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Candace and Patrick give Tiger Tea from Sacred Blossom Farm a try then talk a bit about growing good herbs, the effect of stress on plants (like gravel pile Oregano), and reflect on the Herbs in Action summit.
Topics we mentioned:
- Tony’s Teas (use code REALHERB15 for a 15% discount)
- Herbs in Action Summit: COVID and Beyond
- Strictly Medicinal Seeds and The Medicinal Herb Grower (not an affiliate link)
- Herbal Entrepreneur Conference (not an affiliate link)
Herbal 101
We answered a question from Matt about Field Guides and identifying White Mustard from photos.
Field Guides we mentioned (not affiliate links):
- Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants by Scott Kloos
- Mountain States Medicinal Plants by Briana Wiles
- Mid-West Medicinal Plants by Lisa M. Rose
- Southwest Medicinal Plants by John Slattery
- Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Christopher Hobbs and Steven Foster
- Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore
- Medicinal Plants of Texas by Nicole Telkes
Where’s Sue?
Sue’s working on a new venture in 2020. Check out The Integrated Herbalist to see what Sue’s up to today!
Tony DiMaggio
Born in California, I went to highschool in Costa Rica then business school in Argentina. I dropped out to start a horse tour company and run a beachfront restaurant in Uruguay. Then I became a barefooted global nomad, of course.
At 22 I met Farmer Paul Otten one of the top berry experts in this country. He was a lifelong student of health; soil, plant, human / animal and spiritual. He taught me so much and had a tremendous impact on my path. I worked directly under Paul for six growing seasons (nomading during Minnesota’s long winters) and we continued to be best friends until his death in 2018.
After apprenticing under Paul I went on a year long farm tour studying a wide variety of specialty crops and deciding to dedicate my career growing herbs. I worked on an industrial scale herb farm in Oregon before starting Sacred Blossom in spring 2016.
I farm for my health, your health and the health of the planet.
Most herb farms look like vegetable farms – monocultures with abundant fertility and irrigation. I believe that nature produces superior quality herbs, so that is what I mimic on my farm. Minimum fertilizer and irrigation. Polycultures with biologically active soils. Every plant is considered before it is harvested by hand and then processed with care.
YOU CAN FIND TONY AT:
- Sacred Blossom Farm
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 715.946.3604
- Facebook: /SacredBlossomFarm
- Instagram: @sacredblossomfarm
