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WHEN & HOW TO HARVEST HERBS FOR MEDICINAL USES

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Knowing when to harvest your medicinal herbs is different depending on what part of the plant you'll be using for medicinal purposes.
For some herbs, it's essential to harvest them before they flower, others you want to harvest just as the flowers are blooming, while others you will actually let completely die back in order to harvest the roots.
Follow along as Carolyn walks you through the Cottage Garden, showing you how she harvests each herb or plant and what they can be used for.
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@ianilei1644 11 месяцев назад

Thankyou so much for sharing herbs to help illnesses.❤❤❤

@debbiebrunssen8773 22 дня назад

As always thank you , I always learn so much . Love cottage gardens

@DropBearClaire Год назад

Thankyou for the information, I all so enjoyed the hidden cat in the garden 🏡 🐱

@ericaturner9467 4 года назад

Wonderful and super helpful! Can you do a part 2 (and 3 and 4) when you process them in the kitchen into tinctures or oils? Especially expounding on the mullein and earaches recipe.

@brendaogle-em7if 8 дней назад

Thank you. I enjoyed this

@learning2no 16 дней назад

How do you not become overwhelmed with so very much to do, almost all at once? Between ACV, harvesting herbs and drying, harvesting fruits, garden, kombucha, kefir, drying fruits, soaps,cheeses ect.? I am overwhelmed right now with so many things to get to before it’s too late. Love your videos.

@lindawillenburg6626 2 дня назад

I agree. Fall harvest, kefir water, sourdough, dehydrating, fermenting and relationships 🤔

@learning2no День назад

@@lindawillenburg6626 oh I forgot about the relationships. 😃😃

@laurenbowles130 4 года назад

Thank you so much for this!!! Would you be open to doing another when it comes time to harvest your root plants?

@hvp6218 4 года назад

I take a lot of inspiration for developing my healing and cottage garden from y'all as well as my regular vegetable and fruit gardens. Thanks for taking the time to teach us

@judybaugus2909 4 года назад

That is my favorite thing to sit in the garden and have some quite time. Time to just look and observe. Give thanks etc... your pottag garden is beautiful

@ecocentrichomestead6783 4 года назад

I have st. john's wort. I found out that it is basically the same as prescription anti depressant/anxiety medication. Taken together could give overdose symptoms!

@saritasarit 4 года назад

Thank for this lovely video. My mother has been making Saint John’s Worth oil for decades and we use it for everything. Bumps, burns, leg circulation, earache... even after chemotherapy when the hair doesn’t grow back i have seen a friend applying it to her scalp and have amazing results. She infuses it over the summer months in olive oil. I couldn’t go without it with little ones!

@j.a.m8932 4 года назад

ahhh...u stopped right before the hyssop lol....i was excited to hear what to do with it...we have it everywhere!!!... please tell when u get a chance...thank you so much!!!

@youtoo2072 4 года назад

GOOD BLESSINGS THOMAS FAMILY!! THESE VIDS ARE AWESOMEMORE!!!!

@justpatty7328 4 года назад

Such a tremendous blessing to share this information! Thank you so much!

@remnantfewministriesminist495 4 года назад

God bless you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. You have helped many!

@kaylaandrews240 4 года назад

What medicine is the bee balm for and how do you use it?

@ItsMe-jh3ze 4 года назад

I love love love this video! I was taking notes. I'm new to gardening and herbs. Would love more of these . I bought a lot of different herbs that was on your list and didn't know what to do with them. When to harvest and what part to harvest. Thank you so much!

@melissalockrow4878 3 года назад

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!! You are such a blessing and I try to use the knowledge or share it with my daughter who has four boys of her own!

@northstarprepsteader 4 года назад

Lots of great tips, Carolyn. Thank you!!

@gayedawn1 4 месяца назад

I am in Victoria, Australia and in my State as well as some others, St John’s wort is classified as a noxious weed so we cant get it other than in Teas or capsules. I do have the Borage growing though.

@meanwhilebackonthehobbyfarm 3 года назад

Awesome video thank you for sharing

@michellevermeulen2759 4 года назад

I really love your videos. You are a great teacher. Thank you

@jenm6836 4 года назад

I love your videos, and am following your cottage garden closely. I started one myself this spring after watching your videos from last summer. I know borage has lots of great uses but it gives me an intense rash. I have heard others say the same thing. But everything else I have planted in my garden as well, as was just trying to remember what to do with it all. thanks for posting this.

@judyluchies2492 Год назад

Thank you 😇🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@dr.sammypryor Год назад

I am homeless right now, but I would love to grow my own medicinal herbs to help my patients with costs.

@darkbrewedhemlock7361 4 года назад

I have so much to learn about herbs! What to grow, how and what to harvest, how to preserve and prepare...I have your cold and flu course, but will you be offering an herbs course covering all the things we need to know about “all things herbs”?

@thesaintmustwalkalone708 4 года назад

Look up Dr. John R. CHRISTOPHER on RU-vid and his herb book. He's a master herbalist. It's great for the information part.

@stefanmussen913 4 года назад

Wonderful as always thank you!!

@maryloublouse8578 4 года назад

Thank you so much !!!!

@idahoplantlady 4 года назад

The view there is amazing! I wish my husband didn’t have to work in CDA and we could live farther north.

@theseeker4700 3 года назад

I know this comment is old, have you thought about a greenhouse? I saw a video of a guy in Toronto growing mangos and peaches in his greenhouse!

@jenniferdruery8661 2 года назад

Question: Carolyn, I was wondering if you had an easy way to manage some of those herbs that are invasive? Like the mint or lemon balm. I have sowed mine all in large pots but I know they would love to have real soil in the earth. Any hacks would be fabulous! Thanks for all your videos, so helpful! Your cottage garden is beautiful!

@reibersue4845 Год назад

Many people cut the bottoms off of 5 gallon buckets, drill holes in the sides near the bottom and dig a huge hole to drop the bucket into. Leave about 4 inches of the bucket above the ground and fill it with a good soil, like amended potting soil. Place the plant into the center of the buried bucket. This will keep plants like those in the mint family contained for a while.

@reibersue4845 Год назад

Also, if you have an area where you don't care if the plant spreads, plant there. The front of my house has a rather steep hill where I originally planned to plant some ground cover but opted for aggressive herbs and hope they spread enough to be my ground cover.

@sylviahunt3419 4 года назад

Please pray for my great-grandson. He has been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. He turned 1 year old August 16th.

@tonyathreet3567 4 года назад

I’m praying for him 🙏🏼

@sylviahunt3419 4 года назад

Tyvm

@wakerobin9215 2 года назад

How is he doing?

@sylviahunt3419 2 года назад

Wake Robbin he has been cancer free for just over a year now. He’s still dealing with PTSD because of everything he went through. He has a child therapist who specializes in this that he sees online. He’s a happy little boy 90% of the time now. He’s going to be 3 in about a month. We are trusting that the Lord will keep him cancer free. 🙏🏻

@bmw2733 4 года назад

Thanks

@gailjohnson2106 4 года назад

I just clipped some herbs this morning to dry out. I kick myself for not buying more lemon balm. .

@jeaninefourie9046 Год назад

Which is better, to make a tincture when harvested fresh, or dry and then tincture later?

@chopis531 4 года назад

Thanks for another informative video! Have you ever used elecampane leaf? The modern herbal dispensatory book you recommended (I think) mentions you can make a tincture e from the leaf, but I wonder if it works as well as the root. Thanks for any info!

@lindaburris1968 4 года назад

When you collect fresh elderberries and you are going to make syrup, can you use your steamer to get the juice out?

@jeaninefourie9046 Год назад

So when you harvest the Mullein for example and you harvest the leaves for a first year plant, they will grow back? And then the next year, if you harvest the leaves, will they still flower so you can harvest the flower later in the season too?

@abbeysomething1352 4 года назад

Ty~🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@rebeccamercer4160 4 года назад

Hi Carolyn Thank you so much for sharing your videos! There are so many herbs and for me it is overwhelming. Where do you start? I garden a little this year( tomatoes, green beans , squash) very little luck. Having my soil tested in the fall . I am trying to educate myself but I also need help! Can you give me some advise? And a little encouragement? Thank you so much ! God Bless!

@jensummer3549 4 года назад

Hi Rebecca. I hope you don’t mind me answering your post. First, do you have an Extension Service in your area? (Type in Extension Service and your county and state into a search engine). they are there to help gardeners and farmers. Gardening can be very overwhelming. Start small and start with herbs and vegetables you love the most. It can always grow from there. Also, even the most seasoned gardener has failures so don’t give up! Meeting farmers at farmers markets is a great way to get advice. Hope this helps a little.

@rebeccamercer4160 4 года назад

Jennifer Summerfield Thank you so much! That helps a lot. I want to do so much especially with herbs , in healing your family. It gets overwhelming! Thanks again! God bless!

@gayedawn1 4 месяца назад

In Australia I have never heard of Monada or Beebong? Does it have any other names.

@HomesteadingFamily 4 месяца назад

More on it here: homesteadingfamily.com/15-medicinal-herbs-to-grow/

@jenniferraiche5052 4 года назад

Hi! First off I LOVE you videos. Your family does a wonderful job. ❤️ question for you. Do you have a book recommendation for what jobs different herbs are used for? I’m a serious beginner. I am planning my spring herb garden and am wanting to know what to start with.

@jenniferraiche5052 4 года назад

lol. I just found your 30+ books video! Thanks again!

@thesaintmustwalkalone708 4 года назад

Look up Dr. John R. CHRISTOPHER ON RU-vid... He has a big book as well.

@backwoodsbaby9729 3 года назад

What is the big tall, 3ft leaf plant at about 9 mins???

@luwrolstad1274 4 года назад

If like to know what i need to do to grow mullein. I've tried transplanting it in hopes that it will reproduce and it dies off. Sometimes it will go dormant and return in the spring but only that year. I had 3 flower last year, and nothing return. What soil matter is best. Grows in the ditches here, but i don't want anything sprayed. Also i gave a friend some comfrey one year, she ate some leaves and got sick, someone else told she ate borage and that it is poisonous. How do i know the difference. Mine had white bell shaped flower clusters, not blue like yours. I appreciate all the info. Thank you

@donnaviers7278 4 года назад

Can I lacto ferment onions?

@loisjones4765 3 года назад

I have a question about tinctures, I know the concept of making one and allowing it to sit for 4 to 6 weeks, but after 4 weeks is up and I strain my herbs into a mason jar, how do I use a tincture or administer it? I'm a beginner.

@sherry_and_karen8342 4 года назад

Would you happen to know what type of nettle root would be used by old timers in Mississippi for cutting into beads that are strung on sewing thread and used to make a teething necklace for infants? My great aunt used to get them and they worked wonders. Sadly, I never learned what plant it was.

@SoloSailer 4 года назад

It’s called bull nettle

@sajmt1414 Год назад

What’s a good book that you explains when and how to harvest medicinal herbs?

@HomesteadingFamily Год назад

Here are some we recommend: homesteadingfamily.com/best-homesteading-books/

@sajmt1414 Год назад

@@HomesteadingFamilyThank you so much.

@howletthome5910 3 года назад

Hey Carolyn, my 10 month old daughter has a eczema on her neck which gets worse as the weather heats up. What herbal remedy mix would you recommend for her? Thank you from Natalie

@HomesteadingFamily 3 года назад

Hi! I'm so sorry she's dealing with that! unfortunately, I cannot give medical adivce. I would recommend you seeking out a naturopath or herbalist in your area.

@ItsMe-jh3ze 4 года назад

How do you harvest the root? I'd like to not lose the whole plant.

@gailjohnson2106 4 года назад

On the Mullan plant is that something wild, or something I can purchase ?

@SoloSailer 4 года назад

Both try baker creek herbs

@maryloublouse8578 4 года назад

How did you know I was wondering how to do this today ??