I really enjoyed the Yarra story. I have had similar experience myself. My garden is on my rooftop. I was planting and sliced my finger on a broken chard of clay pot. It was bleeding profusely and I had nothing to wrap it in and would have gotten blood all over the floor and elevator if I had to go down to my floor. I thought of the Yarrow and achilles, as I had heard about it's power. I grabbed a few leaves and wrapped them around my finger. The force of stitching my cut together was palpable and all bleeding was stopped within a minute. Amazing. Now my daughter, who gets frequent nosebleeds, just stuffs some dried leaves up her nose and bleeding stops more quickly than anything else.

Thank you so much, ndantonio, such a great testament to the power of a plant! I've heard of the nosebleed remedy, but luckily I've never had to test it for myself.

Welcome to All Things Plants, how interesting that you have a rooftop garden. I do hope we all get to read more about it! You'll truly enjoy the people you meet here; it's the best gardening website!