106 Year Old Medicinal Herb Garden - What's Survived?

[@mojoflyingsolo639]

Comfrey is a must in my garden, asparagus would also be great in floral arrangements, baby breath, ferns.

[@kathleenhofer3891]

Hollyhock is one of my favorite perennials. It’s lovely as a tall flowering plant but can be used just as you would use marshmallow. Comfrey has beautiful blossoms and is another favorite. Nasturtium self seeds and is gorgeous when interplanted with sage and chamomile.

[@lesliecushing8330]

Comfrey is not only pretty, it can also be used to loosen clay soil.

[@juliannejaz4933]

@@lesliecushing8330 as well as being superb for pollinators, and a dynamic accumulator, making it perfect for "chop and drop" mulching/fertilizing the rest of the garden!

[@pattibealer]

You definitely need to add a lot of lavender. It's beautiful and easy to take care of.

[@laurahenderson2384]

On your Chrysanthemum, you'll want to cut it back to a lower leaf joint so that you'll get a bushier shape and more blooms. The mums you see in the fall all started out like yours, but have been purposefully topped at several points along it's growth. You have to do this every year, throughout the growing season. It'll stop the plant from blooming earlier, but you'll like the finished bush better.

[@MelissaKNorris]

Thanks for the tip!

[@komalpatel8891]

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[@littleearth-steading3673]

You could put Anise hyssop! Also Solidago(goldenrod) would be amazing too! It gets really tall and has amazing yellow flowers! Also you may have Scutellaria baicalensis, which its common name is chinese skullcap, instead of Scutellaria lateriflora which has common names of mad dog skullcap, blue skullcap. And I think one spreads more than the other! In my experience blue skullcap may spread a lot more (i haven't grown chinese skullcap) they also have very different uses! Cheers!

[@juliannejaz4933]

Elecampane would look wonderful with the goldenrod, both tall and commanding in their space, and an excellent medicinal as well.

[@denisemusicnut]

Peony (paeonia lactiflora) would make a beautiful addition to your perennial medicinal herb garden, especially since it flowers during peak wedding season.

[@williampope5188]

I dont know if u mentioned it, but dianthus is a good one too... beautiful flowers and always one of my tea ingredients!

[@katiedavis5861]

Ooh I had no idea! I love Dianthus flowers

[@tomst9417]

I have used weed barrier cloth and cardboard in my garden and find that the cardboard is more effective. Yes it will breakdown fairly quickly but combined with a 3" or so wood chip mulch it completely blocks weeds. An additional benefit is earth worms love it and help to break it down, providing their castings to feed your plants.

[@juliannejaz4933]

I was coming to say that as well, not to mention that weed barrier cloth does no favors to the soil beneath it. A waste of money and only something that will degrade over time, making a complete mess!

[@patriciagneiding]

I was wondering the same thing about the plastic. Isn't it toxic as well?

[@juliannejaz4933]

@@patriciagneiding Yes, it is. Should be avoided at all costs!

[@renamaemcdonald2075]

That will be a great addition to your medicinal stock as well as the community ❤

[@sarahgoninan3124]

I was thinking calendula. It's relatively frost tolerant and has great medicinal purposes for skin. Great for salves, insect bites and wounds.

[@mommared6713]

We have buttercup REALLY bad down here in Mississippi in our pastures. Best advice I can say is burn it off. It has helped our pasture management greatly. I wish I could come to the herbal workshop! Maybe that’s something y’all can do yearly or something!

[@ruthannecoro6198]

Beautiful garden! I started Borage from seed this year again.. not realizing how well it self seeded! Ive got borage growing everywhere.. my seedlings did meh… 3 out of 12.

[@dhansonranch]

Looks great! Good work. I quite like the gazebo and its historical cellar. I did keep smiling at the beautiful hanging baskets as they look like they may be close enough to be considered hay nets for the cattle. Hope they leave alone...lol. As for your open area I keep seeing roses - bush roses and maybe wild roses that produce hips plus the petal harvesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@susanclair8623]

awesome herb garden. Thank you for showing the update.

[@bcworth444]

I empathize with the buttercup struggle; it's ongoing for sure. I'm just north of you, over the line, and experienced the early heat, too (altho' we're now back to Junuary); today I harvested my broccoli! Really enjoyed seeing the update of the old herb garden. The bangs are looking great, btw!

[@Minnesota_Mama_Bear]

Perfect timing. I have my garden tilled. I just need to get it planted. Thank you for sharing!. Now I'm off to watch Carolyn's planting again. I hope to get all of the good herbs picked between you, Carolyn & Heidi @RainCountryHomestead. Thank you! 💚🌞

[@JacksonClan11]

So cool that your left the root cellar. Now we need to see a tour of that! Bee balm?

[@terrafirma75]

Elecampane is a nice medicinal to add and the flowers are similar to a sunflower

[@Aubrey.strawbrey444]

Iv been waiting to see this❤

[@DanlowMusic]

Cockleburrs, the gift that keeps on giving. I love those because they bring to my childhood hunting with my Dad over in the Potholes.

[@CharlieB_P2ST]

Sage has amazing flowers and the bees love them!

[@KHomestead]

Rosemary, oregano, sage, and different types of mint are all beautiful and medicinal.

[@sheliaheverin8822]

I have so been waiting for this update. LOVE the herb garden. Rabbits have been eating my herbs and flowers.

[@oadkins1]

Lemon thyme is a beautiful ground cover with pretty purple flowers.

[@josephinehowe4063]

The farm is just beautiful. Thank you for all the information on medicinal herbs. Last year for the first time, I planted white borage (alba) from seed. It overwintered and flowered in April/May and the plants grew huge. I have the blue as well and when I can remember I put the flowers in salads. They look so beautiful. Where did you find the 20% vinegar? Thanks again.

[@joannakracher9507]

Mallow (malva sylvestris) is really pretty and medicinal ❤

[@lindsayashton1385]

Anise Hyssop, roses, and lavender. All are beautiful flowers with medicinal uses. I just made rose lavender oil the other day. :) I planted Hollyhocks and Elecampane this year but haven’t seen anything come up yet. They are both very tall flowers. Do you know if you HAVE to plant multiple elderberry bushes together? I’ve read that and was discouraged because I barely have a spot in the back of my garden to fit one plant. They are so big! I would love to have an elderberry bush because I make elderberry syrup. I don’t have room for the recommended 6 bushes. Does anyone know?

[@MelissaKNorris]

You generally need two elderberry for good berry production

[@juliannejaz4933]

You can keep elderberry to a manageable height. They're amenable to pruning. But you'll definitely get better production if you have at least two different varieties.

[@beckyheinzeroth5057]

We are coming to Walnut Creek next week. Hope to see you.

[@christalambin6139]

Hyssop has really pretty purple flowers and I love using it for cooking with steak

[@hmschoolheidi]

Calendula has beautiful flowers

[@shelliecummins5972]

I keep pulling dock out of my garden.. and you planted some.. I want your mullein.. 😊

[@SBeck9011]

Have you considered comfrey?

[@DanlowMusic]

Comfrey is so-so. 😂 sorry a little David the Good joke.

[@amandaforeman2626]

@@DanlowMusic lol!

[@DanlowMusic]

@@amandaforeman2626 I had to. After his series of it's good, it's bad, it's so-so. Lol

[@JenniMBE]

How about medicinal roses for the patch next to your gazebo? The petals and rose hips have lots of uses

[@midwestribeye7820]

Did you say Monarda? That is beautiful. It's an herb. It smells amazing and deer and rabbits won't eat it.

[@deann23c]

You have to remember in weeds and grass. Weed blocker help for what's in the ground but seed will grow on top of the ground in the mulch.

[@marlaherrington5320]

I love herb's and I'm trying to learn how to use them

[@KHomestead]

Question... what is the plan for the biennial plants since they won't be able to self-seed the area with the lawn fabric down?

[@dongliu8863]

love it

[@marcidevries5515]

Sage gets big and beautiful. Thyme would add some low flowers. Both are medicinal as well as culinary.

[@gardennonsense]

Thank you for your video. I'm in Denver and it's been a learning process of what herbs grow here. Mullins will be my next experiment, thank you for sharing you are a big inspiration🎉🎉🎉

[@cbass2755]

I’d like to grow that too. I need to go looking…👍😄. Oh….I’m in Southeast Michigan. It’s been pretty cool here at night, low 50’s.

[@kathleennorton7913]

Are Hibiscus traditional? Their flowers are amazing and very nutritious. They last such a short time, though.

[@KCMNgardner]

You could try calendula, ot sure if they will grow there ,they have nice yellow and orange flowers.

[@mrs.creeksidemaples2866]

Hey Melissa, regarding Mullein (grows wild here 🇨🇦) what’s your favourite way to use it Medicinally and do you have a Video??

[@arcobalenonellorto8994]

You can add: monarda, ribes nigrum, artemisia, sambucus Black beauty, callium, ananas sage, peach sage, clematis...

[@pepper24able]

Hydrangea root is a classic medicinal for urinary tract infection and enlarged prostate, a kidney protector.

[@jenniferenglish7823]

I have a stone breaker tincture that has hydrangea root , celery seed and Burdick seed and wow does it work ! Also Melissa, what do think about evening primrose ?

[@pepper24able]

@@jenniferenglish7823 Sounds great. I think I might whip up some of that!

[@Twangg1]

Mullein does grow wild in E. WA and in the Blue Mtns

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

It grows here in north Idaho too….in fact I had to weed a forest of it out of my garden, they are so invasive here.

[@pnwgardenergal1325]

A Lilac bush would be nice behind the Hydrangeas

[@SwaziCromwell]

In your zone can you grow hibiscus? That would be a splash of color and you can use the flower for tea

[@cbass2755]

My area of Michigan is cool at night too. In the low 50’s. So far, the tomatoes look good, but I’m afraid I’ll have a low yield? I’ll find out. My bell peppers are so small! I can’t make stuffed peppers. I garden in buckets and two raised beds. The peppers are in the buckets, one plant in each. Their healthy, but the peppers are tiny! I use fish fertilizer and bone meal. Idk….this happened last year too. And these peppers I bought from starts…..

[@marcidevries5515]

I'm north of GR. The tomatoes will cheer up and catch up quickly! My peppers are happier than the tomatoes right now. We'll see how they grow

[@amandamodin4912]

I like Hollyhock it has medicinal uses.

[@cbass2755]

My lawn is Clover….Lol….I just cut weeds. But…I do pick Clover and dry and I’ve made tea from it. Plus…I want bees, and I don’t see many bees. I remember as a child I couldn’t walk barefoot bc of the bees in the clover. Today, nope. Maybe if I’m lucky I can count three? Sad. But I refuse to remove the Clover. It stays

[@kathleennorton7913]

Melissa, do you have any knowledge on which plants can be given to pets? Can you give Mullen to cats?

[@roxannem.wallrn3873]

What mountain range are you near? Are you near Mount Hood? Beautiful property

[@KHomestead]

Don't see the link to last year's video you mentioned.

[@jules1896]

Something to know about horehound is that it can stop lactation

[@cbass2755]

Wow! No kidding….idk that and that’s important! Thank you for your comment. I’ll remember that! And…pass that along. Wow….thank you!!👍🤗

[@jules1896]

@@cbass2755 yes it is important, I found out the hard way unfortunately. My baby was 3 months old and I was given some horehound hard candy. I only had a few pieces over a couple of days and my supply dropped by half or more and I was unable to reverse it after I realized what had happened.

[@klaragiles6634]

Do you have issues with rabbits? I lost most of my small medicinal herbs to them.

[@dw6090]

I not shore if exact type but I kill burdock often cause it's terrible in my dogs coat to remove, and still haven't killed all of them cause I think my dogs help spread it, they seem to find it more than I like, lol

[@cbass2755]

Lol…Aw…poor doggies. That must be so uncomfortable for them, and you too!

[@denisewohlbier6527]

Do you make your own mulch?

[@thesmiths629]

Burdock is not poisonous but cockleburs are. I believe the homegrownherbalist discusses the differences on a PowerPoint

[@jackiebradley9870]

Medicinal roses!

[@madmecyr]

You could add some bee balm.

[@ruthannecoro6198]

Anise Hyssop! SageMilkweed.. all pretty, pollinators love them and lots of medicinal uses!

[@kathrync829]

I think wild roses would be nice and tagetes

[@jenniferrosario1489]

Angelica is a perennial

[@kimmieb2u]

Anise hyssop?

[@jessicahenderson3534]

Star Jasmine

[@margaretlovrich6837]

Comfrey

[@vanessaadams9145]

CALENDULAS!!!! They are not perennials but I believe they self seed very well , I've heard they do but have not yet tested this out as everytime I've had them I've either collected all the seeds myself or moved from the area so 😬🤷🤣🤣 but to me....they're beauty and medicinal value outweighs the con of them being annual LOL I know why you want perennials though I get it. Clary Sage is perennial I believe and medicinal uhm... Coreopsis is another one.

[@theIAMofME]

Be careful with that Yarrow. It IS beautiful. But, it will TAKE OVER. Great plant to have but, really invasive. I think it's as bad as the mint family of plants.

[@cbass2755]

Man oh man…did I learn that lesson back in the day of youth. I planted Mint and…well…you can imagine. I cried…Lol…it was everywhere and I just battled it every year. When I moved, my Mint is now in buckets. Lesson learned

[@theIAMofME]

@@cbass2755 No need to tell me. LOL I have wild mint growing all over the place. I'm sure I don't have to tell you how and why that happened.

[@leannagilmon1980]

Calendula

[@robbyers7614]

Wow Melissa, One day you are wearing summer clothes, the next day a hoodie!!

[@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho]

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest 😂

[@cbass2755]

It’s a weed! It will thrive…Lol…

[@brandilynn198]

I loved you video, very informative. I almost had to stop watching though because of the swallowing noises.

[@janetclark8754]

add comfrey

[@victoriaboulay6952]

Feverfew... Comfrey