Fagopyrum Esculentum

AKA: Buckwheat, Soba

Planting: Well drained sandy soil in sun, hardy annual, 3’

Harvest: Leaves and flowers are collected as flowering begins and dried for infusions and tablets. Seeds are harvested when ripe and dried for use whole or ground.

Culinary: Hulled grain (groats) is eaten in breakfast cereals, made into kasha and polenta, and brewed into beer and spirits. Flour is used to make pancakes, noodles, and bread. Also as a thickener for soups and gravy. Buckwheat honey is a traditional ingredient of Jewish Honey wine, and gingerbread.

Medicinal: A bitter but pleasant tasting herb that controls bleeding, dilates blood vessels, reduces capillary permeability, and lowers blood pressure. Used internally for varicose veins, chilblains, spontaneous bruising, frostbite, retinal hemorrhage, and hypertension.

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Seeded: Spring 2009 in C8

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Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)

Amaranthus Hypochondriacus

AKA: Amaranth (Warihio)

Planting: Rich well drained soil in sun, half hardy reseeding annual, 6’-8’.

Harvest: Whole plants are cut when coming into flower, and dried for infusions and extracts. Leaves are picked as required and eaten fresh. Seeds are harvested when ripe.

Culinary: Leaves are eaten as vegetable, seed harvested as a grain crop. High protein levels 15%.

Medicinal: An astringent, soothing, cooling herb that controls bleeding. Used internally for diarrhoea and excessive menstruation. Externally for ulcerated mouth and throat, vaginal discharge, wounds, and nosebleeds.

Third Eye Vision:

Seeded: Spring 2009

Links: Wiki


Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)

Amaranthus Gangeticus

AKA: Amaranth (Greek)

Planting: Rich well drained soil in sun, half hardy reseeding annual, 6’-8’.

Harvest: Whole plants are cut when coming into flower, and dried for infusions and extracts. Leaves are picked as required and eaten fresh. Seeds are harvested when ripe.

Culinary: Leaves are eaten as vegetable, seed harvested as a grain crop. High protein levels 15%.

Medicinal: An astringent, soothing, cooling herb that controls bleeding. Used internally for diarrhoea and excessive menstruation. Externally for ulcerated mouth and throat, vaginal discharge, wounds, and nosebleeds.

Third Eye Vision:

Seeded: Spring 2009

Links: Wiki

Sources;
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)