The apocalyptic herb garden

[Illia]

Some natives - Stinging Nettle, Devil's Club, Yarrow

Some non-natives - Echinacea, Aloe Vera, Mint, . . . There's a lot and I currently can't think of them all


And of course nearly all the common kitchen herbs. ( chives, basil, oregano, thyme, etc )

 

[baltimoreharps]

Salvia for natural sweetener, catnip for both soothing upset tummies and cramps, lemon balm, sage, and lots of others, just can't think of what they are right now and my herb book is at the farm.
The regular herbs I raise are basil, cilantro, lemon balm, chives,mint, parsley several different type and sage. I use a ton of basil and parsley so they took up most of the room in our square ft beds and raised at least 3 times in a season.

I had quite a nice start to an herb garden before the fire last summer, now I've got more room for herbs than ever so keep the suggerstions coming!

 

[Illia]

Salvia . . . ? You mean Stevia?

 

[Wifezilla]

Yes, Stevia is for sweetening. Salvia...for other stuff

 

[breezy]

Comfrey,hyssop,mint (both peppermint and spearmint), lavender,plantain,yarrow,echinacea,wintergreen,sage,dill, mullein just to start.
All medicinal in one way or another and a few are edible. Also I'd plant alot of garlic which is highly antibacterial when crushed then eaten immediately.

 

[posey]

I love to garden and we've started to do this. Here is the list at the moment:

Medicinals (some are both medicianal and culinary)

Melissa, Oregano, Horehound, Echinacea, Eucalyptus, Helichrysm, Lavender, Chickweed, Burdock, Calendula, Arnica, Aloe, Dandelion, Garlic, Plaintain, Marsh Mallow, Peppermint, Spearmint, Mullein, Nettle, Fennel, Oregon Grape, Rosemary, Comfrey, St John's Wort, Plantain, Sheep Sorrel, Feverfew, Soapwort, Self Heal, Skullcap, Rose Hips, Valerian, Chamomile, Thyme, Wintergreen, Yarrow, Calendula, Hyssop, Parsley, Monarda, Sage, Rose Geranium, Clary Sage, Lemon grass, Red Raspberry (for the fruit and leaves).
I have probably forgotten a few but that's most of them.

CulinaryWe also grow a variety of culinary herbs that aren't on the list above. Things like stevia, dill, cat mint, apple mint, chocolate mint, basil, bay laurel, celeriac, celantro, onions, terragon, chives, garlic chives, nasturtium, lemon verbena, borage, clove pinks.

Then we have therapeutic/medicinal grade essential oils because the shelf life is much longer than dried or fresh herbs and they are more potent and take up less space.

My chickie girls would just love to get into these beds and have at it, but no can do. We had to fence in part of the property to make them a small pasture, just to keep them out of the garden beds and safe from chicken killing dogs who roam around.

 

[ranchhand]

Dang, I'm loving this information, thank you all!

I know about chamomile, but it makes my spine tingle- my exMIL had to have a cup every night and to even smell it gives me the heebie-jeebies now.

 

[Illia]

Okay so this is one of the few things I've no clue on - What is red raspberry leaves good for?

I've got tons of wild Salmonberry and Thimbleberry, close relatives, but I also grow Red and Golden Raspberry, I'd love to think the leaves have more use than just goat and chicken food.

 

[baltimoreharps]

Quote:
Oh good grief, shame on me, stevia NOT salvia.

Former wiccan here, I know better!
I have got to quit posting after moving things over to the farm for 12 hours.

I did have lavendar and spearmint also in the old garden. Would love to have ethinacea and comfrey here also.
We're going to be planting garlic in the big garden along with leeks and potatoes.

 

[breezy]

I am a certified clinical aromatherapist and I also have a huge store of essential oils. I store those for the same reason that Posey mentioned. Long shelf life plus huge medicinal impact equals value for me. There are oils for pain,anti virals,anti bacterials sedation,antiseptics ...just everything you could possibly imagine but herbals have great value too and the added benefit of being renewable. I would love to be able to grow enough herbs to make my own oils. There are small stills available for essential oil distillation.