In the video offer a short description of the ecological, medicinal/culinary gifts of each seed type. Below you will find more in depth information on each seed type.
I am gifting seeds with each book purchased from now until the end of the month!
For more info on why I take the time to gather, dry, package and gift heirloom and medicinal seeds from my garden with each copy of my book, read this article on Gift Economics:
Embracing The Gift Economy As An Antidote For The Scarcity Economy
December is here! Christmas time is coming soon!
Pertinent articles and notes on seed varieties mentioned in this clip for those that want to learn more:
Tulsi: The Queen of Herbs
This was my favorite crop from our garden in 2021 and is now among my top 5 favorite garden crops of all time. It smells great, it tastes amazing, it heals the body, mind and nourishes the local pollinators.
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis)
This post serves as the 11th installment of the (Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary series).
Day Twelve:. ECHINACEA
Glowing with serene radiance as if she shines some kind of bioluminescent light from within. Echinacea may be seen as a common weed by some here but I adore her and am grateful for her presence in our lives.
Kale: a nutritional powerhouse and an ideal candidate for the regenerative garden
It is definitely one of the healthiest and most nutritious plant foods in existence. Kale is loaded with all sorts of beneficial compounds, some of…
Hopi Black Sunflowers (known as Tceqa' Qu' Si to the Hopi people that developed this beautiful heirloom variety). The seeds have extremely high levels of anthocyanin in them.
For info on Dyeing with Hopi sunflower seeds (Tceqa’ Qu’ Si) read:
https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/dyeing-with-hopi-sunflower-seeds/
Agastache foeniculum (aka Anise Hyssop)
This post serves as the third crossover post which is both part of the above mentioned (Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary series) as well as constituting the 6th installment of the
The Many Gifts Of The Goji
The goji berry plant (Lycium barbarum, Lycium chinense and the lesser known Lycium ruthenicum), also known as a wolfberry (gouqizi, 枸杞) in Chinese, is a scrambling deciduous shrub with long, sparsely spiny weeping branches. It’s a Lycium (boxthorn) species that is a member of the Solanacea…
(Article on 26 reasons to start or expand a garden in 2026 mentioned in the video linked below.
If you would like to have access to a garden guide that takes you from seed to table with well over a hundred fun and nutritious recipes like this there is info to where you can purchase either a physical or digital copy of my book below.
For those interested in purchasing a physical copy of the book you can do so through this link:
Okay that is all I have for you today my friends. If you already have a copy of my book or cannot afford one and are interested in getting the seeds separately, I am willing to send them out to any one that signs up for an annual paid subscription to this newsletter.
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