Re:Cold climate herbs

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To whomever asked about cold climates (I have deleted the original E

Mail ) I asked a friend in Canada and she sent me this reply...Love

Penny (and thank you Ien)

According to dr. Vogel herbs are stronger if they are grown at a higher

elevation. The good doctor was Swiss, so perhaps had a prejudice?

According to my philosophy, which is only that, each region and altitude

 

has herbs particularly suited to that region.

That certainly includes the North!

First of all, study your so-called weeds.

Do you have dandelions, chickweed, yellow dock, burdock, mullein,

stinging nettles, plantain ?

I thought so. What better healers do we want!

In the fields and along the roadsides, do you find chicory, red clover,

alfalfa?

In the woods, can you find bear berry, pipsissewa, devil's club?

In the mountain meadows we have Valerian and Arnica, so those are

tough!

Those are just some that come to mind. Cleavers, lady's

bedstraw....(gallium

verum)

Maria Treben would be a good guide here.

My climate is probably a bit milder than yours (West Kootenay mountain

country,

Southern interior of B.C.) but the last few years we have had a

veritable

invasion

of St John's wort. We do get the odd minus twenty, but not like it used

to.

Oregon Grape (mahonja) is also all over the place.

Mints will grow, peppermint, catnip, lemon balm. Lovage. Elderberry is

full

of healing properties and grows high in the mountains.

Sea buckthorn is being imported and growing great at high elevation.

Winter temps matter less than length of growing season.

Where are you? The Queen of Healing herbs, ECHINACEA, thrives on the

great

plains,

where it gets pretty cold. It must have lime.

Sanguinaria Canadensis or bloodroot is native to the great lakes region,

 

where the local people who knew a thing or two used it to cure cancer,

especially skin and breast.

That's all that comes to mind! get a Richter's catalogue, it is full of

good

stuff.

ien, bursting out in a chorus of oh Canada, in both official

languages....