420 - Spring’s Best Herbs for Food & Health with Bevin Cohen

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

4.4 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to take your herb gardening and foraging skills to the next level? In today’s episode, author Bevin Cohen joins me to share practical, beginner-friendly advice on growing, harvesting, and using herbs throughout the seasons. We explore common herbs like calendula, dill, chickweed, plantain, dandelion, and parsley—and even touch on wild foraging and preserving herbs for year-round use. Whether you’re growing in your backyard or exploring weeds in your garden, this episode will inspire you to see herbs in a whole new way!

In This Episode:

🌿 Why thinking seasonally matters when growing and using herbs
🌼 Practical tips for calendula, dill, chickweed, dandelion, and parsley
🥗 Ways to forage common garden "weeds" like chickweed and lamb’s quarters
🌻 Unexpected uses for sunflowers in your garden
🍃 How to properly dry herbs like chickweed for long-term use
🧴 DIY ideas for infused oils, vinegars, and natural remedies
📚 A behind-the-scenes look at Bevin’s new book Herbs in Every Season

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📗 Herbs in Every Season by Bevin Cohen — Get it here
🌿 Herb Cheat Sheet — Download here
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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast. So many of you have told me that you want to learn more about herbs.
0:06.4	Growing herbs and using herbs specifically in the kitchen and as medicinal remedies. And for that, I've got an episode that you're absolutely going to love.
0:15.5	Bevan Cohen is the author of Herbs in Every Season. And he is going to bring a practical approach to not only growing
0:22.4	herbs, but using them and also foraging for some in our yard. I love the tips that he shared,
0:29.1	specifically how we can grow and use common herbs and flowers like calendula and dill and chickweed,
0:35.7	plantain, dandelion, parsley, and more.
0:39.0	You are going to love this episode.
0:40.4	I love this episode.
0:41.8	So let's get to my conversation with Bevan Cohen, author of Herbs in Every Seasons.
0:48.3	Before we get started, a quick word from our sponsor.
0:51.3	Now that we are past the last frost day, it is time to fill those raised beds.
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1:03.1	planting. It's quick and it helps reduce transplant shock and it gets the roots growing fast.
1:09.6	Rev boosts the microbial life in the soil,
1:12.3	improves moisture retention, and helps your plants. Whether they're veggies, herbs, fruit, even citrus,
1:18.4	it helps them to settle in and thrive. Grab your bottle of Organic Rev by going to Organicrev.com
1:24.2	and use my promo code Jill 10 to get 10% off your order.
1:28.6	Now let's jump into my conversation with Bevan.
1:31.4	Hi, Bevan. Welcome to the podcast. I'm excited to talk to you about herbs today.
1:35.4	This has been something that a lot of listeners have told me they want to dive more into both culinary and for medicinal herbs.
1:43.1	But to start out, why do you love herbs so much? You can tell
1:46.9	that they're a passion of yours. What is it about them that has intrigued you so much?
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