Foraging Jewelweed and How To Use It

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Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) is a common edible and medicinal wildflower that’s easy to find and identify. It’s most commonly used to treat bug bites and poison ivy, but that’s just the beginning.

A few years back, my friend Colleen from Grow Forage Cook Ferment visited our Vermont Homestead. I was walking her through our garden, and she spotted a big patch of jewelweed growing under an apple tree at the edge.

It was the first time she’d see the plant, and she got all excited. “Is that Jewelweed!?!?! Did you plant it?” she asked. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE