Tasty Tea Collection (7 seed packets): Basil, Kivumbasi Lime; Greek Mountain Tea; Chamomile, German; Lemon Balm; Marshmallow; Nettles; Tulsi–Temperate, organic

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These are our tastiest, easy-to-grow herb tea favorites.  Set consists of generous packets one each of:  Basil, Kivumbasi Lime (Ocimum africanum = African Tea Basil); Greek Mountain Tea; Chamomile, German; Balm, Lemon; Marshmallow; Nettles; Tulsi–Temperate, organic

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7 full-sized packets,  Certified Organically Grown

Tulsi Seed Set

TULSI (Holy Basil) SEED SET (4 seed packets): Krishna, Rama, Temperate, Vana, all organic

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Greetings friends.  We are sold out of Krishna tulsi seed until new crop fall 2024.  Therefore we are shutting down sales on the tulsi set until that time.  Rama, Vana and Temperate tulsi seeds still available for individual sales.  Thanks for your understanding and have a great growing year!  Richo and the team at Strictly Medicinal Seeds

Family:  Mint (Lamiaceae)

Krishna, Rama and Vana are perennial, Hardy to zone 10 to 12.  Temperate tulsi is an annual.

The TULSI set consists of four full sized packets of Holy Basil (Tulsi) used to make the health-promoting tea in ayurvedic medicine. These are: The lovely Rama Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), the purple-leaved Krishna Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), the large leaved perennial bush basil Vana Tulsi (Ocimum gratissimum) and the easy-to-grow green-leaved Temperate Tulsi (Ocimum africanum).

Prepare a flat of potting soil or a fine seedbed in spring and scatter seeds on surface, then press in and keep evenly moist and warm until germination, which is rapid.  Tropical types (Krishna, Vana, Rama) are best started in strong light in very warm conditions.  The temperate tulsi will germinate on a windowsill.  Transplant or thin to 1 foot apart.  Traditional usage (Ayurveda): stress, anxiety, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, and dementia.  Drinking tulsi tea in the morning is a fantastic way to get started.

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4 full-sized packets, Certified Organically Grown

AUM SHANTI AUM

First Time Medicinal Herb Garden

First Time Medicinal Herb Garden (Holy Basil, Calendula, Comfrey, Self Heal and Yarrow), Organic

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Easy not Peasy.

First Time Medicinal Herb Garden consists of full-sized seed packets of:

Holy Basil (Temperate Tulsi) (Ocimum africanum), organic

Mixed Calendula (orange and yellow flowers) (Calendula officinalis), organic

True Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), organic

Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris), organic

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), organic

To the beginning grower, it can be a bit overwhelming to choose among the many herbs.  We’ve taken the guesswork out by suggesting five herbs that are relatively easy to start from seed.  Medicinal flowers chosen on the basis of their great utility in herbal medicine. Frankly, a garden with just these plants is a great boost to anyone’s self-sufficiency!  All of them are perennials except the holy basil and the calendula, which are annuals. Both of these self-seed readily if allowed to go to seed, whereupon new plants will arise the following year.  All the plants in this collection are dependable growers for making the most basic herbal teas, tinctures and salves. Directions for planting are printed right on the packet.

For more information on why these herbs are chosen for a “first garden,” check Richo’s blog at this link 

For more information on how to harvest and process these and other fine herbs, we recommend our flagship book “Making Plant Medicine.”

5 full-sized packets, 100 % certified organically grown, price shown is a discount

 

Growing Your Garden Pharmacy Book Cover

“Growing Your Garden Pharmacy” by Richo Cech

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An Herbal Reeds Publication

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“If Basil root is held in the arm,
there is no fear of thunders.”

“Growing Your Garden Pharmacy” is pure Richo–the familiar mix of stories, recipes, humor, poetry, level-headed advice, science and mysticism.  Gardeners looking to better understand direct-seeding, starting seedlings indoors and medicinal gardening in pots will find information and inspiration in this publication.  The booklet also includes a discussion of planting without the use of greenhouse, manual watering, potting soil, plastic trays or transplant shock.  How to make Astragalus soup.  How to drug cats with Valerian.  How to make an infused oil of Saint John’s Wort.  Stories, descriptions, harvest, processing, storage and practical uses for the following herbs:

Astragalus
Bergamot
Borage
Calendula
California Poppy
Echinacea angustifolia and purpurea
Evening Primrose
Garden Sage
German Chamomile
Temperate Tulsi
Lavender
Leopard Flower
Pleurisy Root
Saint John’s Wort
Self Heal
Skullcap
Valerian
Yarrow

32 pages, soft cover (pamphlet), illustrated by Nadja Cech

 

Glorious-Garden-Herb-Seed-Collection

Glorious Garden, 48 full color medicinal herb seed packets, organic

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“Glorious Garden” contains one full-sized color illustrated seed packet each of:

Absinthe Wormwood
Baikal Skullcap
Blue Vervain
Codonopsis (Dang-shen)
Dark Blue Coneflower
Greek Basil
Lady’s Mantle
Meadow Arnica
Meadowsweet
Passionflower
Red Clover
Roman Chamomile
Skullcap, Official
Spike Amaranth
Spilanthes
Wid Lettuce

Plus Extra Essentials:

Ashwagandha
Borage
Cilantro
Evening Primrose
Genovese Basil
Broadleaf Plantain
English Broadleaf Thyme
Garden Sage
Gobo Burdock
Greek Oregano
Lemon Balm
Heartsease Violet
Motherwort
Summer Savory
Stinging Nettles
Wild Dandelion

Plus Essential Medicinals:

Astragalus (Huang-qi)
Orange Calendula
German Chamomile
True Comfrey
Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Coneflower)
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
Elecampane
English Lavender
Feverfew
Hyssop
Marshmallow
White Sage
Self Heal
Temperate Tulsi (Holy Basil)
Valerian
Yarrow

In all, 48 full-sized color seed packets, Certified Organically Grown