Wylde Garden

  I discovered herbs as I began learning about organic gardening in the early 70s. As I discovered all the amazing heirloom vegetables, I was encountering info about herbs, culinary & medicinal, and was instantly fascinated. I had learned about the need to preserve the environment, and I'd spent time alone in natural places and found the earth to be a propitious ambience in which to think and act. Imagine that! I discovered I lived on the earth! In my first gardening effort, I planted a few vegetables but also comfrey, hyssop, thyme and dill. I began to read everything I could find on herbs as well as organic growing. When these herbs had grown, I had an minor accident which scraped some skin off my hip. I mashed up comfrey and hyssop and thyme and applied them in a poultice. The next morning there was new skin over the entire wound. I, for one, was convinced! I acquired plant guides and began searching in the woods for useful plants, first in Missouri, then in Washington, then