I know my cattle love to eat willow which is handy as we have huge weeping willows and the cattle eat up to a regular height making them look like umbrellas. Willow tea is also very effective as a rooting hormone when starting plants from cuttings.
@@ForestFound cattle are mostly grazers (grass eaters) but they also browse (eat shrubs and trees) around here farmers will cut down willows and other fast growing trees for emergency feed in times of drought or low feed supply. Its also a case of variety too I guess If all you have is rice a slice of bread every now and then is a treat :) I was down checking their water this morning and I noticed they have been reaching a long way through the fence and eaten some of my wife's garden, hope she doesn't notice! (she will notice). Our willows are really big two of them in the home paddock are close together, underneath in summer (now here in the southern hemisphere) its like a cathedral I was showing my Brother in laws Fiancé a while back and she decided that's where she will get married so next summer its happening :) We worked out there's room to seat 200 guests.
Really appreciate all your information. Would love to have a couple Willow trees on our property. I’m too old now to start having cattle. Sure wish I had, like my dad and both granddads. Hope your wife isn’t to upset about her garden, it’s a lot of hard work that goes into what you both do. Bless you!
I had a small herd of miniature horses some years back, on my little five-acre spot with a little seasonal spring/creek. One winter grazing had gotten pretty sparse and I'd noticed my neighbor's cows stretching their heads through my fence to graze some small shrub-sized willows growing against the fence. One little factoid that surprised me that year was, I had noticed my little minis were not losing weight during the winter, and of course minis are like ponies--they can get fat on air it seems, LOL. Anyway, one day I finished my chores, grabbed my tea and sat under the tree in my backyard. While sitting there I heard this loud crunching noise, couldn't see anything that could make it. When I climbed down into the little ravine holding the spring, where some pecan trees were growing. Those rascals were all rooting through the leaf litter and finding pecans on the ground, and eating them! Surprised me as pecan shells are really bitter, but the horses didn't seem to mind at all. Anyway, I thought it was cool that somebody else saw cows eating willow!
Thank you for this video. I wondered how to harvest and create a tincture. A story of my own... when I was a small child, I fell onto a coal oil heater and burned the side of my face and chin very badly. The doctor game my parents an ointment to use on my burn but after a few days it turned greenish and started to puss. A woman in our community created a salve made with willow bark and advised us to use it 2 or 3 x daily until healed. After only one day, the puss dried up and scabbing formed. We continued to use the salve until the scabbing fell off. It had healed completely. Today, I have minimal scarring and if you didn't know there was an injury there, you wouldn't even notice. So willow is good for more than just pain relief.
Ha. I knew but forgot! Thank you for the reminder and the Wonderful Video! Trees are good for our souls as well as our physical health. I almost bought a well-known magazine that had beautiful pictures of plants that were medicine. I decided not to because one of the plants touted (I thought was ugly "inside-out" looking) because it was an ALIEN, imported pest that will take over every square inch of your land if you let it. One year, I destroyed over 100 new growths from the roots of only two plants. Native plants are better, IMHO. I also enjoyed the Dog paw print seen in the video on tracks.
I use willow bark, I prefer white willow as it has a lot of medicine in it. I just made a salve the other day that has willow bark, for my tattoo artist who gets pain from long hours of tattooing.
@@ForestFound topically is my preferred way, even with aspirin ground and made into a paste or ground and snuffed , my native grandmother taught me. she was irate with Bayer for steeling and profiting off our medicine. dried powdered willow bark gets the most out of it. in a poultice designed for the ailment, burns, bruises, broken bones, rash etc directly on the injury it's fast acting. knowing how to make a drawing poultice or driving poultice and which one to use helps. I made a driving salve for my friend, it pushes the medicine in.
"Is Willow Bark BETTER Than Aspirin?" No, the wonder of modern medicine is taking nature and purifying and improving upon it. A balance of nature/tradition and science/modernity is always a better approach.
I know my cattle love to eat willow which is handy as we have huge weeping willows and the cattle eat up to a regular height making them look like umbrellas. Willow tea is also very effective as a rooting hormone when starting plants from cuttings.
Wow that's so interesting about your cattle, given its bitter taste, but I guess they have difference preferences!
@@ForestFound cattle are mostly grazers (grass eaters) but they also browse (eat shrubs and trees) around here farmers will cut down willows and other fast growing trees for emergency feed in times of drought or low feed supply. Its also a case of variety too I guess If all you have is rice a slice of bread every now and then is a treat :) I was down checking their water this morning and I noticed they have been reaching a long way through the fence and eaten some of my wife's garden, hope she doesn't notice! (she will notice).
Our willows are really big two of them in the home paddock are close together, underneath in summer (now here in the southern hemisphere) its like a cathedral I was showing my Brother in laws Fiancé a while back and she decided that's where she will get married so next summer its happening :) We worked out there's room to seat 200 guests.
Really appreciate all your information. Would love to have a couple Willow trees on our property. I’m too old now to start having cattle. Sure wish I had, like my dad and both granddads. Hope your wife isn’t to upset about her garden, it’s a lot of hard work that goes into what you both do. Bless you!
I had a small herd of miniature horses some years back, on my little five-acre spot with a little seasonal spring/creek. One winter grazing had gotten pretty sparse and I'd noticed my neighbor's cows stretching their heads through my fence to graze some small shrub-sized willows growing against the fence. One little factoid that surprised me that year was, I had noticed my little minis were not losing weight during the winter, and of course minis are like ponies--they can get fat on air it seems, LOL. Anyway, one day I finished my chores, grabbed my tea and sat under the tree in my backyard. While sitting there I heard this loud crunching noise, couldn't see anything that could make it. When I climbed down into the little ravine holding the spring, where some pecan trees were growing. Those rascals were all rooting through the leaf litter and finding pecans on the ground, and eating them! Surprised me as pecan shells are really bitter, but the horses didn't seem to mind at all. Anyway, I thought it was cool that somebody else saw cows eating willow!
I have made the tincture and take willow bark capsules and that works great for my old lady arthritis!!!
Amazing! So many uses and remedies :)
Thank you for this video. I wondered how to harvest and create a tincture.
A story of my own... when I was a small child, I fell onto a coal oil heater and burned the side of my face and chin very badly. The doctor game my parents an ointment to use on my burn but after a few days it turned greenish and started to puss. A woman in our community created a salve made with willow bark and advised us to use it 2 or 3 x daily until healed. After only one day, the puss dried up and scabbing formed. We continued to use the salve until the scabbing fell off. It had healed completely. Today, I have minimal scarring and if you didn't know there was an injury there, you wouldn't even notice. So willow is good for more than just pain relief.
That's incredible! Thanks for sharing.
Very informative, also the one on coyote vs dog tracks. New subscriber, and old mountain woman. You can always learn more, so we all should.
Yes! I loved the dog vs coyote. In fact yesterday after watching the video I spotted coyote tracks immediately on our property. Pretty cool.
@@chickadeeacres3864 VERY cool! I enjoy hearing their cries at night. Some people get frighted by the sound, I find it soothing.
So cool! I had no idea about this.
Thanks! Nature is full of surprises...
Ha. I knew but forgot! Thank you for the reminder and the Wonderful Video! Trees are good for our souls as well as our physical health. I almost bought a well-known magazine that had beautiful pictures of plants that were medicine. I decided not to because one of the plants touted (I thought was ugly "inside-out" looking) because it was an ALIEN, imported pest that will take over every square inch of your land if you let it. One year, I destroyed over 100 new growths from the roots of only two plants. Native plants are better, IMHO. I also enjoyed the Dog paw print seen in the video on tracks.
It’s lovely with cinnamon
We'll have to try that next time! It was still quite bitter :)
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Does any willow have that property, or those are specific varieties?
Yes, all willow (Salix) species contain salicin!
I’ve known about this but what about the dosage? Any idea how much of the salicylic acid is extracted into the vodka?
I use willow bark, I prefer white willow as it has a lot of medicine in it. I just made a salve the other day that has willow bark, for my tattoo artist who gets pain from long hours of tattooing.
Yes we're learning more about how it can be used topically as well :)
@@ForestFound topically is my preferred way, even with aspirin ground and made into a paste or ground and snuffed , my native grandmother taught me. she was irate with Bayer for steeling and profiting off our medicine. dried powdered willow bark gets the most out of it. in a poultice designed for the ailment, burns, bruises, broken bones, rash etc directly on the injury it's fast acting. knowing how to make a drawing poultice or driving poultice and which one to use helps.
I made a driving salve for my friend, it pushes the medicine in.
"Is Willow Bark BETTER Than Aspirin?" No, the wonder of modern medicine is taking nature and purifying and improving upon it. A balance of nature/tradition and science/modernity is always a better approach.
well said!