This is Day 70 of the Green in 365 series!
Last year, while reading a post about how to make an echinacea tincture, I realized that we have echinacea, or what I thought were called cone flowers, growing all over our flower beds in our front yard.They were here when we moved in, and they’re a perennial plant that keeps coming back and expanding year after year.
I had no idea that I had such a wealth of healing growing in my yard all this time. I didn’t end up making the tincture or using any of the echinacea flowers last year because they were just dying off as I finally realized what they were, but I’m planning to put their healing properties to good use this year. Also, there is a small patch of lavender that grows in one of my flower beds every year, and I’ve never really known what to do with that either.
This summer, I would love to grow different kinds of herbs as a part of my flower beds and using them for cooking as well as for natural remedies. I’ve been doing a little research, and this is my list of herbs that I’d like to grow this year along with my echinacea and lavender:
- Basil
- Cilantro
- Oregano
- Garlic
- Mint
- Thyme
- Sage
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I also have calendula, chamomile, mint, and lemon balm on my list! 🙂
I second chamomile, we drink a lot of chamomile tea around here. And also feverfew for a natural fever reducer, headache remedy and anti-inflammatory 🙂 And potentially rosemary, which I believe is also a perennial, as long as you cover it well in the winter.
Rosemary! It’s my favorite herb.
If you plant mint, I’d highly recommend putting it into a container or else it will overtake everything in your garden!
Yes, thanks for the advice Kim! I do plan to plant mint in a contained space! 🙂
Just remember with echinacea that it works better as a preventative medicine, rather than a cure i.e. it will help you to not catch a cold, but unless taken in large doses, will not be that effective once the cold has been caught.
Chamomile and oregano for me are the best herbs. Really good for soothing coughs. Then mint and lemon too, second on my list.