Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Page A-5
The Herb Guy: by Dennis Ellingson
I.V. Little League
gives a big thanks!
“Spring foraging,
overwintering and spring
garden greens”
The Illinois Valley Little League held our ninth Annual
Chili-Feed, Cook-Off, Silent Auction and Live Dessert Auction
Fundraiser, Saturday March 10 at LBMS. The event was a huge
success and we would like to give thanks to the many who
contributed to the event. To all those who donated sweet treats
for our live dessert auction and a BIG thank you to Jim Frick
for being auctioneer for the event. To the chili contestants who
brought in some amazing chili taking first Robert Kihs second
Malinda Estep third Matt Stone, look forward to next year’s
entries. To Paul and Maureen for keeping us entertained with
their musical talent.
To the following for donations for the silent auction;
Bagel Junction, B&K Labeling, Josh Beach, Blue Roan
Boutique, Sue Cababag, Caves Chevron, CJ Pet Spa &
Grooming, CJ Video, Coffee Heaven, Crystal Kaleidoscope,
Dairy Queen, Dutch Bros, Hampton’s Rock Shop, Jennifer
Hanscom, Hiler’s Iron Works, Dianna Kihs, Liz McCloud,
Medford Rogues, Napa Auto Parts, Northwest Rendering,
O’Brien Country Store, Perfect Pizza, Pietro’s Italian
Restaurant, River Valley Restaurant, Dennis Strayer, Subway
of CJ, Sushi & Pho Asian Cuisine, Taylor’s Sausage, Treehouse
Florist, True Value, Umpqua Bank, Wheels a Turnin’, Wild
River Brewing & Pizza and Wrights World Emporium.
Thank you to the community for always support the youth
of the Valley. Working together we can make a difference.
is a bane to some but if we knew all we
need to know about it maybe we would
see it as the treasure it is. At this time of
year and before the flower blooms pick
the leaves just like you would spinach
or some other garden green. This is
one of the best all-around herbs on the
planet. It is a bitter herb but much less
so if you get it before the flower starts.
It may have well been one of the bitter
greens used in the Passover Feast. The
leaves can be eaten raw or steamed.
Also abundant but less known is
common plantain. This is a plant found
growing everywhere. Narrow-leaf and
broad-leaf plantain both grow here. It
has similar herbal benefits as dandelion.
Overwintering: Our milder
winters (I didn’t say mild), allow a
number of hardy garden plants and
herbs to live and grow throughout the
winter. Root vegetables are the best so
there is good reason to plant carrots,
beets, turnips and radishes in the late
fall. I especially like overwintering
carrots. The often grow huge and are
much sweeter and crunchier growing in
the cool months.
Alliums like garlic and certain
storage type onions do very well. They
are planted in the fall and by spring you
are enjoying fresh garlic and onions.
SPRING! It is in the air. There
is no place quite like S.W. Oregon
for better enjoying spring. Whether it
is spring outings in the wild places or
just out back in the gardens, it feels
like life returns. The foliage and wild
flowers return but so do the wild
edibles.
Foraging: Three to be looking
for, out there are young blackberry
leaves. Look for miner’s lettuce,
in the shadowy areas. Plus there is
dandelion and common plantain
everywhere.
Blackberry leaves are great for
vitamin C boost. You just steep them
with your favorite hot tea. Miner’s
lettuce is a favorite. The round
succulent leaves are also full of
vitamin C and very tasty. The legend
is that miners, deprived of foods that
had vitamin C were afraid of getting
scurvy. So they watched for this
early green to get the vitamin C they
needed after the long winter.
As we know dandelion grows
everywhere. This naturalized plant
Plant enough and you have them well
into summer.
One produce favorite we
don’t always think about growing is
celery. Most think you need to live in
California to grow celery. But it grows
quite well here and the seed companies
have been experimenting with celery
and so there are varieties you have
probably never tried now available. I
notice that often the different types of
celery will overwinter very well.
Spring garden greens: The
ones that do well and that will often
overwinter are ones that we know as the
leafy greens which includes kale, chard,
collards and mustard. These nutrient
dense, high fiber veggies really do a
body good. These are hardy plants that
seem to love the cool weather. They
grow well and taste better during these
months.
Southern Oregon is a great place
to grow a great garden and nearly year
around. Then the forests and fields are
really like a free outdoor grocery. Want
to know more about all these then check
out my books “God’s Healing Herbs,”
“God’s Wild Herbs” and “The Herb
Guy’s Cookbook.”
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