#comfrey

@kinseygreenhouse.bsky.social

1 week ago

As Spring quickly approaches, get your herb garden started with some beautiful comfrey while it’s in stock.

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#herb #herbs #herbplants #comfrey #comfreyplant

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Roy

@nachoaveragebear.bsky.social

1 month ago

* #Comfrey

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It'sFromJenni

@nurjenniii.bsky.social

1 month ago

Blühender Beinwell. Eine unscharfe Hummel im Anflug zu den Blüten.

Let me see what I have for #MacroMonday ... Flowering #Comfrey with a blurry #Bumblebee approaching.
#Macro #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin

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The Kinsey Greenhouse

@kinseygreenhouse.bsky.social

2 months ago

Are you looking to add some comfrey to your garden this year? Preorder yours by clicking the link below.
#comfrey #herbs #herbgarden #thekinseygreenhouse
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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝

@greenflorence.bsky.social

2 months ago

Comfrey plant and flowers. Wonderful companion plant for the organic gardeners. They feed insects and their juice is a potent fertilizer.

Comfrey juice is the simplest fertilizer to do. I collect comfrey leaves and stalks, fold them in a bucket, when full, I put a stone on them. Then fill up with water. Cover. Leave for 2 weeks minimum. Use diluted about 1 litre of comfrey juice for 10 litres of water and water the plants that need feeding, specially fruit producing plants, tomatoes, cucumber, pumpkin, berries, orchard. Free and fossil fuels free (unlike any fertilizer from garden centres).

My foremost resolution is to live a #sustainablelifestyle, aligning practice to beliefs, connected with my inner self, loved ones, people of the world and nature, all beings in nature.

Today I fed the veggie patch and fruit with #comfrey juice. Thank you nature for cleverness and abundance.

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Virginicus

@virginicus.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

A lot of my time exploring fantastical literature ends up being spent on trying to understand facts from widely-separate fields of knowledge that, in the context of a story, seem like they’re disconnected. So it’s a pleasure to report a case in which everyone just plain agrees. As we noted earlier, Tolkien re-used a medieval cure for elf-shot to describe how Aragorn and Elrond cured Frodo of the Witch-King’s knife-wound. The cure involves boiled herbs (feverfew, deadnettle, and plantain), a knife held in the healer’s hands, and an incantation in an ancient language. Cutting and pasting from _LotR I, xii_ : > He sat down on the ground, and taking the dagger-hilt laid it on his knees, and he sang over it a slow song in a strange tongue. … He crushed a leaf in his ﬁngers, and it gave out a sweet and pungent fragrance. ‘It is fortunate that I could ﬁnd it, for it is a healing plant that the Men of the West brought to Middle-earth. Athelas they named it’…. He threw the leaves into the boiling water and bathed Frodo’s shoulder. There’s one problem, though: Athelas is the cure for Black Breath, not for elf-shot. Frodo probably suffers from both, so athelas is worth trying. But the text says Aragorn knows he’s not doing the cure with the right herb: _It has great virtues, but over such a wound as this its healing powers may be small. (Ibid.)_ e43r87[1] Ought to be suitable for next year’s questing In their book _Flora of Middle-Earth_ , Walter & Graham Judd looked around our world to find something that might be athelas, and they decided comfrey was the closest thing. As it happens, I’ve just planted comfrey in a little plot on my farm. It has some useful properties for building up soil fertility that this plot badly needs. But comfrey is kind of a cult-object, too . When you talk to an expert about comfrey, you get lots of other information along with advice relevant to your primary application. In particular, I got a cautionary story about its healing properties. Comfrey is useful for topical treatment of wounds. It closes up cuts fast, even though that’s not always the best thing. I heard the story of a dog who lacerated himself on a barbed-wire fence. He was treated with comfrey salve, and the wound closed up nicely, but such a closure was premature. There was something still deep inside, and the wound got infected. A vet had to slice the scar back open to remove whatever the little splinter was. This sounds familiar:_‘His wound was small, and it is already closed. There’s nothing to be seen but a cold white mark on his shoulder.’_ (_Ibid_., a few pages later) Aragorn the field medic had to stop the bleeding, ward off the Black Breath, and keep Frodo mobile, so he used the strongest herb he could find. When the patient gets to the hospital, the doctors there can undo the quick fix. Elrond will be called upon to do a similar re-opening, and make use of his more-complete herbarium in Rivendell. So, for once, we have 10th-century herbal lore, 20th-century fiction, 21st-century botany, and current lived experience all neatly lined up, with no contradictions to be reconciled. An account to the Tolkien blogosphere of so strange an event was required, I think. * * * [1] While I was writing, Fléau the Cat walked across my keyboard and I didn’t notice her scribal interpellation until the post went live. So I left it in. This is her first contribution to Tolkien scholarship. ##### Works Cited Judd, Walter S., and Graham A. Judd. _Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of JRR Tolkien’s Legendarium_. Oxford University Press, 2017. Tolkien, J.R.R. _The Lord of the Rings._ Houghton-Mifflin, 2002. ### Share this: * Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X * Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * ### _Related_

Today is the 10th anniversary of my blog, Idiosophy. 323 posts and 46,000 visits so far. Many of those visitors were humans!
Here’s my favorite post, to celebrate. #Tolkien #comfrey #dogs

www.idiosophy.com/2019/06/the-botanists-an...

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Fit Savanna

@fitsavanna.co.ke

3 months ago

The Dangerous Mbaki and Mbarīki Movement in Kenya: What You Need to Know | Fit Savanna Thousands of Kenyans are turning to mbaki, mbarīki oil, and risky deworming cocktails as miracle cures; why the trend is spreading, and the hidden dangers many users never see coming.

A strange trend has been spreading quietly but rapidly across Kenyan Facebook groups. It promises healing from almost every illness.

#comfrey #mbariki #castoroil #deworming #PublicHealth #kenya #nairobi #tobacco #alternativemedicine

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Global Earth Repair

@globalearthrepair.bsky.social

5 months ago

An incredible ally in our efforts for Earth repair: comfrey can be used in salves to reduce inflammation and wet leaves can be wrapped around breaks to help bones set. Also the dried out leaves and stalks break down into rich black soil that nourishes any landscape. #comfrey #herbalism #permaculture

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美林 (Mei Lin)

@meilinmakes.bsky.social

5 months ago

A closeup of purple comfrey flowers photographed in soft sunlight

#comfrey #gardensky #bloomscrolling

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@plantheritage.bsky.social

6 months ago

Did you know there's a #NationalCollection of #Comfrey (Symphytum), looked after by our friends at @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social? Great for biodiversity and as a natural fertilizer. Explore the collection tomorrow Saturday 6 Sept 1-5pm in Coventry.

Image: Emma O'Neill, Garden Organic

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Nunya Bidness

@npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd.momostr.pink.ap.brid.gy

6 months ago

Original post on momostr.pink

🌱 Comfrey Myth vs. Fact

Myth: Comfrey is only useful as a medicinal herb.

Fact: It’s also a compost accelerator, mulch powerhouse, pollinator plant, and animal fodder. It feeds your whole system.

👉 Full guide here:
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Homestead Culture

@homesteadculture.bsky.social

7 months ago

Comfrey is the bomb-proof food our family relies on for nutrition. This is how I harvest and dry comfrey leaves to drink throughout the year as Nourishing Herbal Infusions

#comfrey #homestead #garden #plants #herbalism #foodasmedicine

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Montana Emu Ranch

@montanaemuranch.bsky.social

7 months ago

SAVE 10%! #antibacterial qualities in #Manuka & #Neem used in #Ayurvedic medicine for acne-prone or problematic skin. Herbal Skin Balm with #Comfrey and #Goldenseal has been used by indigenous people to alleviate discomfort!

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#montanaemuranch #emulove #emuoil

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Eckards

@eckardsgarden.bsky.social

7 months ago

Comfrey is in stock 🌿
Great for the garden and valued in herbal medicine for its soothing properties. Plant now in sun or semi‑shade.
#comfrey #herbgarden #eckardsgarden

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Alpenglow Farm

@alpenglowfarmnj.bsky.social

7 months ago

Penny enjoying some comfrey under the peach tree. Sterile comfrey, like this Bocking 14, is a versatile living mulch/weed barrier/nutrient miner/fertilizer beneath tree crops, and it’s also a high protein snack beloved by the sheeps #sheep #comfrey #bocking14 #mulch #dinner

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Montana Emu Ranch

@montanaemuranch.bsky.social

7 months ago

Back-to-School time and NOTHING beats our #toxicfree #allnatural #herbalbalm w/ #comfrey & #goldenseal extract for all types of #SkinConditions and #injuries from #sports or #classroom!

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#montanaemuranch #emuplus #emuoil #emu #emus #nontoxic #skincare #herbal

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The South End Daily Bee

@msjessegray.bsky.social

7 months ago

A fluffy bumblebee is hanging from a long, light purple blossom with her mouthparts extending into the side. Her upper body is in the sun, lighting up a cloud of golden fur on her shoulders, her back legs and lower body are in shadow & silhouette under the flower. Her dark transparent wings are extended to each side of her and are clearly getting ragged at the edges

Scraggly-winged bumble sneaking nectar from the side of a comfrey blossom

July 27.25
South End, Nanaimo

#dailybee #bcnativebees #bombus #comfrey #nanaimo #vancouverislandbees

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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜

@churchstreetimages.com

8 months ago

A bumble bee having a before bed snack or comfrey nectar

Bumble bees. Just quietly making things along.
It's #Stunday Sunday from the #EastCoastKin. What have you got that's stunning?
#photography #bees #comfrey #purple