Since having children I have become increasingly interested in natures medicine. Having sick children is simply miserable. They are too young to take any over the counter drugs and I don’t know that I would want to give them to them anyway. So on top of growing delicious food for us to eat and sell I am growing medicinals. This will be our first year of planting and I am starting with 20 simple varieties. I will simply add on each year.
I have two elderberry plants arriving with this years fruit tree orders. I also have a witch hazel plant arriving with a different tree order. Otherwise I’ve simply ordered a large variety of seeds. Here is a brief list of what we are adding this year.
Lemonbalm
Echinacea
FeverFew
German Chamomille
Plantain
Borage
Ginseng
Mullien
Peppermint
Spearmint
Calendula
Lavendar
Marshmallow
Ginger
Catnip
Safflower
Creeping Thyme
Valerian Root
St John’s Wort
I’ll keep you updated in future posts with what works and what doesn’t when I get the time to test it out!