Natural resources for minerals...and vitamins

Minerals:
http://www.performancebarefoot.co.uk/page114.html

Vitamins:
http://www.performancebarefoot.co.uk/wormers.html

Interesting...

Interesting read...guess I shouldn't curse all the dandelions that we have...

I didn't see any thistles in there...guess they are still just plain pesky! :roll:

D...nettles are thistles...its just what they call them in Britain.

Very interesting... guess they aren't as useless as I thought - I read the nettles and I just shrugged it off as some kind of plant I didn't know about...

I'm afraid not Joan, Thistles and nettles are completely different, i tried to copy pictures but could not do it, nettles sting and thistles just prick you.





Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant - on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape of a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flowerheads.

The term thistle is sometimes taken to mean exactly those plants in the tribe Cynareae (synonym: Cardueae)[1], especially the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum[2]. However, plants outside this tribe are sometimes called thistles, and if this is done thistles would form a polyphyletic group.



Poisonous Plant - Stinging Nettle
What It Is: A broad leafed plant that lives in western North America and parts of Europe, which causes a stinging rash when touched.
How it Attacks: This plant has hollow hairs on the underside of its leaves, on its stem and on the veins along the top part of its leaves. When you brush past the plant, these tiny hairs break off in your skin and release formic acid into your skin. This causes a stinging sensation, as well as redness, white bumps and itchiness that can last up to 24 hours.
What it Looks Like: Stinging Nettles grow in shady areas. They have a straight, tall stem and heart-shaped leaves. In spring, tiny clusters of greenish flowers form where the leaves and stem meet.
How to Treat It: Curled Dock plants live in the same areas that Stinging Nettles do. They are short, broad leafed plants that sort of look like overgrown Dandelions, but without the flower part. If you pick of one of their leaves and rub it on the affected area, you'll get a little relief. Also, if you are close to home you can rub a paste of baking soda and water on it, which should make you feel better

JAGGY NETTLES...........where did you get this info.....can you post a link to the pictures so we can see..............they always looked the same to me.

OK D...........I googled and yup, they dont look anything the same.............sorry about that...............guess my mind is way worse than I thought.
Thanks for pointing out my mistake C4B. :roll: :roll:

JJ isn't the thistle a plant of Scotland, you know the purple flower with prickly leaves.

Its the Scottish NATIONAL FLOWER.....we are definately prickly purple people!!!!!!!!!!! but long before it gains its purple flower, it is a jaggy nettle.......whether only in name and not quite genes..............

Here's a Nettle plant


And a thistle, happens to be Bull Thistle


And here's one for Joan, the prickly, purple, Scot

Thanks Cinderellay!!!!!!!!!!

I tried and tried to put the images on..........

how do you do it???????????????

It may be the long way, but I save them on my computer then upload them to photobucket. There's probably a quicker way but I haven't figured it out yet.