Grow it. Harvest it. Preserve it. Use it.
Herbs have a way of connecting the garden to the home.
A handful of basil becomes dinner. Fresh mint becomes summer tea. Rosemary and sage can be dried for the pantry. Lavender can fill a sachet. And a garden that started with a few small plants can provide ingredients, flavors, fragrance, and simple handmade goods throughout the year.
Harvest & Home: Herbs for Every Day Living is a 34-page digital guide created from our Harvest & Home workshop at Wendland Family Farm.
Designed for both beginning and experienced gardeners, this guide takes you beyond simply growing herbs and shows you how to grow, harvest, preserve, and use them in everyday life.
Inside the Guide
You'll begin with the foundations of growing herbs—including why herbs are such a rewarding crop, basic growing requirements, harvesting habits, and ways they can fit into gardens, raised beds, containers, and smaller spaces.
Then you'll dig into individual herb profiles covering growing, harvesting, everyday uses, preserving, Farmer's Tips, and fun facts.
The guide includes:
Anise Hyssop • Basil • Chives • Cilantro • Cumin • Dill • Fennel • Lavender • Lemon Balm • Mint • Oregano • Parsley • Rosemary • Sage • Sweet Marjoram • Thyme
Each profile is designed to help you understand not only how to grow the herb, but what to do with it once it's growing.
From Garden to Home
The second half of the guide brings your harvest home.
You'll learn proper harvesting techniques, including when and how to cut herbs to encourage continued production, along with common harvesting mistakes to avoid.
You'll also explore practical preservation methods including:
Air drying • Dehydrating • Freezing • Vacuum sealing • Proper pantry storage
Then we'll take those preserved herbs one step further and begin building an herbal pantry you can enjoy long after the growing season has ended.
Put Your Herbs to Use
Because growing them is only the beginning.
Discover simple ways to use fresh and preserved herbs in meals, beverages, gifts, seasonal projects, natural home fragrance, and everyday life.
The guide also includes simple recipes and projects such as:
Culinary Herb Salt Farmhouse Herb Butter Garden Fresh Herbal Tea
The Culinary Herb Salt includes Garden, Italian, and Roasting blend ideas, while the Farmhouse Herb Butter gives you a simple way to turn parsley, chives, and dill into something you can use fresh or freeze for later.
More Than an Herb Guide
Harvest & Home is about learning how to take what grows around us and bring it into everyday life.
You don't need a huge garden, a perfectly stocked pantry, or years of experience.
You can start with a few herbs.
Learn how they grow. Harvest them with confidence. Preserve what you can't use right away. Make something with your hands. And slowly build skills that stay with you long after the growing season ends.
That's what Harvest & Home is all about.
Simple, practical gardening. Rooted in real farm experience.
Digital Product Details
34-page digital guide Instant digital download PDF format Created by Wendland Family Farm Based on our Harvest & Home workshop and real farm experience
Your digital purchase also includes access to the accompanying Printing Guide, Thank You Note, FAQs, and License + Terms documents.
This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.