Hey Plauntie✨ I’ve been doing some research on starting a vegetable/herb garden and I was wondering what herbs, medicinal or otherwise, you think should definitely be included? I got a good idea from googling, but I trust your advice more than most of these ‘organic living’ blogs. Like… they had no warnings. About medicinal herbs. Used medicinally. In the human body. *face desk* I just wanna grow some green shit & not accidentally poison myself and my family lol (also send pats to the cats💕)

systlin:

WILL PAT KITTEHS

As for herbs, here’s a list of various culinary/medicinal herbs that are easy to grow and harmless. 

I consider peppermint to be absolutely a must. Easy to grow, too. Too easy, sometimes. Peppermint has the same world domination ethos as Genghis Khan. Bees love it. 

Sage is another staple, for kitchen, witchcraft, and medicinal. Bees love it. 

Thyme. I adore thyme. Delicious, and good for sore throats. Bees love it. 

Calendula (pot marigold). I use it in ointments for skin care and it’s a staple in my ‘calm the fuck down guts’ anti IBS tea. Also is lovely, and all sorts of bees and butterflies love it. 

Chamomile. Chamomile tea is my favorite gentle sedative to settle down, and it smells beautiful and tastes lovely. Annual, but if you let some of the flowers go to seed it reseeds itself readily. Bees love it. I’ve seen mason bees headbutting each other for choice chamomile flowers. 

Rosemary, but I treat it as an annual because it is a Finicky Bitch and I have never overwintered it in a pot successfully. I use it in topical pain salves (rosemary and arnica are both good for helping soothe pain when applied to the skin) and rosemary tea helps with headaches. Also, it’s delicious. Bees also love it. 

Chives. I love chives. Fresh chives are a must for any kitchen garden. 

Hot peppers. Vital in topical pain ointments, and also for spicing up food. 

Parsley. I love parsley; I’ll eat bunches of it straight up. Swallowtail caterpillars eat the leaves, too, and I always grow a bunch so the swallowtail babies and me both get plenty. 

 Basil. Delicious, and good for upset stomachs. But more importantly, delicious. Bees love it. 

I love how much you love your bees.