herb growing Archives - Tiny Pony Apothecary

All Hands on Harvest!

Ripe + Tart Autumn Olive Berries (Eleagnus spp)

These sunflowers are definitely over 6 feet tall

August 15, 2016February 15, 2017 by tinyponyapothecary Categories: cultivation, flower essence, food medicine, foraging, herb growing, local medicine, materia medica, nutrition, plant medicine, wild foods Leave a comment

Medicine gardens in full swing

Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea) rises brilliantly from last year’s bed

A gorgeous cultivar of California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) always has trouble with transplanting but manages to make a vibrant comeback

Many colors of the protective & cleansing Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Tulsi, also known as the Holy Basil that comes to us from Ayurvedic medicine traditions, blooms brilliantly despite the drought this year (Wild Carrot Farm, Vermont)

Milky Oats (Avena sativa) are harvested for tincture-making when they begin to exude their milky latex (Whetstone Ledges Farm, Marlboro, Vermont)

Through the rural grapevine, we were invited to come visit and harvest from the hops plants growing along the chicken-and-turkey coop of a family in Marlboro, Vermont

Flowering Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) — a fierce herb not for the grower who is faint of heart (Windham Co., Vermont)

August 2, 2016January 11, 2017 by tinyponyapothecary Categories: blog, cultivation, flower essence, herb growing, local medicine

ka-bloom!

The flowers are here, folks. Please enjoy!

St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) abundant at Full Plate Farm (Dummerston, Vermont)

fullsizerender4 — Linden (Tilia americana), also known as Basswood, in its elegant blooms at Full Plate Farm (Dummerston, Vermont)

First cuttings for the Lay Back Cooling Bitters formula (Windham Co, Vermont)

Calendula, Chamomile, Tulsi, Red Clover . . . just sitting with these friends in the garden is often therapeutic enough (Wild Carrot Farm, Brattleboro, Vermont)

Wild Rose (Rosa rugosa) at the coast of southern Maine

July 6, 2016January 11, 2017 by tinyponyapothecary Categories: blog, cultivation, flower essence, herb growing, local medicine, Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Growing & Foraging Season Begins

Hi friends~ Tiny Pony Apothecary will be documenting the plants in the gardens and wilds that we cultivate and harvest for medicine-making and pleasure. We’d love to have you follow our journey this season. . .

Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) are a subtle body medicine as a flower essence for offering fresh perspective to the jaded mind, soothing comfort in crowded situations, and support for the journeys of grieving and loss. (Windham Co, Vermont)

Milk Thistle sprouting in the green house! (Dummerston, Vermont)

Pineapple Weed/Wild Chamomile (Putney, Vermont)

Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are physiological medicine for the liver as well as subtle body medicine for those of us who could stand a little less doing and a little more being, less planning and more waiting for the unfolding. (Windham Co., Vermont)

May 28, 2016January 11, 2017 by tinyponyapothecary Categories: blog, cultivation, flower essence, herb growing, local medicine, materia medica, plant medicine, Uncategorized, vibrational medicine, wildcrafting

Farm-to-Clinic

I have grand dreams of a farm-to-clinic practice where the majority of the medicine made and distributed at the clinic is grown or ethically wildcrafted — right here. Every year my gardens feel like a tiny step toward that. It’s high season for medicine making, which includes pruning, picking, drying, tincturing, garbling, bagging, pressing. . . repeat. Doesn’t seem to me that there are many more pleasant ways to pass the time than keeping company with the bees and fragrant things. Check out some of what’s blooming now.

vervain1 — Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain)

yarrow3 — Achillea millefolium (Pink Yarrow)

elderflower3 — Sambucus canadense (Elder flower)

calpoppy1 — Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)

July 27, 2015January 11, 2017 by tinyponyapothecary Categories: blog, cultivation, herb growing, local medicine, materia medica, plant medicineTags: herb gardens, local medicine, materia medica, plant medicine Leave a comment