Herb Advice and Labelling
New to this subreddit so hi everyone!
I’ve been a fan of gardening since I was barely a teenager and took control of the family garden. I’m a qualified nurse and know a lot of people turn their noses up of herbalism but I decided to give it a try and have found herbs not to be “alternative medicine” but in my eyes a COMPLEMENTARY medicine (provided cross checked with existing meds) and so full of uses both culinary and health wise.
Over the past year or two I’ve curated a quite diverse herb garden among my plants… or rather a floral garden mixed with herbs and veg and lots just planted in a whim.
I absolutely love candles too and can guarantee twenty through Christmas and birthdays and mainly with seals and some gems with screw tops so I have saved them, thoroughly disinfected them and prepped them for their new purpose of being the homes of my new interest. I was also gifted a lovely French cabinet which has sat for a year without use, formally for my parents wedding crystal and China which they took with them to America and figured it would make a lovely herb cabinet. I’m planning on removing the glass for mesh so it’s more breathable.
I’ve been growing quite a few herbs in my garden and figuring out how to use them and dry them and as much as I read there’s so much to know that I figured why not put it on a label so the reminder is instantly there when I go to use them and exposure and learning by repetition. I wasn’t ever a big user of AI but I made these after lots of frustrating back and forth to go on the jars and thought I’d share these and get some feedback. I thought having a picture to look at, reminders of uses and a direction label on the back might help me learn more through use and having it there instead of google or a book. Would love to know thoughts or anything I’m missing usage wise.
I’d also love people’s advice on preparations for herbs because currently it’s mainly drying techniques but I would like to try making salves and lotions so any recommendations or signposting would be much appreciated!