Do This Now to Grow Your Own Medicine for 2022 | Medicinal Herb Garden
Do This Now to Grow Your Own Medicine for 2022 | Medicinal Herb Garden
Knowing how to plan a medicinal herb garden takes forethought and knowledge of the plants and your growing zone. Learn how to plan yours!
For more information, including tips on cold stratifying seeds, and my deer repelling companion plant list, visit the blog post here: https://melissaknorris.com/how-to-plan-a-medicinal-herb-garden
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Melissa thank you for sharing all your knowledge. You are my #1 resource person I seek when I need info on anything homestead. I trust your advice. I’m new at medicinal herbs and have a lot to learn. You are so versed in medicinal herbs. Have you thought of writing a book about it? I’d add it to my Melissa Norris collection. 🙂
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I’m hoping you can help me. I have lost my smell and taste from having Covid 5 months ago. Is there any herbal remedies you may know of that would help? I would greatly appreciate your expertise! Ty
We’ve just moved to a very different climate then we’re use to, it’s extremely rainy particularly in summer when we have our hot weather. I would love if you could do a video about how you deal with the rain, how you protect your crops, any varieties that work better or any tips or tricks would be fantastic? We’ve had basically three straight months of rain and our poor plants are drowning, I would love to be able to protect them better next season.
Thanks. I love learning about new seed companies. You are so organized. My seeds are tossed into two boxes.
Blog what is the link I am new to your channel
My daughter lives in a wooded area and deer are constantly eating her nice pines. They put up t posts with a wire 2ft and 4 ft high around their new trees….it’s been a year and the deer have not bothered their trees…..
I saw one gardener plants different heights of plants next to his fencing and since deer can’t judge what’s on the other side they are discouraged to jump…..our deer leave the scrub pines alone and munch on my better pines…..with so many it’s impossible to spray them….
I rent a garden plot every year. I always look forward to the chamomile popping up. Smells so good!
Melissa, thank you so much for all the seed company suggestions and for reminding me about stratification, I had forgotten about that. I probably have the oddest questions you’re ever going to get, but I just need to ask. Because we are also supposed to be God’s stewards, has anyone (besides myself that is) ever thought to plant a garden just for the animals, well away from our own gardens? I have often thought about this, especially after watching all these documentaries about the starving animal world. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Blessings to you always
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Where did you get those fantastic seed storage containers?
I have ordered quality seeds to star my medicinal garden. I’m a good gardener and have grown herbs but more for cooking. My big concern is where and how to plant. As an example I don’t want to plant things next to each other that shouldn’t be next to each other or things that need room to spread or self seed I don’t want to close to something else and I don’t know if things will cross breed with each other or not I want to till up a section of my yard so it’s all in one spot as far as things that I would use for medicinal purposes look and I still have a lot of pollinators and different flowers I plant down in my garden for specific reasons like helping with Polynesian and with attracting certain healthy garden helpers and for the tree rabbits and things like that and cooking herbs and stuff but I’m worried I’d I plant them in bunches or rows or something I may mess it help. How can I find advice on how to plant for spacing and what they can grow next to? Any tips would be so appreciated
Melissa!! I can’t over express how much I enjoy your videos. I’m sorry to say it’s been sort of recently that I’ve discovered you but I’m taking in all I can!
I am hoping to start a medicine garden this year and have several seeds already! I really appreciated this video and cued off on something you said as it relates to something I’ve been searching to determine!!
>>>>> When it comes to medicinal plants, flowers specifically, do varieties change the efficacy? In other words, is it just as effective to choose varieties that are aesthetically appealing (pretty colors)?! I will gladly prioritize function over beauty, but if I can have both… I mean why not?! I just worry that getting varieties of medicinal flowers that I think are prettier may impair their efficacy. Any advice will be an enormous relief!
Keep up the great work – I can’t wait to continue to discover your bounty of treasures!
Is there a way to grow medicinal herbs in my apartment? I have a fluorescent tube grow light, but that may be a long shot. There is nothing but concrete for a back yard where I rent. Or can I buy some of these as already potted plants some where?
Yes, Yes and Yes!!!
Hi Melissa I would just like to mention two of my favourite plants which happen to be deer proof and edible for us they are Autumn sage of which I have four different colours courtesy of local parks and gardens there was a sign that said don’t pick flowers well I just wanted some stems 🙃 we don’t have deer roaming Christchurch and I think the flavour is too strong to eat but the kids can’t stop picking the flowers and sucking the nectar of the back they flower predominantly summer and autumn into winter here and are mostly evergreen and Hibiscus syriacus obtained in similar fashion the leaves are pleasant enough to eat I have 7 white with crimson centre’s and more recently a couple of near black which should flower for the first time the plants do like it to be hot before they flower.
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Sage is delicious in the southern chicken dressing!
Great ideas! I did just find a idaho-based seed Cooperative that I will look into for herbs. I already have some of these but I have such a small area that’s full sun in our backyard hard to find spots for all of them. Do you have any tips on what kind of fertilizers or compost to use a medicinal herb gardens? I know some herbs have different kinds of needs and I live in a very hot dry summer area, obviously very different from your Pacific Northwest cooler region. Also I love the print behind you! Everything is better at the homestead. Was that custom-made for you? Or is that available somewhere? I couldn’t find anything online, thanks
My lavender and rosemary and thyme are doing great. But chamomile just won’t thrive. I am in North West Europe, on sandy soil. Not too cold, not too hot. Not too wet and not too dry. Why won’t my chamomile grow? I sow them, and I get maybe 3 or 4 starts, and they stay small.
———————I am new to the whole gardening thing. And I would like to get books That have the details about medicinal plants and herbs, or just gardening in general for things that we can eat. Open to suggestions from anyone————————
If a type of seed needs stratification, can I just plant them outdoors in the first place?
Do you have any books you recommend from going through your health issues and healing? I’ve been on Gerd medication for 35 years and would love to get off of it.
I love your channel! I just found it this past weekend after starting our beginning forays into homesteading (aka I have no clue what I’m doing so we planted a garden and starting at the very beginning).
Are medicinal herbs seeds different than regular seeds?
Am trying to remember the video where tslk about good herbal books to purchase or recommending seems like somewhere to start and for life for me can’t remember
We LOVE your channel. You have helped us really find a passion for growing, baking, and food preservation. I love the comeback that it’s making.
Where did you find your plastic seed tote and smaller seed storage containers?
Lol, I was wondering if you were gonna mention roses! If I could only have one plant in my garden, it would be roses. They are by far one of the most versitile plants both medicinally & for aesthetic pleasure, and are so easy to care for. I’ve honestly been quite surprised at how infrequently they are mentioned on garden/herbal/homesteading ect. channels. Anyway, very helpful info all around! Will be saving to my library, thanks!🌹
You read my mind
Where did you get the seed box? It’s awesome
GREAT video; thanks SO much!🙂
Have you heard of Uprising Organic seeds out of Bellingham?
I really love your videos. So right off the git go, I wanted to say that. On this one though, no thumbs down though. 😉You kind of lost me with the cold stratification terminology. And then having to count those days. Felt kind of lost. Maybe just explain what that is. Tks
I started planting herbs for teas and meds about two years ago. There is so much information that it can at times be overwhelming. Love all of the seed sites you listed and am enjoying learning more about growing my food from seed as well. I tried to download your planning forms from How to Plan a Medicinal Herb Garden with no luck — I did allow pop ups. Any other ideas??
Can’t wait to see more of your information!
Do you put them in pots?
And do you mix them?
Thanks!
I planted 360 spring builds last fall. Does that count?😉
Wild crafting for elderberry is a good way to start new plants from cuttings. When it comes to deer, fencing and dogs are your best friends. Consider the old cottage gardens were always kept inside the fence.
This was great, thank you!
Thanks for all the fantastic info! 👍🌱💐
I’d love info on anything I can plant to keep squirrels away! My biggest garden challenge is squirrels 🐿🤬
BTW anyone looking for the case she is using for seed storage they are on sale at Michaels this week!
I can’t get the free chart in the blog post to work. I disabled my AdBlock and enabled pop-ups but it won’t submit.
I love your videos!
How do I equate your knowledge for my climate and timing? I live in a moderate climate but in the winter, almost my entire garden gets shade from oak trees on the southern hill that blocks much sun. frustrated. thanks! Also what is your area and climate? thanks!
Do you sell seeds? If not, where do you buy them? Looking forward to hear from you. Thanks.
Excellent informations ! Thank you !!
Excellent video! Very important info, especially in these times.
Did you know you can also grow an orange balm and a lime balm?
Would you add your seed company
I’ve had great luck with Richter’s medicinal seeds and plants
Great video! Can I ask how long your seeds last if kept in the container you are using? I have mine in sealed containers in the freezer and what are your thoughts on keeping them in the freezer. Thanks Melissa ❤️
Thank you so much for the useful idea of charting. Could you share the container you keep all your seeds in? I love that, and living where I do this would be very helpful. Thank you so much for this video.