Posted on 06/16/2012 11:07:10 AM PDT by Altariel
States needs laws where civil servants who authorize and carry out actions that prove to be illegal/unlawful must be on the hook for 10% of the civil damages that end up being awarded to the victims of their actions (this presumes this woman sues, which she should).
You’d hear a lot less of the civil servants mantra “I don’t care” if they had some skin in the game.
Very good. So so good. Perfect.
In winter, most vegetation is unattractive. That photo is clearly taken during colder weather.
Morrison said she used many of the plants that were destroyed to treat her diabetes, high-blood pressure and arthritis.
“Not only are the plants my livelihood, they’re my food and I was unemployed at the time and had no food left, no medicine left, and I didn’t have insurance,” Morrison said. “They took away my life and livelihood.”
-— This is a little nutty.
I think dandelions and lettuce are loosely related - in fact there are a large number of plants, like dandelions, that are edible.
A plant that has a latex base (milky colored sap) and has yellow flowers that form clocks has a good chance to be dandelion-lettuce related.
Here in the Seattle area, I could easily point out four or five variations of wild lettuce. Most (just like store bought lettuce) will get more bitter and tough as they reach the flowering seed-bearing stage.
But all are cool-weather crops, that bear alot of seed, and are easily germinated.
Good SHTF knowledge.
The late great Bob Wills.
Tar and feathers for the overclass.
To the uninformed, perhaps.
My mother planted mint when I was a child. The house is gone now, but the mint patch is still there.
Oh, I understand that some herbal remedies are legit... but having those problems and using only herbs for all of them is a little nutty, IMO.
Sue them!!! Public trough feeders, these idiots just destroyed years of her hard work after giving her reprieve
Mint is another one that is edible but very, very difficult to eradicate.
We bought our old house 15 years ago; it was long-neglected but well preserved for its architectural features.
There were other properties on the street, which is only two blocks long, who suffered from the same malady.
We spent 15 years reviving the fine old Victorian lady from her long slumber, but never once did we think that we held any sway over how the neighbors treated their property. That's the nature of freedom, it's messy. We took a shot; if we win it's all good, if we don't we lose.
Aspirin is willow bark, that’s all. Grows just about everywhere.
I think it’s ranked as *eternal stuff*. LOL.
After having been on bucketloads of medication prescribed for much the same problems, I am using nutrition and herbs with a far greater success. Don't knock it till you've been there. And furthermore, this lady seems to be without gvt help, and is doing what she can to self medicate, in spite of a declared low income. I think that should be lauded.
And I would submit that all herbal remedies are worthy of consideration - most of the pills are derived from them, or at least were derived from them initially... And the herbal method often has more efficacy because it isn't exactly the same thing all the time - The differences supplied by sun and soil are often beneficial toward controlling things that can overcome modern medicine -- Like the body becoming accustom, or bacteria that develop resistance. It is an entirely different philosophy, and one which I think bears credence.
I call it self-sufficiency. That’s a good thing.
So what if you think it’s “a little nutty”. That’s the POINT of this nation. “Conceived in Liberty”: you have a RIGHT to be nutty on your own land, provided you harm no one else.
Her neighbors also seem to have forgotten this point. . .
I think what they did to her is wrong ... but I’m in favor of actual doctors and medicine for serious ailments.
You sound just like the type of neighbor that caused this.The code says edible plants can be over 12” and she followed code.
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