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Make a Mullein Walking Stick -- Part 1

Part 2 available here:    • Make a Mullein Walking Stick -- Part 2   Years ago, I was reading about unusual walking sticks, and the website talked about a gentleman's cane made from mullein (Verbascum thapsus). When I mentioned this exotic plant to my family, they said, "oh yeah, we had one of those weeds grow in our yard!" Flash forward several years, and I found a patch of mullein to experiment with, and it's pretty amazing stuff! It grows to be seven feet around here, is very lightweight, is really easy to work with, and cleans up to be a beautiful and unique pseudo-wood. This video shows how to pick and prepare the mullein plant for drying. Part II will show my specific "woodworking" process to turn it into a cane or walking stick. I would have made these into one video, but I'm giving my family mullein walking sticks for Christmas (don't tell!) and wanted to show them at least part of the process when they open their packages. Want to identify mullein at different stages? Then try this excellent video:    • Plant portrait - Common mullein (Verbascum...