Rose Hips are abundant in the Hills now.
They're a great, traditional source of Vitamin C and other antioxidants. They dry easily and don't lose much of their potency.
Most Roses will produce these Hips, which are their fruit and seed cases but I prefer those from Wild Roses (aka Dog Roses) that I find in the Hills.
But watch out, the fine little hairs inside are indigestible and can leave you in a pickle. Here's a fun fact - they're so irritating that they were used as the original itching powder!
Some folks make syrup with the Hips them but we don't here at Ligaya Garden because we have a diabetic in the family.
You'll find them in various stages but the general rule for foraging them is to get them as red as possible but before they start to go squishy. The pic above shows the ripening sequence from let to right.
As times get tougher and folks get generally sicker and more stressed, and new and better plagues make their way to our doors, free Rose Hips are going to help a lot. They're an excellent and easy addition to your home Apocathary
Some of you may have seen that I've been writing a series of posts about making herbal remedies at home. I want to share what I know of this topic so that, as the world gets crazier, folks will have other avenues of medical care, namely those of themselves and their community. If you look back over this blog, you can see heaps of info on the topic, plus loads and loads of posts on herbs and using Australian bushfoods from a white perspective. If you haven't been around on in the @hivegarden and @naturalmedicine communities for long, you may be interested in looking back. There's w-a-a-a-a-y too much there for me to repost and the Hive system doesn't let you vote on old posts so, if you're happy with what you find, I believe that there is now a tip option...
