Gotu Kola Attacks!

One of the great things about this farm is the diversity of crops it turns out -- from micro greens and kale to medicinal herbs I have never heard of. One such herb is Gotu Kola -- a plant used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indian Ayurveda that does pretty much everything. It is considered an adaptogen as it helps the human body deal with all kinds of stress in addition to being antibacterial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, a cerebral tonic, a circulatory stimulant, a diuretic and an anit-ulcerogenic. Which means that you can prevent yourself from going crazy while also clearing up your acne. A nice added side effect is that it leaves you feeling energized yet clear headed. So the other night we sent to juicing this plant and ended up all giggly due to the effects of the Gotu Kola and all of the sugar we had to use to make it not taste like grass. The result was indeed delicious.

Letting our Lemon Balm steep in water

The Green itself

Tane with our tasting glasses

As the juice recipe was figured out rather early on using various ingredients off the farm including Lemon Balm, Mint, and Lemon, we were left with a big bag of Gotu Kola and a girl who doesn't like things to go to waste. The past few days have been filled with me adding this not so tasty, rather bitter, weedy looking thing to wraps, stir fry, and sometimes just my pockets for a little pick me up later on...