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annaleeandrew
I read the “The HomeGrown Herbalist” and I’m trying to see how many listed in the book I can grow myself. Is this a reasonable goal?
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Greg Boggs
Absolutely! And you will find that you can grow a lot in your own yard. My wife and I live on a fairly small city lot (less than 6k sqft including the house) and we are growing 32 different herbs and vegatables this year, and we haven’t even really optimized our space as well as it could be yet. Once you jump in and get started, you’ll find all sorts of ways to grow more on your property!
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Leah
I am about to plant my new medicinals. Do you have any insight on Companion planting for medicinals? Comfrey is in and I have Calendula, Yarrow, Echinacea, Marshmallow, Plantain, Skullcap, Feverfew, Chamomile (Roman), Angelica, Teasel, Mullein and Lobelia. All are small plants in the process of getting a little bigger before planting. My area is pretty much a long line, decent size though. I appreciate your thoughts.
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All that my books have told me is that Parsley and Cayenne go well together and so does Chamomile and Onions. Not sure on what other herbs go well together
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Sydnia Ginger Anady
what a great variety you are growing
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Josephine
This sounds like a lovely and very useful mix! Why not add some kitchen herbs into the beds…if you have a partly shady spot parsley will grow happily and eventually reseed itself very well. Cilantro loves a similar spot, with perhaps a bit more sun. They are both great filler plants, being soft leaved and stemmed. Thyme is wonderful at the front edge of bed, and there are so many different cultivars. Thyme flower is a bee magnet, parsley and cilantro flowers are syrphid fly, lady bug and butterfly magnets. Also, Arugula, both cultivated and wild (rocket) are excellent reseeders, are super nutritious and blood cleansing and bees adore those flowers, too. Good luck with your garden!
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Amy Winkler
I am excited for spring. I have just ordered an elderberry bush and Oregon grapes. I want to get as many medicinal plants growing in my garden as I can. Which plants are easiest to grow from seeds? Which plants are best to plant by start?
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Melissa Thomas
Your goal is exactly my goal – get as many medicinal (and perennial food) plants growing in my yard as possible. It’s very exciting!
I’m in my 3rd year of this goal and am in northern Utah, zone 4/5. These are ones I have successfully grown so far from seed, all wintersown in milk jugs and then planted out in the garden: motherwort, skullcap, catnip, feverfew, monarda didyma, monarda fistulosa, mullein, plantain, echinacea purpurea, rudbeckia hirta, german chamomile, yarrow, valerian, artemisia ludoviciana, meadowsweet, lavender, gravel root, mountain mint, milkweed, chicory, borage, hollyhock, fennel, anise hyssop, elecampane. I have a bunch of other medicinals in my garden, but not grown from seed. The garden is a huge joy for me!
Calendula and nasturtiums are easy to grow from seed, direct sow in garden in spring.
I have tried growing angelica, stinging nettle, lobelia cardinalis, and arnica from seed without luck, but will try again this year. Also for this year I’ve ordered seed to try lobelia inflata, eleuthero, shepherd’s purse, bupleurum, cleavers, marshmellow, artemisia annua, grindelia, and california poppy. Planning to get them wintersown in the next week or two. Fingers crossed!
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Jackie Bourg
I have been gardening in Colorado high planes for 30 years done a few herbs this year I am inspired I am starting my winter sowing and most are herbs this year. Lots of them need cold stratification. I set up 4 new 2 foot by 4 foot raised beds last fall and 4 more for the spring. For things I don’t want to get out of control. But if they get out of control all I need to do is stop watering them they will die nothing much grows here with out being watered. 🙂
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YES!
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Jaime
Same here! I have seeds for Lemon Balm, Calendula, Chamomile, Echinacea, Elecampane, Fennel, Oregano, Marshallow, Yarrow(Colorado Mix), Morning Glory, Summer Thyme (Tomillio Verano), French Thyme (Thymus Vularis), Slow-Bolt Cilantro (Coriandrun sativum), Golden Giant Amaranth all of which I have never grown. I am trying to design a new garden/landscaping off the south end of the house that slopes down to a pond 100+ feet. I am overwhelmed with trying to figure it all out, what to place where and when, soil requirements, drainage requirements etc. It will all be in full sun, so how to arrange taller plantings so that the give shade where needed all while not blocking those that love full sun. I also have six gallon pots of elderberry plants roots and all from a friend who wanted to thin out her stand since she has a small yard to keep contained. We have alot of mullein already growing naturally on property as well as located some St. John’s Wort that I hope comes back this year so I can try to transplant it into my landscaping. I want to add a ginkgo biloba tree or two on property as well as a few white pines and other fruit trees. Also interested in growing sea buckthorn but haven’t heard it even mentioned by any herbalist yet. I tend to get overwhelmed in the many details, “paralysis from overanalysis”! I had hoped to get through more of this herbal school through the winter months and all this planning for the new garden/landscaping areas…but spring is already almost here! yikes! Does anyone have a good resource or community where help in designing and planning can be found?
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- Jaime
I feel you about the planning. I want to build a native garden labrith this spring just a place to walk and enjoy native plants. I am struggling with the lay out of the paths. I decided I really need to do it after things get started some plants I want to work around and not move like the Indian pant brush don’t want to lose them. I think I am going plan it this year and get it started finish it next year.🙂
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