My Summer has been filled with harvesting and processing herbs.  Leaves, flowers, and seeds are all great summertime harvests.  Most of these herbs are easy to dry and store for use later in teas, tinctures, compresses, powders, vinegars, oils, and salves.  Some like St. John’s word should be used while fresh.  If you are interested in growing, gathering, and making your own herbal medicines, knowing how to harvest them, process them, and store them is almost as important as knowing how to grow them.