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RE: DIY Pain RELIEF : Wild Willow
this is perfect timing for me! i have to tell you... last year my neighbor's very big and mature willow toppled over after the 100 yr flood. she successfully rerooted it, which is amazing and a testament to the power of the willow.
i had taken a cutting to try to root one, but it didn't survive the winter. but, just this evening as i was walking around the homestead, i spotted a willow! a volunteer willow (first one i've seen where our homestead is- we obvs have many near the creek, but we are a good 300 ft from that and uphill)), so it was amazing to see.
i'm curious which variety it is... but i am definitely excited to tincture some as you detail here!
Wow- about it rerooting after being toppled over. I have planted it before but it didn't like the drier soil I put it in- it was also a finicky basket willow variety- where I had taken cuttings from a friend. It lived a few years but just didn't thrive in my parent's farm's clay-like soil. it seems like identifying species of willow can be a nightmare... i've thought about tackling that botany challenge... but they hybridize so easily.