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Share The Seeds Site => Welcome and Introduction Area => Topic started by: dawowcow on January 19, 2018, 08:04:41 AM

Title: howdy hey!
Post by: dawowcow on January 19, 2018, 08:04:41 AM: Nice to be here! Happy to have found a thriving community of seed swappers and plant people.

I live and work on a botanical sanctuary with my mom who is a much more studied herbalist than I. We grow over a hundred different medicinal herbs, about 20 of which are at-risk or endangered. I enjoy cultivating plants and fungi as well as foraging for them. Making lots of soap is a hobby of mine, as well as brewing sacred and herbal beer, mead and ale. Side note, I'm a classically trained harpist (I play in orchestras, choirs, and for church services) and I've been playing for about 14 years now.

Our sanctuary is a member of the United Plant Savers international network (there are about a hundred of us across the US and Canada). Would love to reach out to people in other countries as well to spread that mission. But I'd also love to connect with people local to me! I live in NJ, USDA zone 6b.

Thank you for cultivating such a wonderful community together, again, happy to be here :-)
-cow
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: JayWise on January 19, 2018, 05:23:21 PM: .
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: Frog Pajamas on January 19, 2018, 10:15:19 PM: Welcome! Great to have you here. :-)
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: SKUNK on January 20, 2018, 02:42:06 AM: Welcome to Share the Seeds! It's great to have you apart of our community!

Interested to see some pictures of your botanical sanctuary and curious about what the 20 species are that your cultivating which are at-risk or endangered.

Looking forward to seeing you around the forums.

SkUnK
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: dawowcow on January 25, 2018, 04:27:08 AM: Thank you all for such a warm welcome!

Quote from: SKUNK on January 20, 2018, 02:42:06 AM
curious about what the 20 species are that your cultivating which are at-risk or endangered.

At-Risk
American Ginseng*
Black Cohosh (10+)
Bloodroot (3)
Echinacea augstafolia ( 8 )
E. purpurea (10)
Eyebright*
False Unicorn Root*
Goldenseal (30+)
Lady's Slipper Orchid ( 8 )**
Osha*
Trillium erecta (3)**
Trillium sessile (4)
True Unicorn*
Wild Yam, local spp. (9+)**
Wild Yam, squatting (6+)

Watch-Listed
Arnica, meadow (20+)
Arnica, mountain (20+)
Gentian, lutea*
Lobelia inflata (50+)
Lobelia cardinalis (5)**
Oregon Grape, tall (1)
Oregon Grape, creeping (2)
Partridgeberry (20+)**
Pipsissewa, spotted (20+)**
Ramps (10+)
Spikenard (A. racemosa) (10+)
White Sage (3)
Butterfly Weed (4)**

*These plants are new projects, seeds were planted in the Spring following the appropriate cultural methods
**These plants can be observed growing locally and/or naturally occur in my yard

^_^
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: MRTree on January 26, 2018, 05:38:07 AM: Welcome
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: LIBERTYNY on January 27, 2018, 05:40:06 AM: Im not to far from you in long island NY, USDA zone 7

Im into Self-sufficiency, and am currently trying to learn about some basic herbalism

I just planted some American ginseng last spring myself

welcome
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: chronic on January 29, 2018, 11:42:54 AM: Hello dawowcow

Welcome to SHS.
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: dawowcow on January 30, 2018, 02:50:15 AM: Quote from: LIBERTYNY on January 27, 2018, 05:40:06 AM
Im not to far from you in long island NY, USDA zone 7

Im into Self-sufficiency, and am currently trying to learn about some basic herbalism

I just planted some American ginseng last spring myself

welcome

Thank you, good to meet you!

We hold monthly pot-lucks and workshops on herbalism and herb-related topics at our house in New Egypt, NJ. If you ever find the time, come on out and we can show you around, maybe send you off with some seeds or cuttings!
Title: Re: howdy hey!
Post by: Bushytailforever on January 30, 2018, 04:03:32 PM: The workshops and potlucks sound great. Next time I'm up that way I'll have to look you guys up.