Gardening Revelation: Ground Ivy园艺启示：地面常春藤

So, we’re slowly trying to convert our lawn into an urban garden.  We are growing vegetables for our hospitality meals.因此，我们正在慢慢尝试转换我们的草坪成为一个城市花园，我们是越来越多的蔬菜，我们的招待饭。 And one of our biggest gardening and lawn care foes has been our massive amount of Ground Ivy (most commonly called “creeping charlie,” its Latin name is glechoma hederacea).  My wife hates the stuff.  But I kinda like it; it looks cool and doesn’t require mowing.其中一个是我们最大的园艺和草坪护理的敌人一直是我们的大量的地面常春藤（最常见的所谓“爬行查理” ，其拉丁学名是金钱薄荷） 。我的妻子不喜欢东西，但我kinda喜欢;看来冷静并且不需要割草。

Well, I just did some research on ground ivy.  And amazingly enough–ground ivy isn’t the simple “weed” that we had suspected.  This humble little invader has a story:以及，我只是做了一些研究，对地面的常春藤。和令人惊讶的足够的地面常春藤不是简单的“杂草”我们曾怀疑这是谦虚的小侵略者有一个故事：

While often thought of as a weed because of its propensity for spreading, Glechoma has culinary and medicinal uses which were the cause of its being imported to America by early European settlers.而往往思想作为一个杂草，因为它倾向为传播， glechoma已烹饪和药用用途，其中的原因，其进口到美国早期的欧洲定居。 The fresh herb can be rinsed and steeped in hot water to create an新鲜的药草，可以清洗和浸泡在热水，以创造一个 herbal tea凉茶 which is rich in这是丰富的 vitamin C维生素C . 。 The那个 essential oil精油 of the plant has many potent medicinal properties; the plant has been used for centuries as a general该工厂有许多有力的药用性能;该厂已使用数百年来，作为一般 tonic补品 for为了 colds感冒 and和 coughs咳嗽 and to relieve和，以纾缓 congestion交通挤塞 of the该 mucous membranes粘膜膜 . 。 The plant has been demonstrated to have该厂已被证明有 anti-inflammatory抗炎 properties.属性。 It has also been claimed to increase它也一直声称，以增加 excretion排泄 of …的 lead领导 in the在 urine尿液 . 。 (from （从 wikipedia维基百科 ) ）

Other sources claim that glechoma is great in salads, stimulates the appetite, has mild sedative effects and is useful for gastritis and indigestion.其他消息人士称， glechoma是伟大的沙拉，刺激食欲，有温和的镇静效果和是有益的胃炎和消化不良。

Even more amazing, it was one of the primary plants used to clarify beers before hops was introduced.  Hence it is also known by the names alehoof and tunhoof.  It not only made beers clearer, but also added flavor.  In fact, I am chewing on ground ivy right now–it tastes a bit minty.更惊人的，这是其中一个主要的植物用于澄清啤酒，啤酒花前推出，因此，这也是众所周知的名字alehoof和tunhoof 。它不仅作出了明确的啤酒，而且还补充说：味道。事实上，我咀嚼地面上常春藤的权利，现在它的口味有点minty 。

And so, instead of trying to kill it, we’re going to begin harvesting our abundance of ground ivy.  We’ll wash it, dry it, and use it for tea.等等，而不是试图扼杀它，我们要开始收获，我们丰富的地面常春藤，我们会洗，干燥，并用它来喝茶。

for further reading .为进一步读。 . 。 . 。

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