Chamomile is a rather inconspicuous garden plant with rather modest claims and yet represents next to the letter “K” of our glossary, a whole world of plants essential to our gardens enrich.
Because chamomile and (Indian) pokeweed, pine and pumpkin each offer us multiple benefits: Chamomile willingly fills in as a stopgap any bed that is lonely for a short time, the flowers can be given to soothing inhalation baths if there is an inflammation in the airways, Dried with the herb and seeds, they make an excellent tea to drink before sleeping and as a sedative.
Even the pokeweed can do more than just look pretty: the sprouts should taste like asparagus and young leaves will grow in American Louisiana prepared similar to spinach for centuries (according to special recipes to eliminate the toxins it contains remove), the seeds are said to be an excellent slug repellent, and the berries can be used to redden wool to color.
The pine makes its branches available to us to cover beds and winter protection for sensitive plants the children make newly invented animals out of the cones, the two together quickly burn the firewood Burn.
And the pumpkin first tastes good as a soup and then has its star appearance on Halloween... also among the others letters of the glossary you will find many entries for garden plants that you use in multiple ways can.
Whereby the double use can be as simple as with a fruit tree, which spoils you with blossoms in spring and later with delicious apples or cherries or quinces or plums (for which you can also find processing tips in the glossary find). Or as sophisticated as the willow cuttings, which initially only serve as a fence post and two years later have also produced exactly the willow rods that you need for basket weaving.
