Herb gardens... plant sudjestions

[MstryShovel]

So along with my SD plants, I have a few herbs growing which are Thyme, S.Officinalis, and Anyse. I want in this comming summer to expand my collection by quite a few plants. Which my wishlist includes Rosemary, Garlic, Mugwort, St. John's Wort, and Peppermint, Cat-Nip and mabey Comfrey (but i hear thats hard to grow in pots as it has a long tap-root)

Appart from the garlic and rosemary The desired herbs are mainly desired for the same reason i originaly growing SD, to eventualy harvest and benefit from the itty-bitty-bitts of the plants. I also wanna get some of that lions tail, or something (the dream inducing one)

So anyways to my point. Does anyone have any advice on some plants to grow that may also have bennefitial attributes? They also dont nessesarily need to be like that, if they taste/smell good thats cool too

[Darty]

Don't know if you'd be into this sort of thing, but you could try growing a plant containing dimethyltryptamine.
Here's a list of some plants containing it:
http://deoxy.org/smokedmt.htm
I'm not sure which would be easiest to grow though.

[strangeworld]

Basil is a delicious aromatic herb - useful for salads and cooking, hot or cold meals... very easy to grow as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil

[MstryShovel]

yeah i was going to do basil and a few others, but only problem is those are anuals, and im trying to get more perrenial herbs going at least first, although i do have a few anuals in the mail.

[Arcygenical]

Get some Salvia Dorrii goin.

Make a tea from her to relieve runny noses, eyes and cold symptoms!

[MstryShovel]

good one arch get another S.**** growing,

i was just thinking since i have shitty ankles (they get swolen/ achey after simple exersizes) anyways anyone know of a good one to make a slave/rub with that would be topicaly painkilling/swelling reduction?

[Arcygenical]

Well, that's the good thing about salvia dorrii, it's an anti inflammatory... As is echinecae (hard to grow indoors), ginger (flower), licorish (root), tumeric, and witch hazel (not for internal use) and chamomile, to name a few

[DrYRHead]

I have many herbs in my garden too. Next spring I'll be looking for S. dorrii plants, as well. I live in the desert, so they should grow well were I'm at. Catnip grows well many places, but can become invasive. Last season the catnip and yarrow crowded out my S. nemorosa. I planted several new sages last year too. It will be interesting to see which of them will grow back as perennials next year. I grow basil in my garden, too. However, it does have to be replanted every year, for it is an annual.

[Sea Mac]

Don't know if you'd be into this sort of thing, but you could try growing a plant containing dimethyltryptamine.
Here's a list of some plants containing it:
http://deoxy.org/smokedmt.htm
I'm not sure which would be easiest to grow though.

Thanks for the Link Darty! [Genius +] for that.

I'd heard that reed canary grass was easy to grow in San Diego. I'll sow my surplus seeds in the San Diego River and Have an abundant year round harvest ...  

[Paradoxic]

Well, that's the good thing about salvia dorrii, it's an anti inflammatory... As is echinecae (hard to grow indoors), ginger (flower), licorish (root), tumeric, and witch hazel (not for internal use) and chamomile, to name a few

So do you suppose you could make an effective topical mixture with these for reducing muscle soreness, etc?

I have a few more suggestions of psychoactive plants to grow...legal of course:
Kratom, Khat, Kanna, Calamus, Calea Zacatechichi, Syrian Rue

[MstryShovel]

so heres an update i ordered a buncha seeds from horizonherbs.com

the list includes
foxglove(home procured seeds) currently sprouting
Catnip (nepeta cataria) also sprouting
St. John's Wort -- sprouting
Peppermint -- also sprouting

once these move out of my hyperbolic seed chamber i will be replacing them with
motherwort
yarrow
marshmallow
and lemonbalm

im going to post a grow log in a bit when you can see what all the seeds are doing.  they are all going to be contained in pots so hopefully not too much of a problem with them spreading, not to mention planned harvesting.  ect.

[strangeworld]

Oh also Tageta Lucida (Mexican Marigold)... its legal, meant to have some *mild* relaxation effects as a tea I think, but also smells really nice! Sort of sweet lemony tang to the taste too. I think its used in cooking etc as a herb.

Its only just started, but those are first impressions. One bad thing though.... its leaf shape is VERY like a certain MJ.... thin and serrated.... from a distance at least, as its not actually the same number of leaf fingers (or whatever they're called!)

But I suspect it could make someone (eg a nosy neighbour etc) get the wrong idea if seen in passing... and no one wants the wrong sort of attention after all, whether or not everything in the garden is legal.

[skagardener]

Lactuca virosa, im not sure how well it works, but has been compared to opium (very mild of course) and is a wierd looking plant!! i havent had any experience with this plant though