{"id":38494,"date":"2018-09-29T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38494"},"modified":"2018-09-29T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T18:22:59","slug":"3-more-easy-to-grow-medicinal-plants-for-your-home-and-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38494","title":{"rendered":"3 (More) Easy To Grow Medicinal Plants For Your Home And Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/3-more-easy-to-grow-medicinal-plants-for-your-home-and-garden_29092018\/\">3 (More) Easy To Grow Medicinal Plants For Your Home And Garden<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46837\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/herbgarden-e1533211762683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having medicinal plants growing on your property may not seem like all that big of a deal to some.\u00a0 But if you enjoy the scent and making your own fresh teas, some of these plants may be just right for you!\u00a0Plus, there\u2019s the added bonus of having these medicinal herbs around and readily available for use when you need it the most.<\/p>\n<p>In a perfect world, we would each have all of our favorite garden herbs, tailored to our particular climate and health concerns, growing abundantly and readily available.\u00a0 Often life gets in the way and with so many plants having so many wonderful benefits, it is hard to know where to start.\u00a0 So we\u2019ve put together this helpful list <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/3-medicinal-herbs-you-can-grow-indoors_13072018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">of three more medicinal herbal\u00a0plants<\/a> that are both easy to grow and offer\u00a0a well-rounded approach to herbal health.\u00a0 They all have the added bonus of being beautiful additions to any home or garden too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALENDULA (POT\u00a0 MARIGOLD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46832 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/calendula-e1533211239425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The calendula flower is edible! They can be made into teas or the flowers can be tossed into a salad to offer a quick and easy flavor boost.\u00a0 The whole flower can be used as a medicinal herb in treating skin conditions, which is why calendula is often\u00a0found in topical ointments, salves, and creams. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Boiron-Calendula-Ointment-Homeopathic-Irritation\/dp\/B001G7QGPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-asin=\"B001G7QGPE\">These ointments<\/a> have also proven to have the added bonus of repelling annoying and bite-happy mosquitoes. The plus side of using calendula to chase away mosquitoes is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychild.com\/non-toxic-bug-repellents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it is child safe and non-toxic, unlike most bug sprays on the market today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 (More) Easy To Grow Medicinal Plants For Your Home And Garden Having medicinal plants growing on your property may not seem like all that big of a deal to some.\u00a0 But if you enjoy the scent and making your own fresh teas, some of these plants may be just right for you!\u00a0Plus, there\u2019s the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[22019,6787,20441],"class_list":["post-38494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-medical-plants","tag-ready-nutrition","tag-sara-tipton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38495,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions\/38495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}