5 Tips to Harvest Herbal Flowers for Medicinal Purposes

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Learn the best time to harvest your herbal flowers for medicinal purposes. Melissa walks you through her favorite top pics for medicinal herbal flowers, how to use all 3 parts of the echinacea, as well as lavender, chamomile, and calendula. You'll get a detailed explanation of what signs to avoid on the blossoms you want to use medicinally and best time of day to harvest. For resources on this episode, including a video, go to https://melissaknorris.com/197 Make sure you get your free seat for the Organic Gardening Workshop, where you'll learn how to use flowers as a companion plant, and a whole lot more here https://melissaknorris.com/gardenworkshop

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make
0:16.2	sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is
0:28.2	packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.
0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
0:56.9	We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.
1:02.1	So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by
1:06.2	that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash
1:18.2	summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.
1:25.2	Welcome to episode number 197. Today we are going to be talking about the best time and way to harvest your
1:36.4	flowering herbs when you plan on using them for your natural medicine cabinet.
1:45.0	Welcome to the Pioneering Today podcast.
1:47.0	I'm your host Melissa Kay Norris,
1:49.1	and this is where we inspire and also give you clear tips and tricks to live a homegrown and homemade life.
1:58.4	You may have noticed that we are putting out extra episodes where these are shorter and we're answering your questions.
2:05.2	So make sure that you hit subscribe so you don't miss any of our episodes.
2:09.8	And if you have got a question that you would love to hear me address or go over on the podcast, please let me know.
2:18.0	You can either put it in a review of the episode, you can let me know in comments or shoot me an email at
2:25.5	Melissa at Melissa at mollissa k Norris.com and put in that subject line
2:30.8	podcast question. Okay let's get right to it so that we keep this short
2:36.7	and sweet. One of the questions I get asked a lot is when is the best time to harvest
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