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Everlasting
Gardener’s
Improving Your Herb Know-How
Publisher: Joanie Lapic Volume Number 1
Issue Number 8 Date: August, 2008 |
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“Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the
whole earth . . . And to . . . Everything that has the breath of life in it
I give every green plant for food.’” Gen.1: 29,30
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IN THIS ISSUE:
~ August and September Events, Classes and Appearances
~ Herbal Fertilizers
~ Herbal Highlight - CHERVIL
~ August 20 % OFF SALE
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"There's Rosemary, that's for remembrance;
Pray you love, remember."
Shakespeare, Hamlet
from Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America, by Colonial Dames of America:
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AUGUST APPEARANCES
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Joanie presents
The Many "Lives" of Lavender
for Beaver Valley Christian Women's Club
August 19, 7 pm
Blue Violet Cafe
Rochester, Pennsylvania
This dinner meeting is an outreach of Stonecroft Ministries, which equips
women to impact their communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
You may call for reservations 724-775-1465. $13.00
stonecroft.org
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Joanie’s Courses at the Heritage School
at the Succop Conservancy ---
HERBAL COOKING Sept. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
NATURE’S MEDICINE Sept. 18 and 19
Please click on this link for information:
http://www.heritagefolkschool.org/course-schedules.asp
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AUGUST CLASSES
HOW TO SIGN UP for CLASSES and EVENTS
at Everlasting Gardener
Please follow each Class’s specific instructions on deadlines and deposit
amounts you need to become registered for each Class. “Events” registrations
may be different from “Classes“ registrations.
To make your reservation for classes, your deposit of half the class fee
must be in Joanie's mailbox on the specified date before the class starts.
And you must receive CONFIRMATION from Joanie before the class starts, so be
sure to give your contact information.
You can sign up for classes, or see a list of past and
future classes by visiting her
website
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Herbs and Their Flowers In Your Kitchen
Saturday, August 2, 2008
At Everlasting Gardener
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch at Noon
We’ll tour the gardens and gather herbs and flowers, which will be added to
our herbal lunch.
Learn how to make herbal butters, vinegar, Pesto, jellies, breads, decorate
your salads and plates, crystallize flowers, and much more!
Together we’ll make a batch of lemon-rose geranium jelly - and you take home
a jar.
You also receive an herb plant - AND HERBAL LUNCH with the cost of this
class.
$14.00
To reserve your place, your $7.00 deposit for the Aug. 2 class date must be
in Joanie’s mailbox by Thursday, July 31.
Herbs and their flowers offer a variety of interesting flavors to accompany
our food dishes.
We can use herb leaves and edible flowers in culinary dishes such as green
salads, fruit salads, cakes, jellies, or simply to decorate a plate of food.
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PRACTICAL HERBOLOGY
AT EVERLASTING GARDENER
August 9 and 16, 2008, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
(OR YOU CAN OPT TO TAKE THE CLASS ON ONLY ONE OF THESE DAYS -
PLEASE SEE BELOW)
THIS IS THE SEMINAR YOU WANT TO TAKE. . .
. . .TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE HERBAL PREPARATIONS
like skin-healing salve, tincture, essential oil therapies, virus-killing
and mood-enhancing room
sprays, stiff/painful joint cream, natural deodorant and non-toxic household
cleaners.
. . .TO BECOME SKILLED AT IDENTIFICATION
of herbs by sight, smell and touch. In Joanie’s exhibit gardens you will
find these herbs and more: St. John’s wort, feverfew, marshmallow,
shepherd’s purse, agrimony, comfrey, sage, wood betony, nasturtium,
valerian, arnica, boneset, burdock, sheep sorrel, lavender, elecampane,
echinacea, digitalis, various thymes, motherwort, orris root, goldenseal,
meadowsweet and various mints.
. . .TO UNDERSTAND HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS -
exactly which herbs are needed to enhance brain function, encourage weight
loss, help overactive children to concentrate, overcome debilitating skin
conditions and joint problems, which herbs can not be taken with
pharmaceutical drugs, help us feel young at any age, and more…
A lot of printed materials is given.
Light herbal refreshments will be served.
We will make the PROJECTS together and you will take yours home with you.
AUG. 9 --
Tour of the Herb Gardens
and PROJECTS:
medicinal tea + bags
poultice/bath bag
tincture
soothing cream for stiff joints, etc.
clearing clay masque
massage oil
AUG. 16 --
Tour of the Herb Gardens
and PROJECTS:
herbal household cleaner
healing salve (includes lesson on infused oils)
natural deodorant
room sprays: anti-virus AND mood-enhancing
therapeutic bath salts, with essential oils
The cost of the 7 hour, 2-day seminar, including printed materials,
refreshments, and
all projects is $150.00. If you can only attend one of the sessions, you
only pay $75.00
What you learn from this seminar puts control of your health into your own
hands!
Attend with a friend or relative, and you both receive a $5.00 reduction in
the seminar price.
Your reservation deposit of $75 (for both sessions) OR $40.00 (for one
session) per person
MUST be in Joanie’s mailbox by Saturday, August 2, 2008. (She must have time
to order your materials, print copies, shop for supplies, etc.)
Please call or e-mail Joanie with any questions:
Joanie Lapic, HERB SPECIALIST
Everlasting Gardener
phone: 724.846.4787
e-mail: joanie@everlastinggardener.com
visit:
http://www.everlastinggardener.net
blog:
http://improving-your-herb-know-how-joanie.blogspot.com/
THIS IS A VERY “HANDS-ON”, INFORMATION-PACKED SEMINAR!
“PESTO and OTHER TASTY HERB
DISHES”
Saturday, August 23, 2 to 4 pm
We’ll make a delicious Pesto together,
then, while we’re snacking on that, Joanie will introduce you to 5 other
herbal hors d’oeuvres and dishes that will dazzle and fascinate your
mealtime guests! Take home some pesto and recipes.$10.00 per person. Please
send your $5.00 reservation deposit so that Joanie receives it in her
mailbox by
Thursday, Aug. 21
It’s more fun when you attend with a
friend!
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Act 48 Continuing Professional
Education Courses
Act 48 Continuing Professional Education Courses
The following course is offered through the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit:
“HERBAL COOKING AND WORLD CULTURES”
September 13 and 20, 2008, 8:30 - 4:00 pm
Joanie is offering classes (at her Everlasting Gardener, 888 Tulip Drive,
New Brighton, PA 15066, address) for educators, for their Act 48 credits.
Each of Joanie’s courses gives ONE Credit.
Please follow this link for registration and other details:
http://www.bviu.org/4638%5F91916121149/site/default.asp
All questions or concerns should be directed to Cristine Wagner at
(724) 774-7800 ext. 3010 or via email at clw@bviu.org
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HERBAL FERTILIZERS
How about a great fertilizer for your herbs, veggies and flowers - MADE FROM
herbs!!
You can make a fertile organic plant food that not only makes herb plants
grow and yield better - but is also inexpensive.
Herbs, just like other green plants, give up minerals and nutrients when
they decay.
People have known since the 9 th Century that comfrey does that, and since
the 11 th Century that raspberry and dandelion do too.
Certain herbs provide nutrients that make your garden plants thrive:
nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and ten other essential nutrients.
How you make this herbal ‘manure‘ tea:
METHOD ONE --
Combine the dried herbs (see list below) and put them into a pillowcase or
other cloth bag, tying the top shut.
Put it into a 24-gallon trash can, fill the can with water, and put the lid
on for safety and to deter mosquitos.
Let steep for about 5 days.
METHOD TWO –
Pour four cups of boiling water over a big handful of fresh herbs or two
tablespoons dried (see list below). Infuse ½ to 1 hour.
Strain and then use.
Here are the best herbs to use, and the amount of each to use in each batch
(if you don’t have every one of these herbs, just use the ones you do) –
Tansy, 2 ½ ounces
Nettle, 2 ½ ounces
Mint, 2 ½ ounces
Hops, 2 ½ ounces
Comfrey, 1 ounce
Raspberry leaves, 1 ounce
Dandelion, 1 ounce
Horsetail, 1 ounce
Coltsfoot, 1 ounce
Purple coneflower, 1 ounce
Soapwort, 1 ounce
Sage, 1 ounce
1 clove garlic
If you use fresh herbs instead of dried, use double or triple the amount of
dried.
Some of the herbal nutrients supplied by these herbs:
Comfrey – nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, trace minerals
Coltsfoot – sulfur and potassium
Dandelion – copper
Dill – potassium, sulfur, sodium, trace minerals
Horsetail – silica
Nettle – iron, nitrogen, several minerals and trace elements
Once the herb liquid has steeped and strained, just use it like you would
any liquid fertilizer, to make your annual and perennial plants healthier.
Seedlings don’t suffer transplant shock, and you can’t burn the plants
you’re fertilizing.
If you’re cutting herbs to use, they can be harvested more often. This
fertilizer can be used on houseplants as well.
Some information from an article in “The Herb Companion”, Liquid Herbs,
by Heidi Herzberger
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HERBAL HIGHLIGHT - CHERVIL
CHERVIL
Anthriscus cerefolium
This interesting, delicate herb has a very light parsley-anise flavor
with a hint of myrrh. It is almost always included in the French
fines herbes culinary blend.
Its fresh taste is a quality addition to any meal.
Chervil is best grown in light shade, mostly during the ‘heat’ of the day.
This is how it grows in my western Pennsylvania garden, where the
maple and locust trees are so tall that they give shade around midday.
The soil should be light, well-drained and quite fertile.
It’s a good idea to plant seeds every six weeks, to keep fresh chervil
coming, since it goes to seed quickly in hot weather.
It is said to be a good indoor plant in the winter, if it gets enough
humidity. If it is not possible for you to grow Chervil indoors, leaves
can be frozen or dried to preserve them for later use.
Giving this little plant just what it likes yields such wonderful flavor!
You can start gathering leaves when they are about 4 inches high.
USES
Culinary --
Use LEAVES generously in salads, soups, sauces, vegetables, chicken,
white fish, and egg dishes. When used in a cooked dish, add right at
the end, to avoid flavor loss. When used in combination with other herbs,
chervil enhances their flavor. You can even use the tender, cut-up stems
in salads, soups and casseroles.
Cosmetic --
Make a tea with the leaves, or chop up and add to a clay or other mask
to clean out the pores and discourage wrinkles.
Medicinal --
Eating the raw leaves gives additional vitamin C, carotene and some
minerals. Made into a tea, chervil stimulates digestion and helps with
circulation disorders, liver problems and chronic catarrh (painful,
inflamed upper or lower respiratory stuffiness).
(some information obtained from "The Complete Book of Herbs“, by Leslie
Bremness)
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August special - Herb Plant sale -- Perennials only --
20% off
You may buy your plants at Everlasting Gardener
888 Tulip Drive, New Brighton, PA 15066
FIRST CALL FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT.
OR
you may have your plants sent to you by mail.
Just order and pay for them, and as soon as the weather is cooperative, your
plants will be sent to you USPS “Second-day”.
Contact Joanie with any questions.
List of herb
plants for
sale.
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Improving Your Health ~ Naturally
I am happy to help you take your health back into your own hands.
I offer many services and products that enable you to do just that.
Joanie Lapic, HERB SPECIALIST
Everlasting Gardener
phone: 724.846.4787
e-mail: joanie@everlastinggardener.com
visit: http://www.everlastinggardener.net
blog:
http://improving-your-herb-know-how-joanie.blogspot.com/
Certified Herbalist, Aromatherapist, Iridologist & Foot
Reflexologist
It is my deep conviction that
"The Lord has brought medicines into existence from the earth,
and the sensible man will not despise them."
Eccl. 38:4
(Jerusalem Bible)
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Think SAFETY!!! Students begin returning to school late
this month.
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