What is this plant, please? - Page 2

SherylGallant · July 22nd, 2010, 11:54 AM

This year I am going to collect the seeds and plant them for more. There's only a small amount of it growing in various area around.

I want to put together medicinal herb seed packages with about a doz different medicinal herb seeds and sell the packages on my website. I figure a package of a dozen medicinal herb seed pckgs would sell for about $10 plus postage of around $2. That's my plan, anyway.

I want to include: St. John's Wort, motherwort, wild evening primrose, monarda fistulosa (Oswego tea), echinesea, white yarrow, feverfew, plantago major, comfrey, heal-all (prunella vulgaris), comfrey, bladder campion, chicory, burdock, jewelweed and red clover. I have all of these growing nearby, just not sure I wil be able to collect seed from them all. I'll see how it goes this year. I will plant larger areas of a few of them that I don't have a lot of, like the jewelweed (impatiens capensis), St. John's wort and red clover.

If there are others that ya'll think would be good to add and that I might have and should look for, please let me know. What about soapwort (bouncing bet)?

I might also add some spice seed like thyme, oregano, cilantro and chive seeds, if I can collect them.

I also want to sell a package of about a doz differnet "moon garden" seeds, all white and a package of about a doz different squash seeds, although that won't be until the following winter.

What do you think of my seed packages for sale idea? I will only be selling them all in one package of aobut a doz seeds (more for the herbs), separately stored and labelled, not separately.

TastyofHasty · July 22nd, 2010, 04:14 PM

While I was out picking Queen Anne's Lace seedheads, I found what I think is St. John's Wort out in our "backyard field!"

Sheryl, I don't know about other people, but me, I already have a bunch of the herbs you mentioned ... would like seed for jewelweed, though.

And I know chicory seed is hard to FIND on the plant!

southerncomfrey · July 23rd, 2010, 08:52 PM

Please be carefully handling St. John's Wort ungloved. Research is warranted!
Also, it is toxic to grazing animals, or so I've read.

SherylGallant · July 30th, 2010, 11:15 AM

I'm glad we don't have grazing animals! I'd probably have to clear out half the stuff growing in my fields.

July 22nd, 2010, 11:54 AM	#11
SherylGallant Loves to Garden Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Barrie, Ontario USDA Zone: 5a Posts: 1,312	Re: What is this plant, please? This year I am going to collect the seeds and plant them for more. There's only a small amount of it growing in various area around. I want to put together medicinal herb seed packages with about a doz different medicinal herb seeds and sell the packages on my website. I figure a package of a dozen medicinal herb seed pckgs would sell for about $10 plus postage of around $2. That's my plan, anyway. I want to include: St. John's Wort, motherwort, wild evening primrose, monarda fistulosa (Oswego tea), echinesea, white yarrow, feverfew, plantago major, comfrey, heal-all (prunella vulgaris), comfrey, bladder campion, chicory, burdock, jewelweed and red clover. I have all of these growing nearby, just not sure I wil be able to collect seed from them all. I'll see how it goes this year. I will plant larger areas of a few of them that I don't have a lot of, like the jewelweed (impatiens capensis), St. John's wort and red clover. If there are others that ya'll think would be good to add and that I might have and should look for, please let me know. What about soapwort (bouncing bet)? I might also add some spice seed like thyme, oregano, cilantro and chive seeds, if I can collect them. I also want to sell a package of about a doz differnet "moon garden" seeds, all white and a package of about a doz different squash seeds, although that won't be until the following winter. What do you think of my seed packages for sale idea? I will only be selling them all in one package of aobut a doz seeds (more for the herbs), separately stored and labelled, not separately. __________________ -Sheryl http://providence-acres.blogspot.com "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody." - 1 Thes. 4:11-12

July 22nd, 2010, 04:14 PM	#12
TastyofHasty Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NW Arkansas "newzone7" USDA Zone: 6b Posts: 6,121	Re: What is this plant, please? While I was out picking Queen Anne's Lace seedheads, I found what I think is St. John's Wort out in our "backyard field!" Sheryl, I don't know about other people, but me, I already have a bunch of the herbs you mentioned ... would like seed for jewelweed, though. And I know chicory seed is hard to FIND on the plant! __________________ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things noble, whatever things just, whatever things pure, whatever things lovely, whatever things of good report, if any virtue and if anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.

July 23rd, 2010, 08:52 PM	#13
southerncomfrey southpiedmontnc Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Shelby, NC USDA Zone: 7b Posts: 143	Re: What is this plant, please? Please be carefully handling St. John's Wort ungloved. Research is warranted! Also, it is toxic to grazing animals, or so I've read.

July 30th, 2010, 11:15 AM	#14
SherylGallant Loves to Garden Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Barrie, Ontario USDA Zone: 5a Posts: 1,312	Re: What is this plant, please? I'm glad we don't have grazing animals! I'd probably have to clear out half the stuff growing in my fields. __________________ -Sheryl http://providence-acres.blogspot.com "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody." - 1 Thes. 4:11-12