Petasites frigidus var. palmatus, sometimes referred to as P. palmatus, palmate coltsfoot, or western coltsfoot; a.k.a. Arctic sweet coltsfoot or Arctic butterbur.
“The Hoop” is one of the terms to describe traditional people’s yearly round of harvesting activities. Here are the main medicinal herbs I harvested last year in the order that I harvested them. I am making my 2018 calendar and needed to know my Eastern Washington wildcrafting schedule.
"Part 1: Permaculturist and avid medicinal herb farmer Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski shares how to harvest Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa).
Filmed Oct 18th 2017 in Northeastern Washington near Kettle Falls."
"Here is Oregon Grape with all that nice yellow berberine. Great stuff for all kinds of diseases and liver issues, etc. "The heartbreak of psoriasis"-- This is the remedy!"
Here I share how to harvest Spilanthes! AKA-Toothache plant, Buzz button, Fish Eye plant, Party in the Mouth, Electric Daisy. Filmed Sept 2017 at my agroforestry planting at Finnriver farm in Chimacum, WA.
There are a lot of resources on herb growing on the internet but less so in print. Here are the best books I have found on the topic. They are all in my library and I consult all of them.
Herbal Harvest: Commercial Organic Production of Quality Dried Herbs.