tea?

[jayman448]

Do any pine/ spruce ish needles work? Like will it harm you to make tea from a wrong type of spf needle? And what part of the rose hip do you use for tea?

[Outbackbob48]

jayman, I gather the fruits thru the fall into late winter, mash and strain(lots of seeds and fine hairs). I like to gather at least after frost, loaded with vit. C and sweet sour taste to fruit, Bob

[jayman448]

So you mash it and then dry it or what? Cant use the leaves or petals eh?

[autologus]

For pine needle tea, most any pine or spruce needles will work, just chop up the needles and steep in near boiling water, strain and enjoy.  Like Del said just make sure you don't use Yew needles they are toxic.

Grady

[Outbackbob48]

Jayman, I have only used the fruits, mash the fleshy fruits and pour hot water over to steep, strain and drink, I never tried the leaves or tried to dry mashed fruits. Bob

[bowandarrow473]

Gotta love natural sassafras root tea, its some good stuff. Which reminds me, I've got a pound of roots that need boiled.

[riverrat]

with sassafras, you dont only have to use the root. {though the roots never loose thier flavor after boiling}. you can use the leaves, as well as use them for filet gumbo. or twigs, they work great too. Tony