info - I'm going to have to keep my eye for it locally.Sakuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11508656442667275102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-24703913623207605272012-06-21T14:36:15.770-04:002012-06-21T14:36:15.770-04:00We have lots of milkweed in the field behind us. ...We have lots of milkweed in the field behind us. The seeds, I always thought of as a nuisance, but I have put the died pods in dried flower arrangements. Monarch buterflies like to feed on milkweed and kindergarten classrooms around here for a long time have collected cocoons from the plants and watched the butterflies emerge.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-50909990912550054692012-06-21T13:55:42.569-04:002012-06-21T13:55:42.569-04:00Oh and their pods are so beautiful in the autumn.....Oh and their pods are so beautiful in the autumn..Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-26491321339149088462012-06-21T12:52:52.813-04:002012-06-21T12:52:52.813-04:00I actually threw out some Milkweed seeds last fall...I actually threw out some Milkweed seeds last fall, now that you've reminded me. So far, I'm not seeing that plant in my front wildflower yard. Too bad since it seems like a cure-all!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-4414056287146125252012-06-21T11:36:46.942-04:002012-06-21T11:36:46.942-04:00Joanne! Spinning milkweed fluff!
It sounds like el...Joanne! Spinning milkweed fluff!<br />It sounds like elf activity, but lo, there are others who do it:<br /><br />http://meaganhanes.com/2010/08/using-milkweed-fluff/<br /><br />http://folktalefibers.blogspot.com/2008/08/natural-dye-adventures-plus-milkweed.htmlJunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-25939144735120852402012-06-21T09:45:40.284-04:002012-06-21T09:45:40.284-04:00Thankyou for the update . I'll store the knowl...Thankyou for the update . I'll store the knowledge up till I next need a poisoned arrow . <br />Meanwhile , I'm very taken with the vision of Joanne wildly spinning fluff ....SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-90543473008733888962012-06-21T09:26:57.974-04:002012-06-21T09:26:57.974-04:00I was smiling at your milkweed story yesterday. I...I was smiling at your milkweed story yesterday. I'm a spinner and knew it could be spun. I ws a new spinner and didn't know the bast fibers of the stem was the part I was after. So, I collected lots of dried pods. I learned there are male and female plants, and there can be whole fields of milkweeds with no pods because they're all the same sex. So, when I found pods I'd yell for the driver to pull over. I collected bags full, and actuall spun some of the fluff. Outside. It flew everywhere.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-53256449774485053792012-06-21T08:31:05.253-04:002012-06-21T08:31:05.253-04:00An amazing plant. It must have been the birds that...An amazing plant. It must have been the birds that took the place of the internet in ancient times, bringing plants all over the planet, even across vast expanses of water. I will need to find out if milkweed is here in the Pacific Northwest so I can get knocked out by the smell. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-77803689065988981582012-06-21T08:07:48.209-04:002012-06-21T08:07:48.209-04:00Thanks for that. I'll let Rose do the sleuthin...Thanks for that. I'll let Rose do the sleuthing and come back for a sticky beak later. I don't understand how a plant that can be used for poisoning arrows and contraception (which surely implies some toxicity) can be used for cooking. I guess, like fugu, you have to know how to prepare it!georgia little peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388133043071314431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-21555934013996449922012-06-21T07:43:54.448-04:002012-06-21T07:43:54.448-04:00Dementia is nearing - duh I knew it was "here...Dementia is nearing - duh I knew it was "here".Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-60217808987478494242012-06-21T07:43:26.257-04:002012-06-21T07:43:26.257-04:00Well June, I'll have to see what relatives of ...Well June, I'll have to see what relatives of this plant we have hear. I'll be off and do some sleuthing. :)Rose ~ from Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908281749611280188noreply@blogger.com