mullein: heal the earth with cowboy toilet paper

[MrAnthonyRizzo]

Amazing! I can imagine a bunch of them growing around an out house.

[MyTotallySaneFamily]

Forrest for president! With Ron Paul as vice prez there'd be stopping them!

[EarthElla]

Good video, learned alot, love Forrest...Thank you for this video.

[attiliocg]

Thanks so much for this wealth of info on Verbascum thapsus! I had been wondering what we could use at "One Community Ranch" as a sustainable, natural T.P. Now I know! For others out there looking for support with your sustainability project/s, search out: sustainabilitynonprofitDOTorg and let's work together to create open-source blue-prints for a sustainable civilization. Much LOVE, Respect & Gratitude to Paul and to all of us doing everything in our power to BE the change we desire to see!

[OccupyPsyche]

Mullen is awesome, and I'm so grateful to have this helping me revive my yard and life!

[OccupyPsyche]

I use a water bottle to wash off, for those of us with flush toilet

[wenrolland]

One of the nicest video I've seen in a while! A concentrate of knowledge on a precise subject. I love it. And funny :)

[Adawg4008]

i like these plants because the leaves are really soft. i like to rub them on my face. i call them "bunny ears"

[iamearthbornami]

i love this plant

[cursedwyvern]

you wipe your colon? that's a heck of a deep tissue wipe!

[nluedtke]

Forrest is awesome. Still waters run deep! Paul, you did a great job editing this.

[idahokarenbrat1]

Feel free to come harvest them in northern Idaho, where they are a nuisance. Take all the St.John's Wort and the evil yellow jacket hornets too. I hand-pulled over 4000 mullein each year for two years (I got tired of counting after 4000) and since then I've "only" had to pull up 400 or so a year. They are impervious to herbicide (the hairs shed it) and if you don't pull up the whole root, it will resprout. If you mow it, it will send up MULTIPLE flower shoots and flower lower.

[Tossdart]

Paul the dried stem makes a good hand fire drill.

[muddymuddymuddmann]

DID HE SAY THEBACKSCUM TRAPSES, OR VERBASCUM THASPUS? LOL.

MUDDy

[muddymuddymuddmann]

I HAVE A BUNCH OF MULLEIN HERE. QUESTION: IF THE TAP ROOT BRINGS UP NUTRIENTS FROM WAY DOWN. SHOULD I JUST PLOW THE WHOLE PLANT INTO THE SOIL AFTER HARVESTING THE GOODS?

MUDDy

[itsrtimedownhere]

mullein is also really great for breast infections in nursing mamas.

[amberb57]

Another thing, the center of the leaf, the "thread" or whatever you call it, can, when dried, be used as a candle wick.

[idahodad1]

So this would be a good plant to collect and add to your compost pile for minerals?

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

I wouldn't suggest this as toilet paper, as the hairs are very well known for irritating sensitive skin, such as the colon. Some describe it as a hemorhoid feeling.

[paulwheaton12]

@OzaawaaMigiziNini did you see bud's important tip? there is much more about this at permies.com.

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

@paulwheaton12 Yep, though the direction of the fuzz is irrelevent as it is the same in all directions. The tip Bud made I would relate more towards branches or leaves of other plants, such as fir, ferns and the like. Mullein, as a "fuzzy-leaved" plant has the same reaction to the colon or rectal lining as wipe in any direction. It is still a highly useful plant, and I am now in the works of harvesting the flowers for the oil process your wonderfull video suggested. But not for toilet paper.

[paulwheaton12]

@OzaawaaMigiziNini and yet millions continue to not have problems. did you read the thread at permies?

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

@paulwheaton12

I'm not trying to start a fight with you, just mentioning something that doctors and a lot of wilderness instructors have both noticed.. but if you want to get condescending on me sure, "Millions continues not to have problems".. day you learn not to exaggerate, you'll have me as a subscriber again.

[vornoff1958]

One of your best, Paul. Highly informative and Forest was hilarious. I smell break-out star!

[danfromabove]

Pure awesome!

[SuzyB1988]

Forest is awesome, and I will save some flowers for an ear tincture. Good info

[OrganicTexas]

I love me some Verbascum thapsus! Informative video- thanks for sharing. -OrganicTexas

[cuptocakeful]

Didn't know The Stig was a part-time mullein spokesmodel !

[markleerose]

@cuptocakeful Some say he can only communicate by nodding his head, and that he sleeps with a mullein leaf under his pillow... all we know is he's called The Stig!

[amberb57]

@markleerose At least he's not smoking it, we think... LOL

[Rhinoch8]

So you can actually use it as a toilet paper for sawdust toilets?

[paulwheaton12]

@Rhinoch8 yes

[aquariussal]

LOL@Forrest. :)



[glockman1727ak47]

Fantastic Video! Thanks for the upload!

[bthaile]

Mullein, love it. I like that mullein is trying to create order from our chaos or repairing our disturbing of the soil. Good video, repetition is key to facilitate learning. Thanks

[SagaciousRex]

I love your humor, great video!

[1958Kata]

Excellent Paul! Thank you.

[teddy0072]

Haha! "Official millein spokesmodel"! How much did you pay him? :)

He made this great video even greater! Valuable information & tips...Just not sure if this plant will like 110F Texas weather?? No biggie, now I wanna move to Montana even more!!

[marcymrp]

@teddy0072 GOD, does ANYthing wanna grow here in Texas right now. I was just thinking about why we don't see it here since the ground can't GET much more unhealthy that it is now! SCARY when you read the forecast that says we may be in drought for another year? This is insane, but I wondered too if this plant grows in Texas. I've never seen it; ever!

[m081779]

I just saw some of this the other day. Had no idea what it was, but I was intrigued. I went home and identified it on the internet pretty quickly. It was growing in terrible sandy soil in an interstate median. It was growing along side some maypops, sow thistles, and elderberries. I stopped because I saw some paulownia seed pods that I thought might be some kind of nut. I'm glad I did because it was a VERY productive foraging excursion. Glad to know how to pronounce this plants name too!

[RonRay]

Forrest is a real talker, isn't he!.....?

[angryadrien]

do you have any video links on how to make that tincture or ear-ache oil?

Oh, and does that boy EVER say anything? :) :)

[paulwheaton12]

@angryadrien I think this video spells it out pretty good. What might be a part that seems tricky?

[angryadrien]

@paulwheaton12 I'm not sure how to make the tincture that they mention. the way they said it, I figured it was something separate from the oil/leaf eardrops

[MatthewCravatt]

This spring, I went to a yard sale and saw several mullein growing near the house. I asked the owner if I could dig some up to transplant. He was curious as to why I would want a "weed" growing in my yard, but invited me to get all I wanted. Taking a few, I informed him they were medicinal, and left it at that. I've since seen him around our small town, and told him what I found out about the plants uses. Thanks for another great video, we love mullein here on Indian Country Farms.

[gardenfarmer]

the vid was very entertaining and useful

michael is a gem! 

[pocketmeadowfarm]

love the spokesmodel too!

[pocketmeadowfarm]

I love these videos! Butt wipe!! Who knew? I've got it all over a sheep pasture and I've been cutting it down, but now that I know how dang useful it is, I'm going to leave it alone. Thanks!

[Herbalpagan]

I just had mullein on my sho as the "plant of the week"! It makes a great cough syrup. Some bee keepers use it in their smokers as well. We don't have as much around here as I'd like!