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Wild Fennel

Seeding: April to August, outdoor-cultivation on a sunny

Fennel has a painkilling effect and helps against gastric flu. Caterpillars of swallowtails love Wild Fennel as a source of food. Wild Fennel does not grow good next to Dill.

  Usage: Fennel seeds taste delicious in bread. 

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Green Shiso

Seeding: pre-cultivation from April, outdoor-cultivation from May

Shiso has been cherished by Japanese women for its beauty benefits. Shiso tea has also been a popular beauty remedy among Japanese women due to its delectable fragrance and high saturation in omega-3 fatty acids. Shiso works against inflammation, so it has often been used on conditions such as the rheumatoid arthritis, food poisoning, and the common cold. Science has become extremely interested in shiso for this anti allergy ability.

Usage: In Korea the leaves are eaten as a salad. And the Japanese kitchen uses the leaves for Sushi or Tempura. 

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Valerian

Seeding: March to April and in August. Don’t cover the seeds, just press them firmly in the soil.

Valerian helps against mental overwork, sleeplessness and stress. The German name of the plant „Baldrian“ refers back to „Baldur“, the Nordic god of Light, Purity and Goodness. In Mythology the crop of the goddess “Herta” was made from Valerian. She used the crop when she rode on her deer in the woods.  That’s why Valerian stood for the calming effects on wild animals as well as on our “wild” minds and tensions.

 Usage: Tea from the roods 

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St. John’s Wort

Seeding: In early spring in cold frames, later outdoor cultivation. Just covert he seeds with soil

Time of blossoming: July to September

  In mythology the plant dispels the evil and dark. Fresh flowers stain red if you smash them. They have already been used in earlier centuries as a mystic healing plant.

In many regions the plant was called St. John’s blood. The plant has a soothing effect on the brain and helps against sates of anxiety, unrest, tension and depression. 

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Ribwort Plantain

Seeding: outdoor cultivation in June/July

 According to the Native American medical herb botany “Plantago” means  “step of the white man”.

Ribwort Plantain keeps you down to earth and in the present .The plant also stands for a sense of well-being and independence. Ribwort Plantain will be your best companion.

The plant helps for the relief of abrasions, stings, burns and rashes.

Usage: The leaves can be used for a Ribwort Plantain sauce, soup or salad.