Herbalstead Ohio

06/08/2026

Does anyone need comfrey for fertilizer? That’s all this is good for but comfrey fertilizer is excellent!

You need to trim off and throw away all the flowering bunches or you may end up with true comfrey seeds being planted anywhere you use this - very important! Not sure if viable seeds are contained in the bunches but don’t take any chances.

Pick up today or it gets composted. Msg me for address.

06/06/2026

Today is Motherwort harvest day while I wait for the garden to dry a bit after the rain (yay! We got rain!!!)

Motherwort is a little spikey in the flower area so some people use gloves to harvest and process. Best time to harvest is during early flowering stage - just when the flowers are opening. You can often get another harvest later in the summer/fall as well! ❤️

Use the search function on my page to read all about the uses and benefits of my beloved Motherwort!!!

06/06/2026

We did some electroculture in our cherry tomato pots today. For some reason these boogers just aren’t growing 🙄 I’m having a bit of a year 😭😭😭

06/05/2026

I am working on getting orders out…either this afternoon or tomorrow morning. I really appreciate everyone’s patience as this is a super busy time of year for me as you all know.

I will try to turn orders around more quickly in the future - I have just been struggling to get vegetables in the ground this past 2 weeks!!! Crazy crazy life!!!

Enjoy your weekend and pray for rain!!!

06/03/2026

This is the perfect explanation why you can only find a select few of our products at Top Me Off Refill Shop!!!

We've had a few people ask why we don't carry ALL of Herbalstead Ohio's products in the shop.

There are two reasons for that. 😊

1. She has SO many amazing products that honestly, she'd need a whole store of her own to fit everything!

2. Some of her products are best chosen after a conversation about your specific needs. The items we carry in the shop are products that are generally appropriate for anyone to purchase and use. The products we don't carry often require a little more guidance to make sure they're the right fit for you.

If you're interested in the full Herbalstead Ohio line, we encourage you to reach out to her directly and schedule a consultation through the Herbalstead Ohio page. 💚

We're happy to carry a selection of her products, and we're also a pickup location for Herbalstead orders!

06/01/2026

My view this afternoon….getting all the tomatoes, peppers, basil and zukes in today! We have 16 beds installed and 10 more to go, so I’m planting as they get done. Next year will be a dream with all of this done!!!

06/01/2026

So before we even question this, yes, I AM a crazy plant lady 😂😂😂

What am I up to now? I’m so glad you asked!!!

I took a class last fall in Michigan with a clinical herbalist that specialized in allergies and mast cell. While the class was only 2 hours and she couldn’t go super in depth, she gave us some helpful hints in helping our clients who suffer from these things.

One of the things I took away from that class is the proper way to tincture ragweed so that those who suffer from allergies to the pollen can use homeopathic doses to overcome this allergy.

So today I’m starting my common ragweed tincture. Using only the young leaves of the plant, well before they start making flowers/pollen, this tincture in very small doses can help if you suffer from ragweed/fall allergies.

This tincture will be ready in 6 weeks and that is a great time to start it, before pollen starts blowing around.

So yeah, a little bit crazy and a little bit rock and roll here on the farm 🤪

Have a glorious day!

05/31/2026

A door full of hanging wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Most wormwoods you must dry before using because they contain thujone which is very powerful when fresh and can be toxic in high doses. So I dry for a couple weeks and then make tincture.

Mugwort is another Artemisia that is best used dry. Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) can be used fresh and is best used fresh, but as I always tell folks, you must cycle taking it as a supplement so you don’t get that thujone buildup.

Always know your herbs WELL before using!!! It’s the safest course of action!!

05/31/2026

It’s been years since I’ve tried to grow potatoes bc of my vole issues. But I’m trying in 2 different boxes this year and praying that the voles go elsewhere.

So of course I’m thrilled to see my first potato flower in about 4 years ❤️

05/30/2026

Next up is Evening Primrose! All aerial parts are medicinal and full of mucilage, which is one of her active medicinal properties.

With Evening Primrose, you have to get to it early in the season, before the Japanese beetles get to it, or you get nothing but seeds!

Last year I neglected to go foraging on my property for it. So many weeds in my veggie garden choked it out. It was a sad year for harvesting it, and I barely made it through the year with enough tincture but here we are! A new season! And the seeds from the plants that the beetles munched spread all over the property and I have a bumper crop all around the gardens ❤️🌱❤️

So I’m getting to it before the j**s do this year and appreciating the bounty!!!