Courtesy of Mashjar Juthour
We have some wonderful wild herbs in Palestine. On the mountain where Mashjar Juthour is located, three species of herbs grow: thyme, sage, and water mint. We pick these for tea but are always careful to take only the top few leaves, and we never pick when the plants...
Buckthorn fruits are small but mighty in their health benefits - and utterly delicious.
Wild thyme with bee.
This wild chicory is edible.
Spiny hawthorn. The leaves, bark, flowers, berries and roots of this amazing tree are beneficial.
Cyclamen, unfortunately, is frequently harvested irresponsibly.
A beautiful botanical illustration of the Anatolia orchid by Lois Nakhleh. You can see the root that was over-harvested, to the great detriment of this species, in order to make traditional sahlab, which thankfully no longer includes the flower as an ingredient.
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