{"id":19470,"date":"2025-09-16T16:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=19470"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:02:26","slug":"harvesting-herbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/harvesting-herbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting Herbs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herb gathering is a meticulous art;\u00a0Herbs<\/a>\u00a0should be picks at exactly the right moment when their various qualities are at their peak. For most\u00a0Herbs<\/a>, this is usually during late spring and summer, and in the morning. Leaves should be picked young, just before the flowers open, when the leaf shoots contain concentrated medicinal powers.<\/p>\n

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Flowers are very fragile, so you should gather them the moment they open, before they have a chance to pollinate.<\/p>\n

Seeds should be dried out in the sun, however keep a watch on them as the wind may blow them away.<\/p>\n

Barks and roots are best gathered in spring and autumn when the roots are thick and bursting with sap.<\/p>\n

Drying\u00a0Herbs<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As soon as you\u2019ve picked, your\u00a0Herbs<\/a>\u00a0take them indoors as soon as possible, and tie them in small bunches.\u00a0Herbs<\/a>\u00a0should always be dried out in the driest, airiest and darkest place you can find. Your airing cupboard should provide the ideal environment. You can dry them in the microwave but I don\u2019t like this method, although it\u2019s perfectly acceptable for drying barks and roots.<\/p>\n

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Herb gathering is a meticulous art;\u00a0Herbs\u00a0should be picks at exactly the right moment when their various qualities are at their peak. For most\u00a0Herbs, this is usually during late spring and summer, and in the morning. Leaves should be picked young, just before the flowers open, when the leaf shoots contain concentrated medicinal powers. Flowers are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}