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.
POISON IVY LEAVES. Poison Ivy is a native plant that is not always easy to recognize, because some of its features can vary from plant to plant. Even leaves of a single plant can vary. You may have heard that Poison Ivy has three leaves, but that is not accurate.The photo above shows three Poison Ivy leaves, each of which has three leaflets. If a leaf has two or more leaflets it is called a compound leaf.OISON IVY LEAVES. Poison Ivy is a native plant that is not always easy to recognize, because some of its features can vary from plant to plant. Even leaves of a single plant can vary. You may have heard that Poison Ivy has three leaves, but that is not accurate.