Use This Method to Dry Herbs for Stronger Medicinal Properties

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

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

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We're bringing in the harvest and that means herbs for the spice and natural medicine cabinet. Use these methods and tips to make sure you're getting the strongest medicinal properties in your herbs including the best harvest time, drying method, AND storing them correctly. Join my FREE live Using Herbs Effectively & Safely During Cold & Flu Season here https://melissaknorris.com/herbclass and get resource links for this episode at https://melissaknorris.com/273

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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 273. In today's episode I'm going to be sharing with you the steps to ensure that you're
1:38.6	harvesting your herbs at the correct time as well as what you need to do when storing them to ensure
1:49.1	you have the highest medicinal properties in the herb and you're not releasing it
1:56.7	until the time of use. But first let me introduce you to the podcast.
2:04.9	I'm your host, Melissa K. Norris, a fifth generation homesteader
2:08.7	who got back to her roots of using simple modern homesteading for a healthier and more self-sufficient life after a
2:17.0	cancer scare in my late 20s.
2:21.0	This is the place for you my friend. if you sometimes wondered if you weren't born a hundred years too late
2:27.4	If you've always thought that you and Laura Ingalls would be best friends and if you think that every home in kitchen would be better if they
2:36.1	were filled with mason jars and cast iron and those things were used daily with homegrown and homemade food. If that is you, then welcome home and
2:48.7	welcome to this amazing community of modern pioneers. I feel like in almost every episode or everything in our life
2:58.7	right now we are doing more than ever in order to be prepared for this fall and winter.
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