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Red Clover Harvest - Susun Weed youtube video

Elements of Herbalism: Harvesting - CD review

http://www.susunweed.com/Review_Elements_of_Herbalism_CD.html

 Susun teaches us to ask ourselves “What do I want from this plant?” Once that question is answered, the herbalist can continue to determine when it would be most advantageous to harvest the part that you want—leaves, flower, seed, stalk, root.

We learn that while the leaves of most annuals can be harvested throughout the year, the roots of biennials are often at their most medicinal when harvested after frost, or at the beginning and the end of the winter (dormancy) of the plant.

And the leaves of some perennials should never be harvested because the plants need all of their very few leaves to work at photosynthesis. Click link above to read full review…

 
Red Clover Blossom