In his "Rendezvous at the farm", Wednesday morning, Fanny Agostini presents the virtues of sedum, a master key that has useful properties for the skin, without presenting the carbon footprint of aloe vera.
We are currently wondering about the relocation of our consumption. This is an opportunity to talk about a plant that has become a star in our bathrooms in less than 10 years: aloe vera.
Aloe vera is known for its many virtues, especially for its ability to regenerate and hydrate the skin in depth. Each year, millions of liters of aloe vera pulp are sold on the world market, a trend that is increasing at the rate of an ever-increasing demand, leading to the conversion of arable land into a large plantation of monoculture for the food and especially cosmetic industry, and the organic wave only reinforces the phenomenon.
While we can find exactly the same properties in a small master key from here!
A small insignificant plant, which does not attract our attention and yet it has properties identical to those of the products we covet several thousand kilometers away. It is the sedum, also known as stonecrop. It is a wild succulent plant that grows on very rudimentary substrates, sometimes we see it on the edge of paths between pebbles. It also adorns gardens a lot with its beautiful flowering, sometimes yellow, white or purple. But what interests us is its pulp, it is enough to crush the sedum on the skin to have immediate repairing and hydrating effects.
Can we grow it on the balcony?
Not only is it found everywhere in the countryside, but you can also grow it in an apartment, it is very resistant, including in the event of drought, if you forget to water it, it will regain vigor with only a few drops of water . Especially since if there are only a few meters to cross between your balcony and the bathroom, the mileage record will be almost zero compared to its competitor made in Mexico. Aloe… will see its reputation tarnish if we adopt new habits that are less exotic but just as effective!