May 28 - Sweet Cicely
Post date: May 27, 2011 4:48:07 PM
Confirmed Sweet Cicely is in bloom, the root is very aromatic with a strong scent of licorice.
It was used for a wide variety of digestive disorders and the scent as an aphrodisiac for young girls ;-)
The root can be dried, chopped and used as a substitute for fennel seed on pizza.
We mowed a path through the woods today. It meanders in and out between Jack-in-the-Pulpits, Solomon's Seal, and newly discovered sedges- the plants dictated the design, it is quite nice.
I had a couple new discoveries- that are yet to be identified-