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Top 5 Medicinal Plants to Grow in Cold Climates

9/2/2019

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We know that food, especially grown in our backyard gardens, is medicine. Eating fresh vegetables and fruit every day is fundamental to a healthy body and mind. 
 
Yet there are, of course, additional plants that have medicinal values beyond just being super nutritious. They help boost our immunity, soothe our throats, calm a fever, heal our skin, aid with insomnia and much more.  Just as growing our own food allows us to become more self-reliant, growing our own medicine gives us that same sense of agency.
 
If you’ve ever wanted to grow and make your own medicine, then my video today is for you. I’m very excited because this is the first video that I’ve made where I bring on a special guest! This past June, I had the pleasure of teaching a permaculture workshop at the Green Path Herb School in Missoula, Montana. While I was there, the co-director of the school, Elaine Sheff, kindly agreed to be interviewed.
 
As I explain in the video, Elaine is an herbalist extraordinaire, with thirty years of experience in the field.  Needless to say, I knew she was the one to ask about the top five medicinal plants to grow in cold climates. Not only does Elaine share and explain the uses of these plants, if you stick around for the entire video, you’ll also learn about 4 additional ‘weeds’ that have so many beneficial properties. These are weeds that are most likely already growing in your yard.
 
I do have to apologize in advance for the audio in this video. Unfortunately, it’s not the greatest quality as we were having some issues. It was also related to the fact that Elaine’s beehives were buzzing like crazy! But I promise that if you stick with it, you'll learn a ton!
 
Then, I’d love to hear from you. What medicinal plants are you growing in your garden and which ones will you plant next growing season? Please share those in the comments below! 
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James Kozlik link
9/3/2019 09:33:06 am

Nice video - Marian and I are host for WWOOF.org our homestead on that website is Snowbird Agriculture Land Trust. We have the 5 herbs you mentioned on your video. Some others we have include rose hips, plantain, mint, hyssop, saint johns wort, comfrey, lady’s mantle, mallow, hops and sage. Some we consider as spices are actually medicinal too, for instance thyme, oregano, basil, parsley, rosemary, flax, sorrel, stevia, these might not have the “medicinal” label however they do have medicinal qualities. We have horseradish too! Then there’s flowers like marigold for instance, I take that to combat macular degeneration and it works fantastically! Your video got me excited and inspired to identify plants in the garden!!

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Kareen Erbe
9/3/2019 09:49:44 am

Wonderful James! It's great that so many of these plants are multifunctional. Both the ones you mentioned and the ones Elaine mentions in the video. Medicinal, insectary, edible, biomass etc. Thanks so much for sharing.

Kareen

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Claire Gerrish
9/3/2019 03:35:34 pm

This was great Kareen! I learned so much and can’t wait to try some of these ideas and maybe even get some things in the ground before end of season. Thanks for the inspiration and knowledge!

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Kareen Erbe
9/4/2019 08:56:27 am

You're welcome Claire!

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Cat Starita
9/5/2019 06:31:20 pm

That was very informative. I look forward to visiting her place and maybe taking some classes. Thanks for sharing this!

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Kareen Erbe
9/6/2019 01:26:24 pm

You're welcome Cat! You should definitely check out some of her classes!

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