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Marc St Louis:
Had a pretty good couple of days. Found a nice HHB that wants to come home with me plus the wife and I found a really nice patch of Sweetgrass. The HHB is not that big, only about 8" across but it is straight with no branches for a good 12' and has very little spiral growth, a plus with HHB. We picked enough Sweetgrass for 3 braides and it didn't even show. Good stuff
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sonny:
don't mean to sound dumb, but what do you use the sweetgrass for ??
Cromm:
Nice find.....
Marc St Louis:
--- Quote from: sonny on August 22, 2008, 08:57:28 am ---don't mean to sound dumb, but what do you use the sweetgrass for ??
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I guess you've never smelled Sweetgrass :)
El Destructo:
Sweet grass is used by North American Indians...... It's a sacred plantto them..... it is used in peace and healing rituals...... Leaves are dried and made into braids and burned as vanilla-scented incense.....the long shoots are used in making baskets.
Natives of the Great Plains believe it was the first plant to cover Mother Earth..... The Anishinaabe (Ojibwa).....and other Algonquian first nations of Canada believe it is a purifier, and burn sweetgrass before all ceremonies. It is a reminder to respect the earth and all things it provides.
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