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The mullein is exploding this year. Harvested one-third of the plant last week and it's almost ready for another harvest. Mullein is great of clearing out the lungs from all kinds of respiratory dis-eases. Be sure you always filter mullein with a fine cloth. It has tiny hairs that can irritate the throat.

While good micro-biology and regenerative practices can often mine the minerals needed, sometime nature needs a boost. Especially when your growing area has decades of farming that removed nutrients. Getting a quality soil test and applying the right minerals, especially micro-nutrients, will boost biology and plant health giving you a healthy nutrient-dense crop. Since my land was used for bean and pea production and then as dairyland, many of the minerals went out with th

Most of herbs are beong sprouted in hydroponics. This allows me to get deep roots before planting in soil. When transplanting I sprinkle a little mycorrhizal fungi on the roots to include them. This helps them network together and build soil structure and cycle nutrients as a team.

This is the beginning of my bulk medicinal herbal forest. Room for 40 or so herbs in 3x15 foot sections. This is an 1800 square foot area cut out of lawn and mixed with 6 inches of local aged forest mulch. All set for planting in the 2025 season.