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Root Harvesting Season: A Practical Guide

Root harvest is one of the most satisfying and most physically demanding parts of the herbalist’s year. The principle is straightforward: when a perennial plant has finished its above-ground season and is pulling its energy back down into the root for winter...

Valerian Root: The Autumn Harvest

Valerian root harvested in autumn from an established plant is one of the most medicinally concentrated materials you can bring into the home apothecary. The plant has spent the growing season building its root reserves, and by October, when the above-ground growth is...

Rosehip: The Autumn Berry Most People Walk Past

The hedgerow in October is hung with rosehips in abundance, the bright orange-red fruits of the wild rose that most people walk past without a second glance. This is one of the more significant missed opportunities in the foraging calendar, because rosehips are among...

A Year in the Herb Garden: What It Taught

December is when the year in the garden becomes visible as a whole. From the seeds started in March to the root harvests of October, from the elderflower of May to the elderberry of September, from the first nettles of spring to the last of the dried lavender in the...

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