Please also consider the effect(s) of various members of the artemisia family in this holy army. Many of us have these plants (willingly/non-willingly) on our properties.
Please also consider the effect(s) of various members of the artemisia family in this holy army. Many of us have these plants (willingly/non-willingly) on our properties.
Well versed in all things artemisia and its a fantastic approach, with the only downside that you may get very unpleasant artemisia tasting burps and smell.
Have only used it over the last 36 years (didn't even know it in the previous 10 although in roughly same area) externally, against visible bugs. The bit about ticks was enlightening--I spend one week of four/five on a Maine coastal island. 2 years ago my husband and I, when there, carried on a daily tick-count contest--I was consistently the winner (which led me to investigate whether ticks preferred human females). My reading in last two-three days makes me consider drying artemisiae (or, more properly, artemisias) for later use. Only last year did I treat myself to a dehydrator.
the thing about mosquitos preferring some people over others, is supposedly due to differences in CO2 sensed thru the skin. Perhaps ticks do something similar.
Oh thank you---have a good stand of nigella sativa going to seed just now (planted last summer) with more to come. Before last summer, had known it only as a flower. Making chutney last August, learned that the unknown spice "needed" was just the seeds of my flowers. From that, sowed more.
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Please also consider the effect(s) of various members of the artemisia family in this holy army. Many of us have these plants (willingly/non-willingly) on our properties.
Well versed in all things artemisia and its a fantastic approach, with the only downside that you may get very unpleasant artemisia tasting burps and smell.
Have only used it over the last 36 years (didn't even know it in the previous 10 although in roughly same area) externally, against visible bugs. The bit about ticks was enlightening--I spend one week of four/five on a Maine coastal island. 2 years ago my husband and I, when there, carried on a daily tick-count contest--I was consistently the winner (which led me to investigate whether ticks preferred human females). My reading in last two-three days makes me consider drying artemisiae (or, more properly, artemisias) for later use. Only last year did I treat myself to a dehydrator.
the thing about mosquitos preferring some people over others, is supposedly due to differences in CO2 sensed thru the skin. Perhaps ticks do something similar.
I almost never get bitten but hubby is always swarmed! Never figured out why!
I have not had that happen to date. Freshly prepared or dried. But that's me.
Thymoquinolone TQ found in ?? Black Seed Oil.
Oh thank you---have a good stand of nigella sativa going to seed just now (planted last summer) with more to come. Before last summer, had known it only as a flower. Making chutney last August, learned that the unknown spice "needed" was just the seeds of my flowers. From that, sowed more.
Yes, I've just been reading about Nigella Sativa. Luckily I grew some from seed this summer. I'll be gutting to pods off this weekend.
How to get started growing it?