I'm Korean and have a ton of this in my garden. It's good for flavoring rice cakes, making soup, and good for burning against mosquitoes. I also use the long stalks to play with my cat lol. This week I actually ate some doenjjang soup (된장국 - fermented bean soup) with some mugwort in it. I highly recommend mugwort rice cakes (쑥떡) if you like the smell - all Korean grocery stores sell them in their rice cake section.
I have also found that praying mantises like to use the dry stalks in the fall to lay their ootheca (eggs) on. Seems to work well, as mugwort stalks last well through the winter even after several heavy snowfalls, at least in my area.
I have a ton of mugwort. My Japanese grandmother sent some to us 50 years ago (dry). We plant it wherever we move and it grows like crazy in Florida. It's also used to prevent pregnancies, so ladies be careful. I give to my rabbits to slow down their population growth.
Just found some of this sprouting in my field and had no clue what it was. Thanks for sharing! I love it in mochi and soups. Interesting fact, it's also used for women who need help regulating their menstrual cycle as it's a uterine stimulant. Again, thanks for the info, I'm excited to have this on my property 😄
Invasive is a harsh word, certainly… but when it’s displacing native ground cover that’s the term that applies best. Interesting about the “dreaming” /psychoactive properties. I’ve never heard that but would definitely look more into it, especially since I’ve got plenty of it in my own yard (along with garlic mustard, multiflora rose, Norway maples, and all sorts of other non native plants…)
The previous owner of our house planted something that is called, "Snow on The Mountains" (ground cover). Now THAT is invasive stuff!! 😠 Near impossible to get rid of, too. I don't mind useful (medicinal, edible) plants spreading freely at all. 😉
@@thekingsdaughter4233 I just looked that one up and yeah, I wouldn’t want that either. 🤦♂️ When I think of native ground cover my mind goes to clover and wildflowers. My neighbor’s hill has pachysandra and English ivy that are both encroaching on my property. Every summer I cut it back. I read that you can eat young Japanese knotweed which is prolific here in Connecticut, so I tried some raw and grilled. Not bad, kind of like an earthy Granny Smith apple. I really should look more into native/naturalized plants in my area to see how I can put them to good use.
Hi Akiva, thanks for your post and I share in welcoming the regrowth of the mugwort appearing now. I have made mugwort tea to treat stomach issues and it’s worked really well. It’s also very good to help with the individuation process and the importance of that can’t be understated. It’s such a common thing to lose oneself in a tangle expectations and projections and this plant can really help people Houdini themselves out of that.
i have this growing in my strawberry bed and with my currants too. at first i thought they were the same shape as them but the color was much lighter. thanks for lmk, i wont pull out too much of these and let them grow a little
Around my garden we have wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) which looks similar, and cool to find out it's in the same genus as mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).
Cool! ima get some of that growing. I had a similar experience for dreams with smoking blue lotus, the plant depicted all over the walls of ancient egypt temples, and i believe they had some glyphs of mugwort also. Well anyways it gave me the best lucid dream i ever had, of course i went flying and this time i could feel the air around me that i was using as a resistance to push off of through the air and all my hairs were standing on end all over my body, it looked just like the matrix and i was in this huge room full of ancient egyptian stuff, crazy. Another plant in the same family, wormwood, i found extremely effective against i believe viral cold/flu. Well i dont know what i had but it was a green snot cold and just chewing on some straight wormwood (yuck!) kicked the shit out of that cold immediately. The next cold i had, yellow snot, it didnt do anything for however.
Can you explain your view on invasive? Specific example I have thousands of European buckthorn filled in disturbed wetland behind my house. From thousands saplings to mature 20' tall stands. I'm considering removing and treating at stump and letting native silky dogwood, silver maples, hawthorn fill in. It does provide privacy from neighbors. What's your thoughts?
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I'm Korean and have a ton of this in my garden. It's good for flavoring rice cakes, making soup, and good for burning against mosquitoes. I also use the long stalks to play with my cat lol. This week I actually ate some doenjjang soup (된장국 - fermented bean soup) with some mugwort in it. I highly recommend mugwort rice cakes (쑥떡) if you like the smell - all Korean grocery stores sell them in their rice cake section.
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I think you are talking about Korean Mugwort also call Ssuk or Yomogi. Similar plant but different species. Korean Mugwort is used as a leaf vegetable
I have also found that praying mantises like to use the dry stalks in the fall to lay their ootheca (eggs) on. Seems to work well, as mugwort stalks last well through the winter even after several heavy snowfalls, at least in my area.
I have a ton of mugwort. My Japanese grandmother sent some to us 50 years ago (dry). We plant it wherever we move and it grows like crazy in Florida. It's also used to prevent pregnancies, so ladies be careful. I give to my rabbits to slow down their population growth.
Just found some of this sprouting in my field and had no clue what it was. Thanks for sharing! I love it in mochi and soups. Interesting fact, it's also used for women who need help regulating their menstrual cycle as it's a uterine stimulant. Again, thanks for the info, I'm excited to have this on my property 😄
Invasive is a harsh word, certainly… but when it’s displacing native ground cover that’s the term that applies best. Interesting about the “dreaming” /psychoactive properties. I’ve never heard that but would definitely look more into it, especially since I’ve got plenty of it in my own yard (along with garlic mustard, multiflora rose, Norway maples, and all sorts of other non native plants…)
The previous owner of our house planted something that is called, "Snow on The Mountains" (ground cover). Now THAT is invasive stuff!! 😠 Near impossible to get rid of, too. I don't mind useful (medicinal, edible) plants spreading freely at all. 😉
@@thekingsdaughter4233 I just looked that one up and yeah, I wouldn’t want that either. 🤦♂️ When I think of native ground cover my mind goes to clover and wildflowers. My neighbor’s hill has pachysandra and English ivy that are both encroaching on my property. Every summer I cut it back. I read that you can eat young Japanese knotweed which is prolific here in Connecticut, so I tried some raw and grilled. Not bad, kind of like an earthy Granny Smith apple. I really should look more into native/naturalized plants in my area to see how I can put them to good use.
I appreciate and admire what you do. I really enjoy hearing all of these beautiful amazing plants
Hi Akiva, thanks for your post and I share in welcoming the regrowth of the mugwort appearing now. I have made mugwort tea to treat stomach issues and it’s worked really well. It’s also very good to help with the individuation process and the importance of that can’t be understated. It’s such a common thing to lose oneself in a tangle expectations and projections and this plant can really help people Houdini themselves out of that.
i have this growing in my strawberry bed and with my currants too. at first i thought they were the same shape as them but the color was much lighter. thanks for lmk, i wont pull out too much of these and let them grow a little
Around my garden we have wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) which looks similar, and cool to find out it's in the same genus as mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris).
It's delicious in soba noodles , my favorite soba .
You can buy it in organic food stores many times , it's called Mugwort Soba .
Thank you for sharing this!🤗
Cool! ima get some of that growing. I had a similar experience for dreams with smoking blue lotus, the plant depicted all over the walls of ancient egypt temples, and i believe they had some glyphs of mugwort also. Well anyways it gave me the best lucid dream i ever had, of course i went flying and this time i could feel the air around me that i was using as a resistance to push off of through the air and all my hairs were standing on end all over my body, it looked just like the matrix and i was in this huge room full of ancient egyptian stuff, crazy.
Another plant in the same family, wormwood, i found extremely effective against i believe viral cold/flu. Well i dont know what i had but it was a green snot cold and just chewing on some straight wormwood (yuck!) kicked the shit out of that cold immediately. The next cold i had, yellow snot, it didnt do anything for however.
Can you explain your view on invasive? Specific example I have thousands of European buckthorn filled in disturbed wetland behind my house. From thousands saplings to mature 20' tall stands. I'm considering removing and treating at stump and letting native silky dogwood, silver maples, hawthorn fill in. It does provide privacy from neighbors. What's your thoughts?
I was wondering what that plant is. My town mows it several times every summer to keep it in control.
Would wormwood have the same effects?
Nope, it has other properties.
Mugwort 7 feet tall? Interesting, I've never seen it more than 4 feet tall. Kissing cousins with Wormwood, Artemisia Absenthia, IIRC...
Thank you for all of your hard work. I’m not sure many grasp the extent of your impact. 🤙 much love ❤️ ✌️ I’d love to talk to you.