Autumn sowing

When most crops have been harvested in late summer and the first gaps appear in the beds, it is time for autumn sowing. The aim is to harvest herbs and vegetables throughout the year and to keep the soil covered. Asian salads, lamb’s lettuce, garden cress or spinach can be sown into October and harvested after just a few weeks. Many cabbage varieties are hardy or actually need a good frost to develop their flavor. In addition, winter leek varieties and spring onions are suitable for overwintering. For those in a hurry, we recommend sowing rocket, which is ready to harvest in 3 weeks. Autumn sowing of biennial and perennial herbs and flowers means that they grow and bloom particularly vigorously in spring. Sowing green manure is a good way to revitalize stressed and depleted soils over the fall and winter. After the incorporation of the green manure plants in spring, their nutrients are released and are available for the next crops.

Autumn sowing Medicinal plants

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Angelica - Angelica archangelica

Medicinal plant that is ideal as a specimen perennial. The two-year-old plant grows to the height of a person and smells pleasantly aromatic. Great for bees and other insects. Due to slow germination patience is required. Direct sowing in summer works best.

€3.42
Bittersweet Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara

Important perennial medicinal plant, will grow to approx. 80 cm in height. Flowers from 2nd year onwards. Loves full sun. Owing to fungal infection risk (fusarium), maintain long term crop rotation. Cultivation and transplanting in small clumps is recommended.

€3.42
Black Henbane - Hyoscyamus niger

Solanaceous plant about 60 cm high, producing dainty, funnel-shaped flowers and attractive seed heads with small capsules in autumn. Since ancient times it has been used as a medicinal and poisonous plant and also as a 'witch plant' because of its intoxicating effect.

€3.42
Chamomile matricaria - Herbs

Annual, if sown in August biennial plant for medicinal use or for tea. Grows to approx. 50 cm in height. Can be directly sown, but propagation and later transplanting in small clumps is highly recommended.

€3.05
Cotton Thistle - Onopordum acanthium

Biennial Mediterranean composite plant which can reach heights of up to 3 m. The flower base and stems are edible. Roots and leaves are used as a tea in naturopathy. Good insect pasture, seeds rich in oil which serve as food for birds. Pre-sow or sow directly.

€3.42
Dandelion - Herbs

Natural, wild variety. Strong-tasting salad leaves from 2nd year on. Can be blanched and forced. Flowers from the 2nd year onwards. Medicinal herb, used for biodynamic preparations.

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Deadly Nightshade - Atropa belladonna

Persistent, herbaceous member of the solanum family, all parts of the plant are highly poisonous. This decorative wild and medicinal plant, up to 1.5 m high, with its black cherry-shaped berries, does well in shadier locations. Propagate from April on.

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Geum urbanum

Native wild perennial with inconspicuous, yellow flowers. Grows in partially shaded locations and is up to 40 cm high. Rootstock with clove aroma for use in the kitchen, smoking or in naturopathy as a strengthening tonic. Aromatic, edible leaves.

€3.42
Greater Celandine - Chelidonium majus

Yellow flowering ruderal plant, whose milky sap is also used in the treatment of warts. Prefers nutrient-rich soil, sun or semi-shade.

€3.42
Marshmallow - Althaea officinalis

Hardy, easy to care for perennial with delicate, fragrant flowers, a must-have in a cottage gardens. Combines well with other plants. Valued in naturopathy as the ‘cough herb’.

€3.42
Milk Thistle - Silybum marianum

This biennial purple thistle with a very attractive leaf rosette grows 1 to 1.5 m high. The colorful petals can be used to add color to salads. Milk thistle seeds are used in naturopathy for numerous liver problems.

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Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca

Up to 1.2 m tall member of the labiate family which can be used in naturopathy for heart problems. Goes well as a herb with quark or cream cheese. Excellent and long-flowering bee pasture. Does not like waterlogged soils.

€3.42
Mountain Yarrow - Achillea millefolium collina

Subspecies of yarrow, which originally occurs in dry locations in southern Europe and is mainly a pharmaceutical plant. Pre-cultivate individual plants or small clumps. Spreads via runners.

€3.42
St. John's Wort - Herbs

Important perennial medicinal plant, will grow to approx. 80 cm in height. Flowers from 2nd year onwards. Loves full sun. Owing to fungal infection risk (fusarium), maintain long term crop rotation. Cultivation and transplanting in small clumps is recommended.

€3.05
Stinging Nettle - Herbs

Tender leaves are used as tangy spinach like crop. Large leaves (prior to flowering) for use in tea. Important medicinal plant and for biodynamic preparations. Slow to germinate. Transplant in small bunches.

€3.05
Verbascum Densiflorum

Stately, biennial plant with large, lemon-yellow single flowers. Traditionally used as a medicinal plant and for dyeing. The plant, which can be up to 2 m high, sets seed easily and thus quickly establishes itself in suitable locations.

€3.42
Yarrow - Herbs

Well-known medicinal herb, flowers from the 2nd year onwards. Transplant individually or in small bunches. Do not plant too closely together, plants will spread quickly. Used in biodynamic preparations.

€3.05