I've started going through your videos about different things (pain relief, skin cream, toothpaste, etc.). I stop/start the video as needed - I cut up old envelopes and junk mail that don't have writing on, into roughly 3x5 pieces, and jot it all down. I can put them all in a recipe card box, and as time permits I can transfer the info to looseleaf paper & organize in a 3-ring binder - medicinal, beauty, hygiene, cleaning, etc. - and within the medicinal section I'd like to organize by condition/illness/symptoms each is used for, so I can find what I need more quickly. You have been such a HUGE help, you have no idea!
As a child, my sisters and I would play house outside all summer. We would pretend this abundant Weed in our lawn was our bread to make a pretend sandwich. This was in the North East where this weed was everywhere. My mother didn’t even know the benefits of this weed but she did dig up dandelions all the time in the spring. Now I am living in Colorado for the last five years and we do not have Plantain where we live. I have learned that this herb is very nutritious in my later years, and I can’t find it. But, I have ordered the Plantain seeds and have them growing in my indoor hydroponic garden. I will also plant some seeds in pots for my patio this summer. I live in a townhouse now so I am limited where I can plant. You can still grow things even if you do not own land for a garden. I certainly do miss our acreage in NH where my husband and I lived for 52 years, though. Sadly I can’t grow tall herbs any more in my small space. I so enjoy all your videos. I keep going back over your past videos to find a certain recipe for a tincture or herbs for medicinal usages. It is like my own book of health watching your videos. Thank you so much.!
I live in the piney woods of East Texas and have found the loblolly pine needles to be wonderful medicinally and make a tincture of it. I love that it’s right here on my property. I also harvest Yaupon Holly leaves for a naturally caffeinated tea that also grows wild here on my property. It tastes much like matcha green tea and has a light natural sweetness if dried green. If roasted I hear the tea is more like a black tea. I haven’t tried that yet but I definitely want to soon. The bees are out here and my neighbors are hosting bee boxes. 😳Thousands of bees are all around my garden and it’s truly glorious! ❤ It’s in the 70’s here and beautiful and the spring garden is flourishing. I just up potted my tomatoes and peppers and eggplants and things are thriving. This year I’m finally growing more herbs. I’ve planted rosemary, thyme, oregano, dill, cilantro (that grew all winter), parsley, basil and I’m excited because I got Mullein to grow this year from seed. 😮 Yarrow not so much though I tried. I’m hoping stevia and nettles pop up soon. We will see! I loved this video. It gave me ideas for other herbs to look into and see if I want to grow them someday. I use nettles and so many others. I love growing them myself!
I’ve said this before, but when I started growing herbs about 4 years ago, your videos were the first I watched and now my herb garden is growing each year. I add something new each year, and this year it’s Arnica for me too. I love being able to dehydrate and freeze-dry my own herbs. It’s a great feeling. Thanks Heidi!
Nice! I think plantain is such a cute little plant, too. So strange to think that people are spending tons of money on psyllium husk when they can just go for a walk or in their yards and pick some for free in the plantain.
I bought 106 seeds this year that I am planning to sow later today in clear plastic egg cartons for a mini-greenhouse type thing. Most of them are veggies, but a good deal are herbs or things like elderberries and passionflower and flowers that have multiple purposes. I also bought a bunch of jars last month, mostly for canning, but the plan is to harvest a bunch of the wild greens like clovers, plantain, curly dock, common mallow, dandelions, wild lettuces, mullein (which grows like a weed where I live), wild mustard, miner's lettuce, blackberry leaves, and some manzanita leaves and dehydrate and powder them for long term storage. As miserable as I've been where I live, I know God put me here because His bounty is so overabundant. Where I rent now was a last resort and I could not grow anything since we moved too late in the year, but God had already planned for that. I've been miserable, yet extremely grateful. There is more than enough here to feed all my 21 rabbits and 20 chickens (even after harvesting bags full each day) and make a few quarts of wildcrafted multi-illness healing syrups. God certainly IS good, all the time.
That was mostly what my mom gave me and my brothers growing up when we were sick. We'd alternate between chamomile and mint. Chamomile is pretty much a heal-all. It smells just heavenly, too.
I am starting with dried herbs and hope to grow some one day. We are in a small space so I want to try growing hydroponically indoors. It’s all an adventure ❤
Heidi, I have been subscribed to your channel for years. Today I found out that I was unsubscribed. 😳😱. I always enjoy your videos and when they didn’t pop up on my feed I knew something was wrong. So disappointed with this platform and grateful you are on Rumble.
Great video! We're upping our herbal game and are so glad to finally have marshmallow started. Our yarrow patch stupidly got overrun by an ornamental grass, and it has thankfully been revived.
I transplanted Yarrow that I found in the wild in my yard. That stuff has taken over. I have to really watch it. I give lots of it away every year because it just grows so crazy here. It is very cold tolerant. It comes back bigger and better every year. I am in zone 7B. It grows well in a big pot if you don't want it to spread.
Thank you for sharing,@@theIAMofME! We heavily mulch around our patch each season, and that seems to keep it in check. The grasses that choked our first patch out were carelessly introduced and a lesson was learned.
Yarrow is tough! I replanted a tiny one growing by the road side and waited until it grew out good clean stems before harvesting. It has come back for about the third or fourth year now. I also bought marshmallow seed from Heidi and it has really come in handy this year. I will certainly keep that growing as much as possible.
I got the herbal survival garden seeds and ordered from strictly medicinal seeds of German Chamomile, nettles, mullein, hibiscus, passion flower. So excited to get them started.
I started St John’s Wort from seed last year. It never flowered but I left it alone. Some in pots, some in ground. It is all coming back and there’s a good size patch in the ground that is coming back strong and looks like it may flower. I am looking forward to harvesting that and making a tincture. I take it in capsule form and it helps with anxiety and depression, particularly in the winter. It is getting hard to find in capsule form though. I will not take an antidepressant. I have tried a couple over the years and did NOT like the effects. NC seems similar to your area, so I hope you can get some that will grow for you if you really want it. The marshmallow I grew from your seed is still doing well. The leaves came in handy this winter to help sooth some sore throats! Have not harvested any root yet though, but very soon! Your make up looks fantastic, btw! Love it.
Yes, you are in a far drier climate than us so that makes sense. Thankfully I was able to get seeds that were acclimated to our very wet climate and the plants are coming back and looking good so far. I expect them to flower this year
I had a super St Johns wort plant in my garden, didnt know what it was until someone tokd me & then she recuperated the flowers to use them for her remedies .
Ferndale is still a very different climate than where we are. We had a neighbor that was from Ferndale, she ended up selling her house here and moving back after about 2 years because she could not take the weather
Alot of these things grow around here but not in my yard :( but I get seeds here and there to try and start some patches around the yard in different microclimates to see where they will do well..
I tried mullein seedlings, dug up, didnt do well. I tried seeds, nothing. One year we were in Virginia in late September and mullein grows all over there. I collected some old seed stalk parts, kept them dry in a paper bag, forgot about them. Found them, no label 😊, and just put them in a seed tray. Low and behold, now i hope they keep self seeding!. The leaves i collect every year in May when we go to Virginia though, just in case!
I got the Strictly Medicinals seed catalog and looked for plants to treat every ailment possible. There are a lot of overlaps so a few dozen plants will cover colds, flus, plagues, heart, lung, liver, skin, radiation, poisoning, bites, digestion, cancer, etc.
Creeping Charlie is a huge Lung herb! For Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, etc. Tastes great as green, it has a touch of garlic taste. Purslane? Did you mention it? And Basil/sweet basil (Mlissa)? And Hens and Chicks is an alternative plant, for Aloe Vera Skin remedies. That grows just about anywhere.
I am glad you are doing this Heidi. We want to grow an herb garden. We have wild grown, Plantain, Goldenrod, Turkey Mullin, Ursula(old man's beard), Kinnickanick, Yarrow, Oregon Grape(root). Perennial herbs are chives, mint, oregano and Strawberry leaves. We could probably get ten more plants. I am excited to see what you choose. I have been growing annually thyme, parsley, basil. I also grow Lovage but don't know how to use it. Thanks, Heidi!
I fooegoy my deodty one day so quickly speayed some lavender spray on me the whole bus i had to get on wad suddenly making comments about the bus having a nice smell. Must have relaxedd all the passengers.
My marshmallow did not come back, but my mullein is growing great, so I put 3 of them where the marshmallow was. My ginger is coming back, but I think I lost my turmeric. I’m going to put herbs in my cattle panel greenhouse, they seem to do good in there, while vegetables don’t. I do start seedlings there and move to the raised beds. Every year, I try to add at least one new herb, so this was so beneficial! God Bless!
I am surprised about the Marshmallow but maybe it is just too dry there? I mean it is a MARSHmallow, which would explain why it does so good here once I got it established, haha
i planted stinging nettle last year. both regular stinging nettle (under a window- to discourage anyone- and "less stinging" nettle, which is still kind of ouch, in a big planter. i scatter my herbs all around my yard, also... while i do have an "herb garden" area, i grow thyme as a ground cover, and use sages as focal plants.
I'm going to try growing yarrow,marshmallow, cornflower in my garden this year. Lavender,mints,hollyhocks,dandelion, grow pretty good here,so I'm excited to try. If not I will continue to buy online to make my extracts and tintures. I live in a hot,dry climate ,and seems that I don't have any problems with seeds.
Anthony's is my favorite because not only is it organic & all those other good things but so far it is the only one I've seen out there that has the words "non radiated" on many things. That really impressed me!
Hi Heidi, I found your channel not too long ago, and honestly..i'm obsessed! it's my dream to have my own homestead one day, and i'm making baby steps now, as I still live in an apartment. I love all the info you share, and you (along with some other creators) have inspired me to finally make my own vinegar! On day 2 of processing, and i'm soooo excited. Thank you for everything you do ❤
So I have a United Plant Savers medicinal Sanctuary. I've been growing medicine plants for a long time and mullein is interesting. After the second year and bloom it wants to be somewhere else. I have planted mullein plants back in the same place and they die. I finally found it mentioned somewhere that, yes, mullein will not grow back in the same place. Maybe that will help some! Beautiful suggestions!!❤
Thank you Heidi - appreciate the information. Been away for some time dealing with both my parent's deaths less than 8 months apart. Was glad one of my first videos back was this one. Thanks again. 😊
South West Washington is much drier than here. It is possible they may grow wild here too but one may be amazed at how different the climate can be just a couple hundred miles away.
Comfrey needs to be contained. It spreads by rhizomes that will go deep into the ground. We once dug down 3 feet to clear out the rhizomes only to have it come back. Theres no moving it once it establishes, so make sure to put it in a place free from that worry
Too much containment will kill it so people need to make sure they use BIG pots or boxes. I am happy to allow mine to grow free in my garden, I just dig up the new plants as they start to come up and give them away to others who need them.
It's a tap root, goes very deep, so a container confines it. I potted one to give away, took a few weeks and as I lifted the pot the root had already grown out of the watering hole into the ground.
@@kleineroteHex Years ago I put the first comfrey plants I had in what I thought to be big enough pots, they did ok for a couple of years then both died. I tossed the dead plants under our back hedges then the next year one came back so I moved it out front to the garden bed (NOT in a pot) and it has been doing great out there for years now
You know this would find a great place in a pasture or field. I imagine it would be good for livestock, too. Will need to research that, though. This is just an assumption, knowing how healthful it is. I had mo idea it would grow out of a pot. Wow
I know you make your own facepowder and eyeliner 👍 did you also make your eyeshadow? Looks like you might have used Mica so shimmery and delicate. Looks beautiful. 🤷♀️🌻
Can’t do turmeric ginger but had tiny Moringa plants last year can’t wait to see if it comes back up and is acclimated. And for some reason my nasturtium plants did not do well. Trying a bunch of new ones this year. Skullcap fenugreek milky oats.
I found over the years in my garden nasturtium does best not in direct sun. It really starts taking off toward fall and is best just before we get frost, always makes me go harvest when they call for the first frost. Covered it with an old flannel sheet one year, didn't help.
I can't wait to try the seeds I got from you! And the timing of this video is perfect for kicking me in the butt to get things started indoors. Of course, we are getting snow tonight and tomorrow. I'm most excited for the marshmallow and feverfew. I need to go through my notes (and your videos again) to get a more concise list of herbs for minerals and vitamins that grow good in my area. I need to think more about not necessarily ailments but general well being, if that makes sense. Thank you again for all you do! You are a TRUE BLESSING TO SO MANY!! God bless!!
Its good to know what you can grow in your climate since its similar here in Wales. Have you tried hibiscus Heidi, its a lovely ant-inflammatory and makes a wonderful tea. I didnt know about lilac as a herb Heid. We have a tree but as the flowers last such a short time I dont pick them.
What a great list! Most of them are herbs I either have or want to have! I'm having a hard time germinating Feverfew. I did manage to get quite a few Marshmallows to germinate, and they're growing very nicely! My Yarrow is coming back, and so is my Lemon Balm! Can Arnica be grown from seed? I haven't seen seeds, so maybe not. That's on my bucket list. After watching your Lambs Ear video, I really want to grow it. We have lots of Mullein in this area, but not on my property! I have seeds, though,and I will try. We're up to our eyeballs in Stinging Nettle! I have the TINIEST patch of Pineapple Weed. Lambs Quarters never seems to grow where I like it!😂 I have wild St. John's Wort! I started Moringa. We'll see what happens. I know I can't grow it outside in west central Ohio! I have some beautiful Nasturtium plants growing inside! I use the wild Blue Violets from the yard. But I'm also growing Pansies. I was successful getting Calendula to grow this year, too. I struck out with a lot of things last year, but I changed how I did a few things in seed-starting, and things are looking up! Happy Spring, Heidi!
Of the 50 or so that you listed I already have 22 that I grow, forage, can get from friends & relatives...3-5 I'll be planting this spring...if I can find a small parcel to buy I'll have room to grow more, like gingko biloba, which is MUCH too large for my 1/8 acre in-town lot with 1/16 acre of growing space. There are some that don't grow here, and a few that I shouldn't take due to medical conditions/prescription drugs. All in all I'm pleased with my progress, since I only started on my natural remedies journey a couple of years ago, and only got serious about it last fall (sourcing seeds, starts, etc. for the '24 season).
@@IAmHisBeloved5 I do a seed exchange with three friends, MI Gardener, Everwilde, Seed Savers Exchange, Seeds for Generations, Buffalo Seed Company, Little Shop of Seeds (before he retired), Seeds of Change, Sandhill Preservation Center, North Circle Seeds. Keep in mind Heidi sells some (a friend gifted me some of hers!). It looks like many of the herb packets I planted last year were Seeds for Generations, and I will say they germinated really well.
Omg I have the camellia plant did not know you can make tea with it. Thankyou Heidi. Where do you buy the celyon cinnamon i have grown cloves but they died very quick my Rosemary is so big 7 ft tall so there is a lot of it. My Moringa tree is really big as well
I get most of the herbs and spices I do not grow from either Frontier Co Op: amzn.to/3IMYkWt or Azure Standard: www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=PXIIzcRQhW and also from Anthony's: amzn.to/3IRY6gA Just make sure to read as not _every_thing is organic that these companies sell though most of them are
Good Morning Heidi! Thank you for your content, I have learned so much from you! I just found a new hardy vine that makes a great tea and has a high medicinal value-It is Jiaogulan or gynostemma. I am trying to grow Moringa too, because it is so good. I just figured God made that plant for hot climates, he must have made a similar plant for our climate too?! I also am starting a Linden tree. You can eat the leaves, which have protein like the Moringa and the blossoms and new leaves for tea. So, between these two plants I may have found a cold weather sub? :)
Well, wish me luck trying mullein in Alaska. Comfrey has been awesome. But haven't got plants yet. I am trying to find the black elderberry. This year I'm doing sage, Basil, lemon balm, chamomile, Tulsi/holy Basil. The nettles here I'm not sure about. Usnea, dandelion, plantain, and horsetail are abundant. Devil's club is pretty cool stuff.
My mullein story: It grows prolifericly ?hah! Is that a word? Anyway every where in Tennessee you find it in the wild. So, I dug up a healthy plant and put it where I wanted it. Hoping my milk cow and my pig did not like mullein.. phew they don't so it was in its place for a little while and then somehow it was gone. Ahhh, it found a better place and started going wild in that happy place in a burnt out tree stump. Shaded by lots of trees and so with mullein, it will grow but likes it just right. I was happy to leave it where it moved to which was only about 20 feet from where I put it. Observe where you dig it up from and find a similar location and add wood ash to the dirt and it will give you a fine plant.
Yes, it is pretty common for it to even be considered a weed in locations that are far drier and warmer than ours but I am thankful we got some acclimated seed and I now have several nice plants
Ginger doesn't grow in our country either but we get a replacement i think it's called stem ginger but i could be wrong on that forgive me if I'm wrong.
Morning Heidi. Do you sell your Arnica? I'm in South Africa, and we cannot even find seed to buy here. Thanks for the list, I want to grow them all!! I love all about herbs.
No, I do not I do not sell any of my herbs but especially that, it is just too precious right now as I only just started growing it last year and only had two plants. Only one of those two put out flowers last year and I am praying they come back this year
Hello Heidi. Thank you for your valuable insight! 2 Questions: I started my marsh mallow plants too early and they have started to flower. They grow quite quickly. Would pruning them harm the plants? How hardy are marsh mallow plants? Can they survive a light frost?
Where did you get and what type of Arnica seeds did you get? Also how did you start them? I've tried a couple times with no luck in germinating any. I also was living south of the Mojave desert as well. Im back in western WA now and didn't bother trying to start some of the seeds I have left of it the other day. If you're going to make a video on Arnica, would you consider addressing my questions in it? Another video/shorts idea. Could you make a video of you actively harvesting your feverfew(flowers AND greens). Mine have been so small that I feel like I'm going to kill the plant if I cut stuff off. Is there a way to cut it to produce more growth but also not to stress/stunt the plant?
I think I got my seeds from a seller on Etsy though I will not remember the name and I started them the same way I start all new herb seeds, in pots inside. I DO have a video on arnica in the playlist that I promised I would link to in the description box.
Love this! My white horehound keeps dying on me. I wish I could figure out why. My seeds didn't germinate again this year either. There's a local nursery that I've been getting it from every year. It will come back after winter. But, then before it gets established it dies. Any ideas??
No ideas other than the usual that would mean amount of sun, water, and type of soil. I started mine from seed and it never fully dies back in the winter. It is pretty protect growing right up next to the greenhouse but my chocolate mint grows on either side of it and it dies all the way back each year
A friend that grows it has it in morning / early afternoon sun and good watering, altho it's on a slope, so not positive it's actually getting a deep watering. Zone 7b
My banana plant started to grow banana’s and when it gets to a certain point you cut the flower off. Thanks to you I’m always look at everything now as what can I use this for or what health benefits it might have to find Banana Blossom (Flower) is extremely nutritious and beneficial for your health. Im dehydrating it as we speak. I’m trying to find other ways to have Or use it as I have another one ready for cutting off. Do you happen to know anything about Banana Blossoms? Plenty ways to use in Asian cooking but I’m thinking more like skin cream or tincture. Could you give me an idea how to go about a skin cream please if you could? Thanks for everything you do. 💐💐💐💐
Since that is not something that grows here, I have not taken the time to look into it myself but research on it should be pretty easy. If you need tips on how to go about that, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/59r48nUrC90/видео.html
I've started going through your videos about different things (pain relief, skin cream, toothpaste, etc.). I stop/start the video as needed - I cut up old envelopes and junk mail that don't have writing on, into roughly 3x5 pieces, and jot it all down. I can put them all in a recipe card box, and as time permits I can transfer the info to looseleaf paper & organize in a 3-ring binder - medicinal, beauty, hygiene, cleaning, etc. - and within the medicinal section I'd like to organize by condition/illness/symptoms each is used for, so I can find what I need more quickly. You have been such a HUGE help, you have no idea!
That is amazing. ❤❤
Great idea! I have wanted to do something similar with my seeds!
As a child, my sisters and I would play house outside all summer. We would pretend this abundant Weed in our lawn was our bread to make a pretend sandwich. This was in the North East where this weed was everywhere. My mother didn’t even know the benefits of this weed but she did dig up dandelions all the time in the spring. Now I am living in Colorado for the last five years and we do not have Plantain where we live. I have learned that this herb is very nutritious in my later years, and I can’t find it. But, I have ordered the Plantain seeds and have them growing in my indoor hydroponic garden. I will also plant some seeds in pots for my patio this summer. I live in a townhouse now so I am limited where I can plant. You can still grow things even if you do not own land for a garden. I certainly do miss our acreage in NH where my husband and I lived for 52 years, though. Sadly I can’t grow tall herbs any more in my small space. I so enjoy all your videos. I keep going back over your past videos to find a certain recipe for a tincture or herbs for medicinal usages. It is like my own book of health watching your videos. Thank you so much.!
This is awesome! Which herbs have you found grow well hydroponically? I just started growing this way and would love to do some herbs
Thank you for another informative video about herbs! As I age I find myself planting and cultivating more herbs for health and enjoyment. 🙏🌱🍀☘💖🙌
I live in the piney woods of East Texas and have found the loblolly pine needles to be wonderful medicinally and make a tincture of it. I love that it’s right here on my property. I also harvest Yaupon Holly leaves for a naturally caffeinated tea that also grows wild here on my property. It tastes much like matcha green tea and has a light natural sweetness if dried green. If roasted I hear the tea is more like a black tea. I haven’t tried that yet but I definitely want to soon. The bees are out here and my neighbors are hosting bee boxes. 😳Thousands of bees are all around my garden and it’s truly glorious! ❤ It’s in the 70’s here and beautiful and the spring garden is flourishing. I just up potted my tomatoes and peppers and eggplants and things are thriving. This year I’m finally growing more herbs. I’ve planted rosemary, thyme, oregano, dill, cilantro (that grew all winter), parsley, basil and I’m excited because I got Mullein to grow this year from seed. 😮 Yarrow not so much though I tried. I’m hoping stevia and nettles pop up soon. We will see! I loved this video. It gave me ideas for other herbs to look into and see if I want to grow them someday. I use nettles and so many others. I love growing them myself!
I’ve said this before, but when I started growing herbs about 4 years ago, your videos were the first I watched and now my herb garden is growing each year. I add something new each year, and this year it’s Arnica for me too. I love being able to dehydrate and freeze-dry my own herbs. It’s a great feeling. Thanks Heidi!
Heidi God is good all the time. Hallelujah.💖💖💖
Have a Blessed day ❤
Yes! Praise Jah! I am so grateful for his gifts!
I just found plantain growing wild. I’m transplanting to my back yard.
When I was young I used to saute with onions and pan fried potatoes. Plantain potato fry. Try and enjoy. As you know, so medicinal as well.
Just don't baby it. It prefers rough circumstances.
Once it goes to seed you will have it everywhere 😊
Nice! I think plantain is such a cute little plant, too. So strange to think that people are spending tons of money on psyllium husk when they can just go for a walk or in their yards and pick some for free in the plantain.
I bought 106 seeds this year that I am planning to sow later today in clear plastic egg cartons for a mini-greenhouse type thing. Most of them are veggies, but a good deal are herbs or things like elderberries and passionflower and flowers that have multiple purposes. I also bought a bunch of jars last month, mostly for canning, but the plan is to harvest a bunch of the wild greens like clovers, plantain, curly dock, common mallow, dandelions, wild lettuces, mullein (which grows like a weed where I live), wild mustard, miner's lettuce, blackberry leaves, and some manzanita leaves and dehydrate and powder them for long term storage. As miserable as I've been where I live, I know God put me here because His bounty is so overabundant. Where I rent now was a last resort and I could not grow anything since we moved too late in the year, but God had already planned for that. I've been miserable, yet extremely grateful. There is more than enough here to feed all my 21 rabbits and 20 chickens (even after harvesting bags full each day) and make a few quarts of wildcrafted multi-illness healing syrups. God certainly IS good, all the time.
We just moved to a very northern area of Canada. Arnica grows wild here along with quite a few other plants you mentioned 😊
Camomile very good for viruses if your not allergic to it as it's in same family as ragweed but I got rid of bronchitis very quickly
That was mostly what my mom gave me and my brothers growing up when we were sick. We'd alternate between chamomile and mint. Chamomile is pretty much a heal-all. It smells just heavenly, too.
It's relaxing to which helps all illness.
Perfect make-up that you wear & make. Noticed everything & the eye shadow too. Looks beautiful on you.
Thank you :)
I've never thought of lilac as a herb! Interesting!
I am starting with dried herbs and hope to grow some one day. We are in a small space so I want to try growing hydroponically indoors. It’s all an adventure ❤
Heidi, I have been subscribed to your channel for years. Today I found out that I was unsubscribed. 😳😱. I always enjoy your videos and when they didn’t pop up on my feed I knew something was wrong. So disappointed with this platform and grateful you are on Rumble.
You are such a blessing Heidi ❤
Great video! We're upping our herbal game and are so glad to finally have marshmallow started. Our yarrow patch stupidly got overrun by an ornamental grass, and it has thankfully been revived.
I transplanted Yarrow that I found in the wild in my yard. That stuff has taken over. I have to really watch it. I give lots of it away every year because it just grows so crazy here. It is very cold tolerant. It comes back bigger and better every year. I am in zone 7B. It grows well in a big pot if you don't want it to spread.
Thank you for sharing,@@theIAMofME! We heavily mulch around our patch each season, and that seems to keep it in check. The grasses that choked our first patch out were carelessly introduced and a lesson was learned.
@@sharplandwhere did you buy the marshmallow seeds from?
@@IAmHisBeloved5 I got mine from Heidi - just email her for a list!
Yarrow is tough! I replanted a tiny one growing by the road side and waited until it grew out good clean stems before harvesting. It has come back for about the third or fourth year now. I also bought marshmallow seed from Heidi and it has really come in handy this year. I will certainly keep that growing as much as possible.
I love the different pronunciations of the USA and UK. We say yarrow as rhyming with barrow and marrow. Xxx
I’ve also noticed different pronunciations of “ basil” and “ oregano” 😊
Interesting! I actually thought how we said it WAS the UK pronunciation lol. I'm going to pronounce it like "barrow" from now on, that sounds fun.
Love this, Heidi! I wish I had all your knowledge and skills. Slowly learning here, but Moringa is super easy!
We are all just learning as we go. I did not go to school for this, I just started taking time to teach myself as time allowed :)
My herbs and other plant favorites grow with each passing year. Thank you for sharing your wonderful lists!
I got the herbal survival garden seeds and ordered from strictly medicinal seeds of German Chamomile, nettles, mullein, hibiscus, passion flower. So excited to get them started.
I love that site!!!
They have great customer service!
rose of sharon is hibiscus, people may not know what they already have
Heidi I appreciate you. Your AMAZING!! Thank you.
Thank you for the scriptures at the end. 💚
I started St John’s Wort from seed last year. It never flowered but I left it alone. Some in pots, some in ground. It is all coming back and there’s a good size patch in the ground that is coming back strong and looks like it may flower. I am looking forward to harvesting that and making a tincture. I take it in capsule form and it helps with anxiety and depression, particularly in the winter. It is getting hard to find in capsule form though. I will not take an antidepressant. I have tried a couple over the years and did NOT like the effects. NC seems similar to your area, so I hope you can get some that will grow for you if you really want it. The marshmallow I grew from your seed is still doing well. The leaves came in handy this winter to help sooth some sore throats! Have not harvested any root yet though, but very soon! Your make up looks fantastic, btw! Love it.
I'm in the Willamette Valley in Oregon just outside of Salem and have mullein growing naturally in my garden.
Yes, you are in a far drier climate than us so that makes sense. Thankfully I was able to get seeds that were acclimated to our very wet climate and the plants are coming back and looking good so far. I expect them to flower this year
I had a super St Johns wort plant in my garden, didnt know what it was until someone tokd me & then she recuperated the flowers to use them for her remedies .
When I lived in Ferndale Washington I had very good luck with Wild Ginger
Ferndale is still a very different climate than where we are. We had a neighbor that was from Ferndale, she ended up selling her house here and moving back after about 2 years because she could not take the weather
Alot of these things grow around here but not in my yard :( but I get seeds here and there to try and start some patches around the yard in different microclimates to see where they will do well..
If anyone wants to grow. Chamomile jus buy a pack of Organic Chamomile tea and plant the seeds.
I tried mullein seedlings, dug up, didnt do well. I tried seeds, nothing. One year we were in Virginia in late September and mullein grows all over there. I collected some old seed stalk parts, kept them dry in a paper bag, forgot about them. Found them, no label 😊, and just put them in a seed tray. Low and behold, now i hope they keep self seeding!. The leaves i collect every year in May when we go to Virginia though, just in case!
I got the Strictly Medicinals seed catalog and looked for plants to treat every ailment possible. There are a lot of overlaps so a few dozen plants will cover colds, flus, plagues, heart, lung, liver, skin, radiation, poisoning, bites, digestion, cancer, etc.
Creeping Charlie is a huge Lung herb! For Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Whooping Cough, etc. Tastes great as green, it has a touch of garlic taste. Purslane? Did you mention it? And Basil/sweet basil (Mlissa)? And Hens and Chicks is an alternative plant, for Aloe Vera Skin remedies. That grows just about anywhere.
Melissa is lemon balm.
I am glad you are doing this Heidi. We want to grow an herb garden. We have wild grown, Plantain, Goldenrod, Turkey Mullin, Ursula(old man's beard), Kinnickanick, Yarrow, Oregon Grape(root). Perennial herbs are chives, mint, oregano and Strawberry leaves. We could probably get ten more plants. I am excited to see what you choose. I have been growing annually thyme, parsley, basil. I also grow Lovage but don't know how to use it. Thanks, Heidi!
I fooegoy my deodty one day so quickly speayed some lavender spray on me the whole bus i had to get on wad suddenly making comments about the bus having a nice smell. Must have relaxedd all the passengers.
For myself I find thyme and oregano is best. Easy to grow and very beneficial for the body.
My marshmallow did not come back, but my mullein is growing great, so I put 3 of them where the marshmallow was. My ginger is coming back, but I think I lost my turmeric. I’m going to put herbs in my cattle panel greenhouse, they seem to do good in there, while vegetables don’t. I do start seedlings there and move to the raised beds. Every year, I try to add at least one new herb, so this was so beneficial! God Bless!
I am surprised about the Marshmallow but maybe it is just too dry there? I mean it is a MARSHmallow, which would explain why it does so good here once I got it established, haha
@@RainCountryHomestead it was in a raised bed, so maybe too dry? I will have to get more seeds and try it in ground.
I found a HUGE patch of wild oregano on my families property definitely dint want to be without that and wild garlic.
i planted stinging nettle last year. both regular stinging nettle (under a window- to discourage anyone- and "less stinging" nettle, which is still kind of ouch, in a big planter.
i scatter my herbs all around my yard, also... while i do have an "herb garden" area, i grow thyme as a ground cover, and use sages as focal plants.
I'm going to try growing yarrow,marshmallow, cornflower in my garden this year. Lavender,mints,hollyhocks,dandelion, grow pretty good here,so I'm excited to try. If not I will continue to buy online to make my extracts and tintures. I live in a hot,dry climate ,and seems that I don't have any problems with seeds.
Anthony's is my favorite because not only is it organic & all those other good things but so far it is the only one I've seen out there that has the words "non radiated" on many things. That really impressed me!
Thank you Heidi will be moving soon and i will have a BIG garden lots of choice thank you for the list
Hi Heidi, I found your channel not too long ago, and honestly..i'm obsessed! it's my dream to have my own homestead one day, and i'm making baby steps now, as I still live in an apartment. I love all the info you share, and you (along with some other creators) have inspired me to finally make my own vinegar! On day 2 of processing, and i'm soooo excited. Thank you for everything you do ❤
So I have a United Plant Savers medicinal Sanctuary. I've been growing medicine plants for a long time and mullein is interesting. After the second year and bloom it wants to be somewhere else. I have planted mullein plants back in the same place and they die. I finally found it mentioned somewhere that, yes, mullein will not grow back in the same place. Maybe that will help some! Beautiful suggestions!!❤
Thank you so much! I am just starting to work with medicinal herbs and overwhelmed. Thanks for the list.
I just got serious.... I started many in my greenhouse area. Hoping they grow. Also taking classes to get my herbalist license. 🎉
Thank you Heidi - appreciate the information. Been away for some time dealing with both my parent's deaths less than 8 months apart. Was glad one of my first videos back was this one. Thanks again. 😊
Prayers 🙏
I am sorry, that is tough, I pray you find strength and comfort.
Thank you so much for that list.
Thank you Heidi🙏💖
I didn't know Comfrey was good for sprains and brushing. I got a hyperextended armbar last night. Off to the store….
Thank you for this info and your expertise!
Thank you! Been wanting to expand my herbal garden & will definitely look into the uses outside of cooking with them!! ❤
I love your theme music.
For St. John's Wort you could find some live plants along the road and transplant them. We're in SW WA and it's all over.
South West Washington is much drier than here. It is possible they may grow wild here too but one may be amazed at how different the climate can be just a couple hundred miles away.
If you get St. John’s wort going beware, it spreads really fast. My bees love it though!
That you so much Heidi! ❤ I can't wait to start getting outside this year, but still cold weather maybe even snow this weekend. 😢
Thank you Heidi!
Blessings! 💜
Gosh, so much information, I am going to have re-visit a few times...thank you xxx
Remember that I did provide the link to my written list in the description box
Great Video! Love my mullein.
Comfrey needs to be contained. It spreads by rhizomes that will go deep into the ground. We once dug down 3 feet to clear out the rhizomes only to have it come back. Theres no moving it once it establishes, so make sure to put it in a place free from that worry
Too much containment will kill it so people need to make sure they use BIG pots or boxes. I am happy to allow mine to grow free in my garden, I just dig up the new plants as they start to come up and give them away to others who need them.
It's a tap root, goes very deep, so a container confines it. I potted one to give away, took a few weeks and as I lifted the pot the root had already grown out of the watering hole into the ground.
@@kleineroteHex Years ago I put the first comfrey plants I had in what I thought to be big enough pots, they did ok for a couple of years then both died. I tossed the dead plants under our back hedges then the next year one came back so I moved it out front to the garden bed (NOT in a pot) and it has been doing great out there for years now
You know this would find a great place in a pasture or field. I imagine it would be good for livestock, too. Will need to research that, though. This is just an assumption, knowing how healthful it is. I had mo idea it would grow out of a pot. Wow
Sounds similar to Burdock! When I grew it, good times! but with those strong, DEEP roots I was thinking it was reaching China! : )
Another wonderful video Heidi 🌱🌾🌿🌻 many thanks have a blessed day.
I know you make your own facepowder and eyeliner 👍 did you also make your eyeshadow? Looks like you might have used Mica so shimmery and delicate. Looks beautiful. 🤷♀️🌻
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤
Thank you!
Can’t do turmeric ginger but had tiny Moringa plants last year can’t wait to see if it comes back up and is acclimated. And for some reason my nasturtium plants did not do well. Trying a bunch of new ones this year. Skullcap fenugreek milky oats.
I found over the years in my garden nasturtium does best not in direct sun. It really starts taking off toward fall and is best just before we get frost, always makes me go harvest when they call for the first frost. Covered it with an old flannel sheet one year, didn't help.
I love chocolate & pepper mints too🥰
As usual very informative. ❤God bless
I can't wait to try the seeds I got from you! And the timing of this video is perfect for kicking me in the butt to get things started indoors. Of course, we are getting snow tonight and tomorrow. I'm most excited for the marshmallow and feverfew.
I need to go through my notes (and your videos again) to get a more concise list of herbs for minerals and vitamins that grow good in my area. I need to think more about not necessarily ailments but general well being, if that makes sense.
Thank you again for all you do! You are a TRUE BLESSING TO SO MANY!! God bless!!
Another fun one to grow is spilanthes.
Thankyou again Heidi for another awesome video ❤ and God bless.🙏🏻
Its good to know what you can grow in your climate since its similar here in Wales.
Have you tried hibiscus Heidi, its a lovely ant-inflammatory and makes a wonderful tea.
I didnt know about lilac as a herb Heid. We have a tree but as the flowers last such a short time I dont pick them.
Thank you Heidi so much for this very informative video on herbs🥰🥰 There are soooo many🥰
Thank you for the list and the great info!
Great video! Thank you!
What a great list! Most of them are herbs I either have or want to have! I'm having a hard time germinating Feverfew. I did manage to get quite a few Marshmallows to germinate, and they're growing very nicely! My Yarrow is coming back, and so is my Lemon Balm! Can Arnica be grown from seed? I haven't seen seeds, so maybe not. That's on my bucket list. After watching your Lambs Ear video, I really want to grow it. We have lots of Mullein in this area, but not on my property! I have seeds, though,and I will try. We're up to our eyeballs in Stinging Nettle! I have the TINIEST patch of Pineapple Weed. Lambs Quarters never seems to grow where I like it!😂 I have wild St. John's Wort! I started Moringa. We'll see what happens. I know I can't grow it outside in west central Ohio! I have some beautiful Nasturtium plants growing inside! I use the wild Blue Violets from the yard. But I'm also growing Pansies. I was successful getting Calendula to grow this year, too. I struck out with a lot of things last year, but I changed how I did a few things in seed-starting, and things are looking up! Happy Spring, Heidi!
Yes you can grow arnica from seed.
Yes, the arnica I have I started from seed
Really great video!
love and prayers
Of the 50 or so that you listed I already have 22 that I grow, forage, can get from friends & relatives...3-5 I'll be planting this spring...if I can find a small parcel to buy I'll have room to grow more, like gingko biloba, which is MUCH too large for my 1/8 acre in-town lot with 1/16 acre of growing space. There are some that don't grow here, and a few that I shouldn't take due to medical conditions/prescription drugs. All in all I'm pleased with my progress, since I only started on my natural remedies journey a couple of years ago, and only got serious about it last fall (sourcing seeds, starts, etc. for the '24 season).
Where did your purchase seeds from?
@@IAmHisBeloved5 I do a seed exchange with three friends, MI Gardener, Everwilde, Seed Savers Exchange, Seeds for Generations, Buffalo Seed Company, Little Shop of Seeds (before he retired), Seeds of Change, Sandhill Preservation Center, North Circle Seeds. Keep in mind Heidi sells some (a friend gifted me some of hers!). It looks like many of the herb packets I planted last year were Seeds for Generations, and I will say they germinated really well.
Very good❤
Hey Heidi 🥰
Omg I have the camellia plant did not know you can make tea with it. Thankyou Heidi. Where do you buy the celyon cinnamon i have grown cloves but they died very quick my Rosemary is so big 7 ft tall so there is a lot of it. My Moringa tree is really big as well
I get most of the herbs and spices I do not grow from either Frontier Co Op: amzn.to/3IMYkWt
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Just make sure to read as not _every_thing is organic that these companies sell though most of them are
I found a wild St John Wart growing... I am afraid to move it!!! I've not been able to get any to grow in the gardens
Good Morning Heidi! Thank you for your content, I have learned so much from you! I just found a new hardy vine that makes a great tea and has a high medicinal value-It is Jiaogulan or gynostemma. I am trying to grow Moringa too, because it is so good. I just figured God made that plant for hot climates, he must have made a similar plant for our climate too?! I also am starting a Linden tree. You can eat the leaves, which have protein like the Moringa and the blossoms and new leaves for tea. So, between these two plants I may have found a cold weather sub? :)
Mullein grows best in very poor rocky soil. My best plants grew literally in a rock pile here in east ky.
I would love to grow ginseng
My neighbor made lilac wine and it was the best thing I have ever had!!! BUT..she lost the recipe😢
Well, wish me luck trying mullein in Alaska.
Comfrey has been awesome. But haven't got plants yet. I am trying to find the black elderberry. This year I'm doing sage, Basil, lemon balm, chamomile, Tulsi/holy Basil. The nettles here I'm not sure about. Usnea, dandelion, plantain, and horsetail are abundant. Devil's club is pretty cool stuff.
Good informational video thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Amazing how so much of this grow wild along the sides of our roads but try to get them started in your yard & no way will they grow!
I wanna try Arnica for chronic upper spinal pain from having Spinal Stenosis/Mylapathy. Soaking in comfrey never helped.
I made Heidi's joint and muscle rub, it's amazing! I add dmso for really bad deep pains, helps rub get deep into the tissue/muscle. 😊
Great video
My mullein story:
It grows prolifericly ?hah! Is that a word? Anyway every where in Tennessee you find it in the wild. So, I dug up a healthy plant and put it where I wanted it. Hoping my milk cow and my pig did not like mullein.. phew they don't so it was in its place for a little while and then somehow it was gone. Ahhh, it found a better place and started going wild in that happy place in a burnt out tree stump. Shaded by lots of trees and so with mullein, it will grow but likes it just right. I was happy to leave it where it moved to which was only about 20 feet from where I put it. Observe where you dig it up from and find a similar location and add wood ash to the dirt and it will give you a fine plant.
Yes, it is pretty common for it to even be considered a weed in locations that are far drier and warmer than ours but I am thankful we got some acclimated seed and I now have several nice plants
Ginger doesn't grow in our country either but we get a replacement i think it's called stem ginger but i could be wrong on that forgive me if I'm wrong.
Hi❤
Morning Heidi.
Do you sell your Arnica?
I'm in South Africa, and we cannot even find seed to buy here.
Thanks for the list, I want to grow them all!!
I love all about herbs.
No, I do not I do not sell any of my herbs but especially that, it is just too precious right now as I only just started growing it last year and only had two plants. Only one of those two put out flowers last year and I am praying they come back this year
@@RainCountryHomestead no problem I do understand.
Thanks for letting me know.
Hello. I don’t see the herbs list. Thank you for your knowledge z
The link to it is in the description box just as promised but you have to open the description box by clicking on "...more" below the video screen
@@RainCountryHomestead ok. Thank you so much.
Omg. I would never be able to remember all those herbs, what they were after I planted them, nor what to use them for. Lol
That is why I provided the written list along with the link to the playlist where each herb's benefits get explained in the description box
When you plant one, put in there a plant label too.
Hello Heidi. Thank you for your valuable insight!
2 Questions: I started my marsh mallow plants too early and they have started to flower. They grow quite quickly. Would pruning them harm the plants? How hardy are marsh mallow plants? Can they survive a light frost?
If they are first year plants, I would personally leave them alone, I do not see any harm in letting them flower
St. John's Wort likes it dry. That may be why it died on you. I have a decent amount of it.
Where did you get and what type of Arnica seeds did you get? Also how did you start them? I've tried a couple times with no luck in germinating any. I also was living south of the Mojave desert as well. Im back in western WA now and didn't bother trying to start some of the seeds I have left of it the other day.
If you're going to make a video on Arnica, would you consider addressing my questions in it?
Another video/shorts idea. Could you make a video of you actively harvesting your feverfew(flowers AND greens). Mine have been so small that I feel like I'm going to kill the plant if I cut stuff off. Is there a way to cut it to produce more growth but also not to stress/stunt the plant?
I think I got my seeds from a seller on Etsy though I will not remember the name and I started them the same way I start all new herb seeds, in pots inside. I DO have a video on arnica in the playlist that I promised I would link to in the description box.
Love this! My white horehound keeps dying on me. I wish I could figure out why. My seeds didn't germinate again this year either. There's a local nursery that I've been getting it from every year. It will come back after winter. But, then before it gets established it dies. Any ideas??
No ideas other than the usual that would mean amount of sun, water, and type of soil. I started mine from seed and it never fully dies back in the winter. It is pretty protect growing right up next to the greenhouse but my chocolate mint grows on either side of it and it dies all the way back each year
A friend that grows it has it in morning / early afternoon sun and good watering, altho it's on a slope, so not positive it's actually getting a deep watering. Zone 7b
Our horehound needs to be very dry. We are in New Mexico which is dry already and we rarely water it.❤
Any herbs for treating cellulitis?
My banana plant started to grow banana’s and when it gets to a certain point you cut the flower off. Thanks to you I’m always look at everything now as what can I use this for or what health benefits it might have to find Banana Blossom (Flower) is extremely nutritious and beneficial for your health. Im dehydrating it as we speak. I’m trying to find other ways to have Or use it as I have another one ready for cutting off. Do you happen to know anything about Banana Blossoms? Plenty ways to use in Asian cooking but I’m thinking more like skin cream or tincture. Could you give me an idea how to go about a skin cream please if you could? Thanks for everything you do. 💐💐💐💐
Since that is not something that grows here, I have not taken the time to look into it myself but research on it should be pretty easy. If you need tips on how to go about that, check out this video: ruclips.net/video/59r48nUrC90/видео.html
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thank you 💐