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• To discourage deer (glorified cows), hang from your plants nylon stocking bags full of smelly little motel soap bars.

Equipment

• Dehydrator

• Pruning shears (Good quality)

• Root-digging tool (Strong trowel or Japanese hori-hori)

• High-quality garden tools

• Gloves

Herbs love good soil and water. In the most part, it is an erroneous myth that they do better without.

Eastern States

(Suggested by James Green and Leslie Gardner)

The size of your garden site will suggest the plants to choose.

Plants that yield a good harvest, yet do not require too much room

(suggestions for an approximately 10′ × 20′ plot)

• Calendula (Calendula officinalis)

• Catnip (Nepeta cataria)

• Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

• Comfrey (Symphytum officinalis) (Plant it where you want it to stay!)

• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

• Garlic (Allium sativum)

• Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)

• Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) (Likes shade!)

• Lavender (Lavandula vera)

• Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)

• Lobelia (Lobelia inflata)

• Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

• Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

• Mullein (Verbascum spp.)

• Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) (Loves wet areas)

• Peppermint (Mentha piperita) (It spreads in all directions!)

• Sage (Salvia officinalis)

• Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)

• Wood Betony (Stachys officinalis)

• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Plants that require a relatively large area to yield an adequate harvest

• Angelica (Angelica archangelica)

• Boneset (Eupatorium pefoliatum)

• Burdock (Arctium lappa)

• Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)

• Elecampane (Inula helenium)

• Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

• Globe Artichoke (Cynara scolymus)

• Joe-Pye (Eupatorium purpureum)

• Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)

• Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

• Scullcap (Scutellaria spp.)

• St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

• Stoneroot (Collinsonia canadensis)

• Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus)

• Wild Oat (Avena fatua, A. sativa)

Plants that do okay in pots and boxes

• Basil (Ocimum basilicum) (requires hot sun!)

• Calendula (Calendula officinalis)

• Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)

• Lavender (Lavandula spp.)

• Mints (Mentha spp.)

• Parsley (Petroselinum spp.)

• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

• Sage (Salvia spp.)

•Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Wild plants to encourage in your garden and around the house

• Blackberry (Rubus fructicosus) (Keep an eye on this one and maintain control!)

• Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)

• Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

• Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)

• Burdock (Arctium lappa)

• Chickweed (Stellaria media)

• Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

• Cleaver (Galium aperine)

• Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

• Culver’s Root (Leptandra virginica)

• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

• Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

• Goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea)

• Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)

• Joe-Pye (Eupatorium purpureum)

• Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

• Milkweed (Asclepias spp.)

• Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata)

• Plantain (Plantago lanceolata, P. major)

• Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)

• Stoneroot (Collinsonia canadensis)

•Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) (Takes hold and spreads!)

•Violet (Viola spp.)

Plants that require digging roots (although other parts of the plant are often used as well)

Divide the roots’ crowns and replant whenever possible.

• Burdock (Arctium lappa)

• Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

• Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)

• Elecampane (Inula helenium)

• Golden Seal (Hydrastis canadensis)

• Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia)

• Poke (Phytolacca decandra)

•Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) (Likes it wet!)

Medicinal trees

• Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)

• Elder (Sambucus spp.)

• Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)

• Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)

• Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

• Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)

• Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)

• Willow (Salix alba) (Likes a wet area!)

Plants for the medicine of their beauty

• Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)

• Foxglove