The Herbarium
Grow lab · East Tennessee hill country
USDA 6b
Dec
Last spring frost mid-April. First fall frost mid-October. A ridge runs colder than a hollow. Treat dates as a week either way, not a promise.
Plan
Read the plates you failed to name in July
Lookalikes, harvest notes, the companion page. Winter is for not repeating a mix-up.
Foxglove · Comfrey · Poison hemlock · Sweet pea
Protect
Windowsill jasmine, rose geranium, and a named bay
Dry feet, the brightest glass. Do not water them like a July tomato.
Arabian jasmine · Rose geranium · Bay laurel
Harvest
Sprouts from the kale that held, tea from what you dried
A kettle of named chamomile, not a hedge of unnamed evergreen.
Kale · Chamomile · Pine
Also in leaf or flower
Kava · Lion's mane · Cordyceps · Snow fungus · Oyster mushroom · Enoki · Wood ear · Gotu kola · Cinnamon · King oyster · Almond mushroom · Bay laurel · Green cardamom · Clove · Button mushroom · Black pepper · Nutmeg · Star anise · Vanilla · Cacao · Coffee · Allspice · Eucalyptus · Tea tree · Neem · Amla · Nameko · Pioppino · Pine · Kale · Lemon · Orange · Banana · Avocado · Pineapple · Rambutan · Cherimoya
Kava · Lion's mane · Cordyceps · Snow fungus · Oyster mushroom · Enoki · Wood ear · Gotu kola
The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.