It’s June, and that means picking stuff!
My allotment has become overgrown because I’ve been away so much [April -Portugal, May-Finland, June-Norway] but that was unusual and it won’t be happening again. Unfortunately. But it just shows how much you have to be on the ball when you grow stuff, and how much you miss out if you are not tending your plot.
I managed to pick Feverfew [Tanacetum parthenium] which had grown beautifully despite my absence. I plonked some in 3 tyre stacks last year and away it went…
My glorious Feverfew, ignored but flourishing!
Just as I was about to snip off the flower heads like I do with Chamomile, I just checked with the trusty Herbarium website, and no – I needed to take the leaves as well. This made life a lot easier as I snipped out the stalks to take home and garble later.
Et, voila! A nice basket full. This will be dried, and some of the dried herb will be made into a tincture.
I also picked a bit of late Chamomile [Matricaria recutita] which seemed to have gone past it’s best [should not have gone to Norway…] and some lovely St John’s Wort [Hypericum perforatum] – leaves and flowers. This will also be dried as I have several ladies on this as an ingredient of their teas, and some will go into a tincture which I use for low mood and certain nerve pains.
A box of sunshine ready to go back to my pharmacy….
But annoyingly, my Mullein has been decimated!
Look!
And here’s why!
I know they have to eat – but I only had one mullein plant……
