Ep. 09 Herbs for Your Teacup

In this episode, Hannah Kincaid, Senior Editor of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Managing Editor of Heirloom Gardener, sits down with Joanne Bauman and Dawn Combs to discuss what grows in their tea garden and why they love it! Enjoy learning about the different medicinal properties of these plants and how to use them in your tea. Dawn Combs is an ethnobotanist with more than 20 years of experience in her field. She is the owner of the herbal health farm Mockingbird Meadows, is a contributor for Mother Earth Living, and the author of Heal Local: 20 Essential Herbs for Do-it-Yourself Home Health Care and Conceiving Healthy Babies: An Herbal Guide to Support Preconception, Pregnancy, and Lactation.    Joanne Bauman, a Kansas herbalist, shares the gift of the green nations (healing food and medicine plants) in the Wise Woman Tradition of healing. Bauman (of Prairie Magic Herbals) teaches herb classes, grows and wildcrafts medicine plants, creates herbal preparations, and does consultations. Her love of the plants and easygoing teaching style make learning and using your own herbal remedies accessible to everyone.  Bauman serves as coordinator of the Herbalists Without Borders (HWB) Community Herbal Apothecary Project and as coordinator of the Kansas Chapter of HWB. Check the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: Add Roses to Your Edible Landscape All About Growing the Stevia Plant Make Your Own Teas From Garden-Grown Herbs Garden Sorrel Growing and Brewing Herbal Teas Growing and Using Comfrey Leaves Grow Sage in Your Herb Garden to Symbolize Success Growing Yarrow in Your Herb Garden Grow Your Own Marjoram How to Grow and Enjoy Bergamont How to Grow and Use Scented Geraniums How To Grow Hibiscus How to Make Herbal Teas, Herbal Infusions and Herbal Tinctures Make Mullein Tea From Your Herb Garden Make Your Own Teas From Garden-Grown Herbs Nettle Tea Benefits Sassafras Uses in Herbal Madicine and Cooking Thyme Tea: An Herbal Cure for Nightmares Uses for Mint: The Best Growing Herb What You Need to Know About Pennyroyal Books: 15 Herbs for Tea E-Handbook Herbal Tea Gardens   Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more resources that may pique your interests! To see more podcasts, visit our Mother Earth News and Friends page! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live!  The Mother Earth News and Friends podcast is a production of Ogden Publications.