Herbal Medicinal Plants
Medicinal plant guides with practical growing instructions, harvest timing, and simple preparation methods, each with safety notes for that herb.
How to Grow Anise Hyssop From Seed to Tea
Grow anise hyssop from seed or in a pot, keep its self-seeding in check, and harvest and dry the leaves and flowers for tea.
How to Grow Bee Balm in Pots and Beds
Grow bee balm from seed, cuttings, or division, keep powdery mildew and spreading in check, and harvest the leaves and flowers for tea.
How to Grow Calendula
Learn to grow calendula from seed to harvest. This sunny, easy-care flower blooms all season and gives you plenty of petals for homemade oils, salves and teas.
How to Grow Chamomile
Grow your own chamomile for pennies instead of paying $7 a box. Learn how to plant, harvest, and use German and Roman varieties in teas, oils and salves.
How to Grow Echinacea From Seed to Harvest
Grow echinacea from seed or in a pot: cold stratification by species, when to harvest flowers, leaves and roots, and how to dry the root.
How to Grow Elderberry and Harvest It Safely
Grow elderberry from cuttings or in a pot, then harvest it safely: ripe berries only, how to destem and dry them, and a pokeweed and hemlock ID check.
How to Grow Holy Basil (Tulsi) at Home
Grow holy basil (tulsi) from seed or in a pot, pinch it for more leaves, harvest and dry it for tea, and bring it indoors before frost.
How to Grow Lemon Balm
Learn to grow lemon balm and turn those fragrant leaves into bright lemony teas, tinctures and salves. This easy perennial practically grows itself.
How to Grow Peppermint
Learn how to grow and use peppermint, from container planting to teas, tinctures, and salves, and how it has traditionally been used as an after-dinner tea.
How to Grow Stinging Nettle (Without Getting Stung)
Grow stinging nettle from seed or a root division, keep it in a pot, handle it safely, and harvest and dry the young tops for tea and vinegar.
How to Grow Thyme
Learn to grow thyme and use the harvest in teas, syrups, and steams, as it has traditionally been used. Growing tips plus practical uses and safety notes.
How to Grow Yarrow in Pots and Beds
Grow common yarrow from seed or in a pot, harvest the flowering tops, and dry them, plus how to tell yarrow from poison hemlock.
How to Grow, Harvest, and Identify Mullein
Grow common mullein from seed, follow its two-year cycle, harvest and dry the leaves, and tell it apart from foxglove.