Drying poppy, calendula, and chamomile, as well as comfrey leaves and lavender. Tincturing, vinegaring, honeying, and syruping every day--the herb harvest is abundant. Making sour cherry syrup as well, not enough to bake a pie. Curious how the local like the lambsquarters :)
Drying poppy, calendula, and chamomile, as well as comfrey leaves and lavender. Tincturing, vinegaring, honeying, and syruping every day--the herb harvest is abundant. Making sour cherry syrup as well, not enough to bake a pie. Curious how the local like the lambsquarters :)
We pick chamomile by hand, and it does take a while, but we never have more than a quart or two of fresh blossoms. I've seen people use blueberry rakes, the ones you use to harvest wild blueberries, and they're the perfect size for chamomile blossoms: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDznqMIsfu4/
Drying poppy, calendula, and chamomile, as well as comfrey leaves and lavender. Tincturing, vinegaring, honeying, and syruping every day--the herb harvest is abundant. Making sour cherry syrup as well, not enough to bake a pie. Curious how the local like the lambsquarters :)
I harvested chamomile up to a few weeks ago. Pretty tedious process. But it smells great. What method do you use?
We pick chamomile by hand, and it does take a while, but we never have more than a quart or two of fresh blossoms. I've seen people use blueberry rakes, the ones you use to harvest wild blueberries, and they're the perfect size for chamomile blossoms: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDznqMIsfu4/
Thanks. I'll take a look at blueberry rakes.
Likewise, I'd also love to know how people at the farmer's market take to lambsquarter. Personally, I like it a lot better than spinach.