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Lunar Hollow Sanctuary

We have a commitment to this land, to support a breadth of native and medicinal biodiversity, support pollinators and wildlife, and to create an integrative system of plants, systems, gardens, insects, and animals. Our goals will be to build this over time.  Lunar Hollow Farmette is  a Certified Wildlife Habitat.
We have a lot of plants on our grow list that are endangered or at risk. Therefore, we are growing them to grow them, not to harvest them. In herbalism, it is important to know what herbs are common in your area and can fulfill your needs without needing to reach for those plants that need help and need us to restore them to again be prolific residents on our lands.

One of the benefits of this land is that we edge along a drumlin. A drumlin is a lump of land left behind by a glacier, in our case the Green Bay lobe on the Wisconsin glacier sheet, between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago. We are on a slope along a deciduous forest drumlin, along a line of pines planted by Norwegian farmers 150 years ago, and into a tall grass prairie that has been partially restored after being farmland up until about 2001. The people before us loved birds, and we have weeds and grasses, restored prairie, and natives, all throughout. We also have many medicinal natives in the pine forest and along parts of the deciduous woods. 

We live near a 2300 acre state natural area, which is part of what we are using to determine native and local plants. Of course we can assume a lot and plant things we know can grow here - but by looking to the wild plants growing in the natural area, we know more about the specific soil here in our drumlins, and that it is the right plant. This wildlife area is without parking lots or groomed trails, and is wild and free. Plants that grow within a mile of our home include swamp agrimony, bog rosemary, blue cohosh, bloodroot, rue-anemone, canada mayflower, bellwort, sensitive plant, marsh nettle, and two types of Wisconsin orchids. So, we are including restoration of these pIants into our woodland area, and we are creating a bog garden to support some of those amazing native plants as well. So, while we have a lot of plants on our list, many are for restoration and appreciation, not for use. As it should be.
 

We have identified many native plants that already are growing on our land:

American Elderberry Bush
Great Blue Lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica
Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis
Burdock, Arctium lappa
Wild Cucumber, Echinocysis lobata 
Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium
Monarda fistulosa, punctata
Plantain, Plantago major
Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca
Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, sullivantii, and incarnata
Speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys
Yarrow, Achillia millefolium
Yellow Dock, Rumex crispus
Hoary vervain, Verbena stricta
Goldenrod, Solidago  sp
Purple prairie clover, Dalea purpurea
Cleavers, Galium aparine
Ground ivy, Glechoma hederaceae
Stinging nettle, Urtica dioica
Lambsquarters, Chenopodium album
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, biacalensis
Self heal, Prunella vulgaris
Marsh Blue Violet, Vioa cucullata
Sweet White Violet, Viola blanda
Velvet leaf, Abutilon theophrasti
Milk thistle, Carduus nutans
Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
Pineapple weed, Chamomilia sp
Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis
Sweet Woodruff - Galium odoratum
Joe Pye weed, Eupatorium macalatum
Boneset, Eupatorium perfolatum
Wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana
Wild geranium, Geranium macalatum
False Solomon's Seal - Maianthemum racemosum
Wild phlox - Phlox spp
May Apple, Podophyllum peltatum
Smooth Sumac, Rhus glabra
Wild Rose, Rosa spp.
Wood Violet, Viola sororia
Starry Campion, Silene stellata
Red Clover, Trifolium pratense
Wild grape, Vitis riparia
Verbena urticifolia, white vervain
Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare
Chicory, Cichorium intybus
Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota
Wild ginger, Asarum canadense
Hoary vervain, Verbena stricta
Goldenrod, Solidago  sp
Purple prairie clover, Dalea purpurea
Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum biflorum
Wild Rose, Rosa spp.
Wood/Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia
Wood sorrel, Oxalis spp
White Clover, Trifolium pratense
Wild lettuce, Lacuta virosa

We have planted many new medicinal and native plants:

Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium
Prairie Lily, Lilium philadelphicum
​Monarda fistulosa, punctata, didyma
​Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca
Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, sullivantii, and incarnata
​New England Aster, Aster Novae-Angliae
​Tall bellflower, Campanula americana
Echinacea pallida, purpurea, tennesseensis, angustifolia, paradoxica
Blazing star, Liatris pycnostachya
Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis
Blue lobelia, Lobelia siphilitica
Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Goldenrod, Solidago  sp
White doll's eyes, Actaea pachypoda
Black cohosh, Actaea racemosa
Ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris
Big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii
Black chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa
Sky blue aster, Aster azureus
Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia
Stiff coreopsis, Coreopsis palmata
Cleavers, Galium aparine
Sweet Woodruff - Galium odoratum
Boneset, Eupatorium perfolatum
Wild geranium, Geranium macalatum
Blue flag iris, Iris versicolor
Prairie Coreopsis, Coreopsis palmata
Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Eleuthero, Eleutherococcus senticosus ​

Perennials and Annuals we grow:

And see our 2020 Seed Starting Grow List Here>>
Agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria
Angelica, Angelica archangelica
Anise Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum
Andrographis, Andrographis paniculata
Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera
Bay, Laurus nobilis (pot)
Blackberry, Rubus sp
Black Cohosh, Actaea racemosa
Boneset, Eupatorium perfoliatum
​Brahmi, Bacopa monnieri
Burdock, Arctium lappa
Catnip, Nepteta cataria
​Chamomile, Matricaria recutita
Clary Sage, Salvia sclarea
Dill, Anethum graveolens
Echinacea pallida, purpurea, tennesseensis, angustifolia, paradoxica
Elecampane, Inula helenium
Feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium
Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa
Helichrysum, Helichrysum arenarium (pot)
Hydrastis canadensis
Hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis
​Lady's Mantle - Alchemellia vulgaris
Hairy Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum verticillatum
Moldavian Dragonshead Balm, Dracocephalium moldavicum
​Motherwort, Leonurus cardiaca
Mugwort, Artemesia vulgaris
Parsley, Petroselinum crispum
Patchouli, Pogostemon cablin (pot)
Peppermint, Mentha sp x5
Panax quinquefolius
​Ramps, Allium tricoccum
Raspberry, Rubus idaeus
Rose, Rosa sp
​Solomon's Seal, Polygonatum biflorum
St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum
​Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
Uva Ursi, Arctostaphylos uva ursi
Valerian, Valeriana officinalis
​White Horehound, L. Marrubium vulgare
​Dagga, Leonotis nepetaefolia
Wood Betony, Stachys officinalis
Lavender, Lavandula angustifolia
Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis
Lovage, Levisticum officinale
Lycii (GOJI), Lycium barbarum
Rosemary, Rosmarinus

Orchard in Progress:

American Cranberry Bush
Hansen' Bush Cherry
Russian Mulberry Bush
Arapaho Blackberry
Blueberry, Jersey
Aronia melanocarpa
Goji Berry, Sweet Lifeberry 
Lingonberry, Koralle
Raspberry, Royalty
Gooseberry, Pixwell
Hale-Haven Peach
Stayman Winesap Apple
Red Jonathan Apple
Early Harvest Apple
Damson Plum
Apple Serviceberry Tree
Saskatoon Serviceberry 
​Red Mulberry / Morus rubra
​Choke Cherry / Prunus virginiana
Crab Apple / Pyrus coronaria
Elderberry / Sambucus spp
Nannyberry / Viburnum lentago

Fungi

Discovered to date:
Puffball (Lycoperdales)
Turkey tail, Trametes versicolor

Stinkhorn, Phallus rubicundus

Trees

Trees in addition to medicinals and orchard, including: red maple, sugar maple, serviceberry, hawthorn, pine, spruce, juniper, fir, linden, forsythia, lilac, norway spruce, cottonwood. 
Vegetables, grains, fruit, for food. (2019)

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