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St. John’s Wort: Harvesting the Midsummer Herb

Hypericum perforatum flowers around the feast of St. John (June 24) in the Northern European tradition, and this timing is not a coincidence: the plant is genuinely at its peak at midsummer, when the flowers are just opening and the red oil-producing glands in the...

Midsummer Harvesting Guide: What’s Ready Right Now

The weeks around the summer solstice are the peak harvest window for a remarkable range of medicinal herbs, and the herbalist who is paying attention is busy. The light is long, the volatile oil content of aromatic herbs is at its highest in summer warmth, and the...

Chamomile: Growing, Harvesting, and Drying at Peak

German chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) produces most of its flowers between June and August, and if you have established plants in your garden this is one of the most rewarding harvest periods of the year: a daily or every-other-day picking of the small daisy-like...

Late Summer Harvesting: Roots, Seeds, and Berries to Gather Now

August is when the character of the harvest changes. The flowers of high summer are giving way to seeds and berries, and beneath the ground the roots are beginning to pull their energy back down after the flowering season, concentrating their constituents in...

How to Dry Herbs: Dehydrator vs. Air Drying

The way you dry your herbs determines the quality of what you keep. Poorly dried herbs (too slow, too hot, too much light, or stored before completely dry) lose their volatile compounds, their color, and much of their medicinal value. Well-dried herbs, stored...

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