WHEN & HOW TO HARVEST HERBS FOR MEDICINAL USES

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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[ianilei]

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

[DropBearClaire]

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

[ericaturner]

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.

[debbiebrunssen]

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

[laurenbowles]

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

[learningno]

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.

[hvp]

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 <3

[judybaugus]

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

[saritasarit]

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!

[youtoo]

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[j.a.m]

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!!!

[justpatty]

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

[remnantfewministriesminist]

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

[ecocentrichomestead]

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!

[ItsMe-jhze]

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!

[northstarprepsteader]

Lots of great tips, Carolyn. Thank you!!

[kaylaandrews]

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

[melissalockrow]

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!

[gayedawn]

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.

[michellevermeulen]

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