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Everlasting Gardener’s
Improving Your Herb Know-How
Publisher: Joanie Lapic Volume Number 2
Issue Number 20 Date: October 15, 2009
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“Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the
whole earth . . . And to . . . Everything that has the breath of life in it
I give every green plant for food.’” Gen.1: 29,30
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IN THIS ISSUE:
~ BIG NEWS!!
~ Herbal Highlight
~ October SPECIAL
~ Surviving Swine Flu
~ Upcoming
Classes
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BIG NEWS!!
Now it’s even easier
to get Everlasting Gardener products!
Our Products page now features easy-to-use, secure PayPal “shopping cart”.
Visit our Products and
Essential Oil
pages, click on the “Add To Cart” PayPal button under the products you wish
to purchase. Your amount will be totaled at “Checkout” and postage added in.
You can pay for your purchases by using your Credit Card or PayPal account.
The shipping cost is VERY reasonable, as you will see!
Joanie receives your
order right away and ships within 3 business days after confirmed payment.
She is
pleased to have you as an internet customer, and hopes you will enjoy this
convenient method of purchasing Everlasting Gardener products.
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“Six Reasons to Use
Herbs”
Herbs have a long history of effective use, having been
tested and used by people for hundreds sometimes thousands, of years.
“Herbs” have been defined as “useful plants”, most often employed as food
flavoring, nutrition and medicine.
Herbs were created and ‘planted’ all over the earth
specifically for us to use. Generation after generation has realized what
herbs can do for the body, soul and spirit.
This series will
be continued in the near future.
If you
have any question about any Herbs or their uses, please
contact Joanie>
To visit Joanie’s
online Herb
supplement store
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Herbal Highlight
SAGE
Salvia officinalis
Did you know there are some varieties of Sage
which can be successfully grown indoors? All you need is a sunny windowsill
(at least 6 hours of full sunshine each day) and somewhat cool temperatures
(in the 50 to 75 degree range). These are about the same indoor growing
conditions as for Rosemary.
A little background on Sage: The name ‘salvia’ comes from
‘salvere’, to be in good health, to cure, to save. The Sage plant has been
highly regarded throughout history as being responsible for long, healthy
lives.
It is a powerful healing plant which also is a strong
culinary herb. It is valuable as an aid to digesting fatty foods, both
savory and sweet.
Sage is also a beautiful aromatic shrub, very useful for
honeybees, and often used as a garden plant.
It likes to live in full
sun, in light, well-drained, alkaline soil. The branches should be cut back
after flowering, and woody plants should be replaced every 4 to 6 years. In
temperate zones it is hardy, the life going back
into the roots for the winter, though the leaves do not completely die nor
fall off, and can be used for their aromatic and healing qualities
throughout the winter.
Varieties such as ‘Purple’,‘Bergarten’ and ‘Tri-Color’
grow well indoors.
To harvest the leaves, pick just about any time. The
leaves should be dried slowly to preserve the best flavor.
USES
~ Decorative - LEAF - Attractive in wreaths, nosegays and
tussie mussies.
~ Culinary - FLOWER - Sprinkle on salads.
LEAF - Mix with onion for poultry stuffing. Cook with rich, fatty meats;
pork, duck, sausage or turkey. Combine with other strong flavors, blend into
cheeses. Dip and fry whole leaves in batter. Make sage butter and sage
vinegar.
~ Household - LEAF - Place dried leaves among linens to discourage insects.
Burn on charcoal or boil in water to disinfect a room. Sage smoke
deodorizes animal and cooking smells.
ESSENTIAL OIL - Mixed with water and a little alcohol, can be used to spray
any room to disinfect and deodorize.
~ Cosmetic - LEAF - Use in facial steams and astringent
cleansing lotion, and as a rinse to condition and darken gray hair. It is
said that drinking Sage tea will restore hair color. Rub on teeth to whiten,
and use in mouthwash.
~Medicinal - LEAF - Aids digestion, is antiseptic,
antifungal and contains estrogen. Helps alleviate diarrhea. Sage tea after a
meal aids digestion. Sage tea and sage wine are nerve and blood tonics. Tea
reduces sweating, reduces coughs and colds and can be used to treat
irregular menstruation and menopause.
(CAUTION: Sage should not be taken in large
doses for a long period.)
Joanie offers Sage plants “Tri-Color”, “Purple” and “Bergarten".
Please contact her for your
appointment to get yours.
(some information obtained from "The Complete
Book of Herbs“, by Leslie Bremness)
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OCTOBER SPECIAL
Buy 3 windowsill herbs, get one FREE, during the month of October, 2009.
This includes any of the following Herb plants: Aloe, Ashwagandha, some
Basils, Bay, Chervil, Chives, Dill, Germander, Lavender (French), Lemon
Balm, Lemon Verbena, Mint, Oregano, Patchouli, Rosemary, Sage, Scented
Geraniums, Stevia, Sweet Marjoram and Thyme. Other Herbs that are also happy
growing indoors are Bay, Tea (Camellia sinensis), Lemongrass and Parsley ,
but Everlasting Gardener is sold out of these, possibly until Spring.
To get further information on how to best grow herbs indoors, sign up for
the How to Grow and Use Windowsill Herbs
class on
October 29, 12:30 to 2:00 pm. or check the Herb Plants section of her
website:
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Surviving Swine Flu
There are many strategies you can use to avoid catching the H1N1 (or
any other type) virus. Some of the very best ways
were discussed in Joanie’s Oct. 1, 2009, newsletter.
If you end up catching the H1N1 virus (Swine flu), there are many
things you can do to overcome the symptoms and suffer less intensely and for
a shorter period than you might otherwise. You could even emerge from the
clutches of the virus STRONGER than before you caught it!
Take good care of yourself or your loved ones:
~ Be sure to get
enough rest.
~ Keep hydrated with
6 to 8 8 oz. glasses of water each day.
~ Eat whole,
nutritious foods, including Herbs and Herb teas, closest to fresh as
possible, that feed your body’s systems and organs. When you are feeling
under the weather, it’s best to give your digestive system a break, by
eating easy-on-the-tummy fruits, in their raw state. Apples are one of the
best. Blueberries are great too. Fresh lemon squeezed in water, with a
little Stecia added, works very well, too. And don’t forget salads and
veggies.
~ To fight off the
virus, use Nature’s Sunshine’s VS-C or liquid Silver Shield.
~ Certain supplements
strengthen the immune system – B-complex, Probiotics, vitamin D3, vitamin
C and Elderberry Defense are very effective. Elderberry Defense (which also
contains Echinacea) also shortens the intensity and duration of the virus’
symptoms.
Vitamin C and Elderberry Defense are available in chewable, to help
protect your children. Health- giving liquid nutrients are also available,
to protect your infants, toddlers and young children, when they must spend
part of their day at day-care or other nurseries.
You can
talk to Joanie about these
supplements or view them here:
http://www.mynsp.com/esuite/home/everlastinggardener/products
Here’s to a healthy fall and winter “ANTI-FLU SEASON”. Best wishes
for happy times with family and friends.
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UPCOMING CLASSES
Act 48 Continuing Education courses for Pennsylvania teachers
are listed on
Joanie’s
website
with details on the class content and registration
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“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every
event under Heaven – a time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to
plant and a time to uproot what is planted.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
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