The Herbarium
Grow lab · East Tennessee hill country
USDA 6b
Feb
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.
Sow
Start onion, leek, pepper, eggplant
These want a long indoor run before the May bed.
Onion · Eggplant · Cayenne
Sow
Nick sweet-pea seed and sow cold
A trench now, a perfume screen in May. Not the soup-pea trellis.
Sweet pea
Plan
Prune apple on a mild day
Open the center. Compost the wood. Chives at the drip line can wait until the soil works.
Apple · Chives
Also in leaf or flower
Ginger · Kava · Lion's mane · Cordyceps · Snow fungus · Oyster mushroom · Enoki · Wood ear · Gotu kola · Chickweed · 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 · Nameko · Pioppino · Pine · Pea · Lemon · Orange · Banana · Avocado · Pineapple · Cherimoya · Tamarind · Sweet pea
Ginger · Kava · Lion's mane · Cordyceps · Snow fungus · Oyster mushroom · Enoki · Wood ear
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.