Sandy asks…
I am looking to grow my own herbs to use for wicca practices, which herbs should I grow?
I was wondering which herbs have to best properties and uses. Can anyone give me a list of herbs I should grow and their properties. also I am looking to buy essential oils to put in homemade bee wax candles… are there any certain scents I should buy.. also do you know any good websites where I can bye these essential oils and bee waxes for a good price? Thanks!
GardenersCardiff answers:
Just a note here– Wiccans don’t need to grow herbs or work with herbs/essential oils. It’s absolutely irrelevant to our religion.
You can be Wiccan all your life and never use herbs or oil for any reason. There’s no Wiccann practices that require them… The only thing that’s required to be Wiccan is a relationship with our Gods and living by Wicca’s tenets and such.
As for herbs, there’s no ‘best’ — it’s more about what you want to use them for, what your goals are.
And as a side note because you’re gardening you also want to consider which are suited to your USDA growing zone and regional conditions/soil. It’s always a good idea to get a herb gardening book that’s specific to your local area, such as the south east or the north west or whatever.
Same thing with essential oils– what scents do you like? What do you want to use? What do you want to do with them (I mean, is you’re planning on doing spiritual work or magic, what are your intents?).
You can get that stuff on Amazon.com… Just make sure you’re getting pure essential, not fragrance (chemical, artificial) oils.
Thomas asks…
Do you grow your own vegetables?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Yes, we grow our own veggies..and I put them up in the freezer, and canning.
Tomatoes, yellow crook neck squash, cucmbers, Okra, sweet corn, green beans, bell pepper, Cayanne pepper, and many herbs(which are perrenials) and some annual herbs too!
We a grow potatoes using car tires….easy and saves room.
We also grow cantalope, and watermelons, and pumpkins.
Gardening is alot of fun, and enjoyable to watch your own vegetables grow, and enjoy them, plus its nice to share with neighbors, friends and family.
We also have a fall garden and we plants greens in the fall to have for the winter too!
Sharon asks…
Growing Herbs?
How do I start? Can I just buy like herb seeds and plant them, and do I need to know anything in particular about planting/growning them
GardenersCardiff answers:
It depends on which herbs you’re growing.
Some herbs are difficult to start from seed, and you may even want to grow them in a starter tray or in pots until they’re big enough to hold their own.
Some herbs happen to like hot, sunny, and dry, and even a bit of neglect. Others don’t, but once they get a foothold they’re virtually impossible to weed out again.
You’ll find that members of the mint family are easy to grow- but they can be invasive, so consider keeping them in containers unless you really don’t mind them going wild. Oregano- distantly related to mint- is another easy to grow herb.
One year I grew sage, oregano, basil, and thyme together in a large pot- and thew grew beautifully, and gave me some of the tastiest pot roasts and stews I have ever eaten.
Good luck!
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Donald asks…
how can I make essential oils for myself?
I grow my own medicinal herbs and would like to make essential oils from them.
GardenersCardiff answers:
WEll essenntial oils can be extraced from plants in several methods. One is by crushing and choppping them. Then further you chose your method by the property of the essential oil. If it has a low boiling point, you can easily fracion distill it. If it decomposes before boiling off you can use simple solvent extraction. Bo hify kits required!!
Thomas asks…
How can I start my own indoor garden (grow my own produce)?
I’m interested in growing my own produce, but I live in an apartment in the city so I don’t have a garden to grow produce in. How can I grow a good amount of produce indoors and what are the best veggies/fruits to grow under such conditions?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Herbs is the only thing that you can grow indoors. Produce must be grown in a green house or outside. You cannot grow produce under lights or in window sills indoors.
You can however grow some produce in containers on a balcony if it gets direct sun for 6 or more hours. Don’t waste you time trying anything other than herbs indoors.
Donna asks…
How hard is it to grow your own veggies?
with an obvious upcoming depression/recession [my sales are down badly and my sister a company director cant get work]
should I start growing my own veggies in the yard? As long as you have food and shelter it doesnt seem like a big deal.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Growing some vegetables can be really rewarding if you like growing plants. You can use a container or plant in the yard. What you can grow depends on your climate. I grow fruit trees and have berries. If you can grow extra food, you can barter with it for other goods. If you freeze and/or can, you can provide much of your own produce.
I used to grow beans that could be eaten as green beans and some left to mature for dried beans for soup or chili. Herbs are really fun, too!
The important thing to remember is that growing plants need water regularly. You can’t skip or your plants may die. It isn’t difficult and it need not be too time consuming.
Gardening can become a great passion and it can enhance your pleasure in cooking and eating to grow varieties you can’t buy at the store.
My best advice would be to start small and see how you like it.
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