May 21, 2025

Herbs: When to Grow, Forage or Buy

Some herbs we can grow, others we can gather.. while some herbs might need to be purchased. In this episode we’re exploring the many ways we acquire herbs!

Grow Herbs

Forage Herbs

Buy Herbs

Some herbs we can grow, others we can gather.. while some herbs might need to be purchased. In this episode we’re exploring the many ways we acquire herbs!

We’ll explore some of the best herbs for growing and why we love having an herb garden. 

Hear from forager George Barnett about when to gather our herbs and why its so important to be safe and responsible foragers!

Learn more about George’s work at The Hungry Forager at https://www.thehungryforager.com/

Listen to the full conversation with George from S2E8 – Foraging Wild Edibles w/ George Barnett

We also sit down with Tommy Nevar, VP of Branding at Mountain Rose Herbs who will walk us through the many labels we might encounter while we’re shopping for herbs. 

Shop the Mountain Rose Herbs store at https://mountainroseherbs.com/

Bevin will be visiting the MRH store in Seattle this June.. here’s a link to the FB event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1QpsD4immM/

Check out our Herb CoOp – https://www.smallhousefarm.com/herbcoop/

Join our Patreon community – https://www.patreon.com/c/smallhousefarm

Before the interview we share some updates from around Small House including our recent LIVE event – you can watch the replay on Youtube

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