Mollison has said: Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless labour; and of looking at plants and animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single product system..
The juice of jewelweed is a traditional remedy for all sorts of skin ailments including poison ivy. An oft-repeated folk saying, Wherever poison ivy is found, jewelweed grows close by. To use it, you can simply crush the leaves and rub it on the itchy places.
Roots: White taproot, poison. Stems/Leaves: During the first year the plant grows the leaves can reach a size of up to 1 1 feet across. The stems on the poison hemlock are rounded, scabrous, and purple spotted. The stems also appear to be ribbed because of there veins. By the time it gets more growth the leaves are up to 18 long and 12 across. The leaves become smaller further up the stems.