🌱Doc's Pantry Garden Almanac

The Garden Almanac

Indigenous species — food, medicine and habitat, adapted to this land.

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🌾 Native & Prairie Plants

Purple Coneflower / Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)

Immune-herb, bee magnet and winter bird seed head

Full sun to light shade Zone 3-9

Wild Bergamot / Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa)

Native, fragrant, and covered in bees all July

Full sun to part shade Zone 3-9 (native)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

The wound herb of the prairie ditch

Full sun Zone 2-9 (tough native)

Plant identification here is educational — never eat, forage, or medicate with a wild plant on the basis of a website alone. Many edible plants have toxic look-alikes. When in doubt, grow from known seed, or confirm with an expert before you harvest.