Be careful what you tell your plants

[IdahoHerbalist]

As most of you know I live near and work with/for Patrick in our business HomeGrown! Herbals in Buhl, ID. We do herbal product sales and education. As part of the education we do plant walks at various locations including his home and mine. It is very gratifying to see the looks of joy and wonder on your faces as we explain the various qualities and uses of the plants that God has provided for our use and benefit.

We have been developing our property to be productive as well as educational. I hope that those of you that have been here over the years have noticed the improvements.

Last year we had a bunch of second year Teasel growing. We use Teasel in a few of our products so we decided to harvest nearly all of it and leave a few for our educational and seed collecting purposes. With that in mind Renee and I did a survey of what was available. It is always better to have a grouping of plants so that our discussions and observations are focused. As we were touring the area where the Teasel was growing we found a few plants that we felt would be good subjects for teaching. We talked about the advantages and disadvantages of each plant/group that we had observed. In particular, we found a group of 4 plants that were in a nice grouping and were also near the path that we had created for our tour. We specifically mentioned and even touched these four plants and mentioned that all of the other plants would be harvested for their root as medicine. Since they were all second year plants they would need to be harvested SOON or we would lose them for that purpose.

Well, time and life became an issue. I got busy at work (two jobs for me) and Renee’s health was erratic. Long story short, we only got a small amount of the Teasel harvested.

We normally have 2 and sometimes 3 walks each year at our place. This year we had 4 or 5 due to a couple of special, private walks. It was the last HGH walk that I noticed something about the Teasel that REALLY had an impact on me. During our walks we talk a lot about spiritual and other interesting things about the plants and nature in general. This time Patrick was talking about Dr. Masaru Emoto and his water experiments. Take a moment to watch this video before going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8

Isn’t that interesting. OK, so he is talking about this work and I am standing out in the middle of our main display bed. My position allows me to observe nearly all of it. As Patrick finishes his Emoto discussion we start talking about the Teasel. It is going on as usual and then it hit me. IT HIT ME HARD!!!

What was it that affected me so much?

As I was listening to Patrick I saw something VERY dramatic. I wish I would have thought to take a picture as it would have been very instructional. Remember the 4 Teasel plants I discussed that were chosen to be the focus of our Teasel discussion?

They were 6-7 feet tall. They towered over us and were quite regal to behold.

Remember the teasel that was slated for harvest that got ignored and missed?

There was not a single one of those plants that was over 3 feet tall. It was quite difficult for me to get this out to the group as I was quite emotional about it. I hope those of you that were there felt the Spirit of my words and revelation.

If you have to, read back through that again to get what I am trying to convey here.

It still had quite an affect on me when I related this experience to those of you that were at our last Red Butte walk and workshop.

ALL of God’s creations want and desire to be loved and appreciated. If we need to be careful about our words to our plants how much more important are our words to God’s Children, our brothers and sisters.

[awcolgan@yahoo.comStudent]

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing!

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

It’s always amazing to me what the plants are willing to teach us if we pay attention.

Be nice to your weeds! 🙂

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[Joshua Parke]

Incredible story. Here’s something along those lines that I came across last year. 🙂

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