What is a Homestead?
A homestead is a place where you engage everything in your toolbox to mimic nature in order to nourish the family, land and community throug
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Medicinal Herbs - Fennel
Fennel (Foeniculum Vulgare) Part Used: Seed & Essential oil Height: 8ft tall Preparation: Use dried seed for Tea infusion is soothing,...
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Medicinal Herbs - Chamomile
Chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla) Part Used: Flowers & essential oil (oil not to be taken internally) Height: 2ft tall Preparation: Brew...
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Medicinal Herbs - Sage
Garden Sage (Salvia Officinalis) Part Used: Use leaf (dried) Height: 2ft tall Preparation: Infusion, tincture Spanish sage (low thujone...
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Medicinal Herbs - Anise Hyssop
Anise Hyssop (Agastache Foeniculum) Part Used: Aerial parts (any part above the soil) Height: 5ft tall, 1-3ft wide Preparation: Use dried...
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Medicinal Herbs - Yarrow
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) Part Used: Aerial parts (any part above the soil) & flowers Height: 3ft tall Preparation: Dried tea leaves,...
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Medicinal Herbs - Wild Bergamot
Wild Bergamot (Monarda Fistulosa) Part Used: Flowers, leaves, seeds Height: 3ft tall Preparation: Culinary & in beverages (edible...
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Medicinal Herbs - Holy Basil
Holy Basil (Ocimum Tenuiflorum) Part Used: Use whole plant Height: 2ft tall Preparation: Infusion, tincture or powder Actions Tonic that...
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