Root harvesting, processing and tips for drying and shipping.  Identification of each plant, its growth cycle, how to harvest, how to process into medicine and medicinal use

Putting gardens to bed, importance of mulching, low hoops construction and outdoor mushroom cultivation

Root medicine and herbal vinegars and broths, getting ready to hibernate and turn inward

Harvesting, cleaning, and storing medicinal herb seeds.

Other seasonal garden tasks and harvests at this time including, Identification of each plant, its growth cycle, how to harvest, how to process into medicine and medicinal uses

Medicinal herb seed medicine and planting for a future.

Making and using Hydrosols and Essential oils

Pollination, insectaries and Interconnectedness of the natural world. The importance of medical herbs in the natural world and how we as stewards can increase the health and wellbeing of an ecosystem through tending medicinal plants.

How to and why we design and create gardens for pollinators, birds and wildlife and how we can work together.

The importance of reciprocal colors and honeybees on the farm.

August garden tasks including Identification of each plant, its growth cycle, how to harvest, how to process into medicine and medicinal uses

Honey medicines and syrups with a highlight on immune support herbs

Medicinal herb plant walk and garden observation in the height of the season, where the human fits into the system.

Plant sit meditations.

Energetics of herbs and how they affect our emotional and spiritual bodies.

Flower essences, drop doses and Somatic herbalism. 

Farm tasks and herbs we are harvesting identification, medicinal uses, growth cycles, how to harvest, and how to process into medicine

We will also cover irrigation techniques and water wise ways to farm and garden.

Harvesting, Drying, Garbling and Processing to a finished product for personal storage or retail.  

Tour of passive solar drying shed and drying systems.

How to ship fresh and dried herbs and set up a retail market.

We will be harvesting and processing lots of different herbs this day and I will include identification, medicinal uses, its growth cycle, how to harvest, and how to process into medicine

Solar infusions, oil and salve making, highlight on herbal pain relief and vulneraries

Soil building techniques, batch thermal composting, no till bed prep and mulching

Transplanting and Polyculture planting.

How medicinal herbs interact and fit within a permaculture/polyculture/food forest system.  

Tour of swales and Hügelkultur systems.

What we are harvesting now plus other garden tasks for May, Identification of each plant, its growth cycle, how to harvest, how to process into medicine and medicinal uses

Tincture making, and highlight on Medicinal Bitters and digestive aids

Introductions, farm tour, Introduction to permaculture

Propagation techniques, basic and advanced seed starting, lunar and astrological planting cycles, crown and root divisions, and hardwood cuttings

Tools of the trade, tools to invest in, make and how to use

What we are harvesting and planting now, ID of each plant, its growth cycle, how to harvest, how to process into medicine and medicinal uses

Water based medicines and herbal alteratives for spring cleansing