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Van Waffle

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Tag: oxalic acid

Sorrel and oxalic acid

Posted on May 25, 2013May 25, 2013 by Van Waffle

As a teenager I learned about sorrel and decided to grow it from the Sunset book How to Grow Herbs (1972). It says…

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