Farm Direct Certified Organic Herbs + Online Herbal Tutorials on How to Use Them!
Herb shares will consist of mixture of certified organic fresh and dried herbs each month, hand harvested within 24 hours of delivery to the pickup site. If herbs are dried it is because they are best used in dried form or difficult to maintain quality beyond the day of harvest.
Every month, from May through October, shareholders will receive:
4 different freshly harvested herbs each month (Approximately 4-8 ounces each or 1.5-2 pounds total of fresh herbs)
Online access to 5-8-minute instructional videos created for each specific plant provided taught by Linda Shanahan, Nurse Educator & Herbalist
Instruction on storage and processing of your herbs into valuable herbal medicine
Access to member pricing on all the herbs that we grow and products that we sell
Sample Share Contents
(Shares vary year to year):
Late May
4 Ounces Motherwort Fresh Leafy Tops, 8 Ounces fresh Mugwort Leafy tops, 4 Ounces fresh Catnip Leaf, 4 Ounces Fresh Chamomile Flowers
Mid-Late June
8 ounces Fresh Milky Oats, 4 Ounces of California Poppy Whole Plant, 4 Ounces Fresh Lavender Wands, 4 Ounces Fresh Hyssop
July
4 ounces Fresh Yarrow Flowering Tops, 8 ounces fresh Echinacea Leaf and Flower, 8 ounces fresh Lemon Balm, 4 ounces fresh Peppermint
August
4 Ounces fresh flowering Passionflower Vine, 6 Ounces Fresh Garlic, 8 Ounces fresh Tulsi Basil, 8 ounces Spilanthes whole Plant
September
2 ounces Dried Calendula Flowers, 4 ounces fresh Hibiscus Flowers, 8 Ounces fresh Rosemary, 4 Ounces Fresh White Sage Leaf
October
8 ounces fresh baby Ginger Root, 4 ounces fresh baby Turmeric 1, Ounce dried Wild Cherry Bark, 8 Ounces fresh Valerian Root
Total Retail Value of Fresh and Dried Herbs: $300/6months or $50/month
Total Retail Value of Educational Videos (twenty four 5-8 minute videos): $240/6months or $40/month
Online access to video instruction for each herb with harvesting, processing and use info!
The herbs provided should allow for members to make enough medicine to care for a family of four for a year of health promotion (such as herbal support for digestion and sleep) and symptomatic care of uncomplicated illness such as colds and flu.
You will be notified of each harvest window during the week prior in order to plan ahead for your share
Our mission is to connect people to plants. We love to share our farm knowledge, perspectives, and understanding with everyone who has questions about herbs. Lets connect and start your herbal learning journey!
