It's the season of abundance in the garden, when the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and more are all starting to come in. I'm taking a pause on the podcast for this season so I can relish it, but I hope you'll join me over @plant.outloud on Instagram.

In this episode, I share why I've started using organic fertilizer regularly, how my tomato plants planted out at separate times are all the same size, and why I'm not going to plant carrots in the spring next year.

I also share ideas for using lots of herbs, how to cook with vegetable tops from your turnips, beets, and carrots, how to preserve tomatoes, and what to do with an abundance of cucumbers.

Here are recipes for ideas I mention:
Herb salt:
https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/spicy-herb-salt

Herb vinegar:
https://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/how-to-make-herbal-vinegar

Herb syrups:
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/how-to-make-herbal-simple-syrups/

Canning summer tomatoes
https://www.foodandwine.com/cooking-techniques/canning-tomatoes-summer-tradition-homemade-passata

Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/08/slow-roasted-tomatoes/

Cucumber agua fresca
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/246118/agua-fresca-de-pepino-cucumber-limeade/

Cucumber lassi
https://www.madhuseverydayindian.com/savory-cucumber-lassi/

Food in Jars
https://www.foodinjars.com/

Slow Drinks
https://www.instagram.com/slowdrinks

Noma
https://bookshop.org/a/25027/9781579657185 

Jolena Stewart started Love Energy Nature with one goal in mind: to provide high-quality, bath and body products made without synthetic ingredients. Jolena has struggled with eczema most of her life. When her daughter also suffered with eczema, she started learning more about how to make skincare with ingredients that don’t irritate their skin. Soon, she decided to sell these products to others. She now also offers coaching for families with eczema, with educational workshops and a new membership called Healthy Habits for Eczema.

I wanted to talk to Jolena because I too struggle with eczema and have learned a lot about managing it on my own and I was curious to learn about how she helped others. In this episode, we talk about her favorite plant-based ingredients for sensitive skin, how to manage eczema beyond skincare, helping kids manage eczema, and how natural doesn’t always mean healthy when it comes to skincare or anything else.

 

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Liz Neves is an herbalist, reiki and healing drum practitioner, dream guide, meditation instructor, and mama living and teaching in Brooklyn. She’s the founder of Gathering Ground and author of Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness (Timber Press).

We have a wide-ranging conversation and talk about how to teach children about plants, three easy-to-identify wild plants, how to celebrate summer solstice, why non-native plants can be just as valuable as native plants, how to communicate with plants, and more.


The links!
Gathering Ground
http://www.gatheringground.nyc/

Liz's teaching program, Infuse
http://www.gatheringground.nyc/new-events-1

More about plantain http://www.gatheringground.nyc/new-blog-1/2018/3/27/plantain-natures-first-aid-kit

More about dandelion http://www.gatheringground.nyc/new-blog-1/2018/3/21/dandelion

More about linden https://www.eclecticschoolofherbalmedicine.com/linden/

More about knotweed https://www.gaiaherbs.com/blogs/herbs/japanese-knotweed

More about making a flower essence https://theherbalacademy.com/homemade-flower-essence/

Liz’s book: https://bookshop.org/books/northeast-medicinal-plants-identify-harvest-and-use-111-wild-herbs-for-health-and-wellness/9781604699135?aid=25027&listref=books-from-the-plant-out-loud-podcast

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