Phillip Elden


Pepper, Red
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Capsicum Species: Annuum, Frutescens
Also Known As: Hot pepper, most of the pepper family including bell pepper
Rx: cooking, infusion
It is a good digestive aid, can relieve infectious diarrhea (and can bring on noninfectious diarrhea if too many hot peppers are ingested), helps chronic pain when used externally, is the best shingles reliever, helps headaches, and tastes great!
Warnings: can burn the eyes, mouth and skin

Sandalwood (Santalum Album)
Sandalwood is one of the most expensive, most exotic, and most aromatic plants known to humans. Grown mostly in the southern parts of India, Sandalwood is a very highly revered plant both in the medicinal world and in Hindu culture. Its seductive fragrance is considered to have many curative properties. Sandalwood has a use in treating most skin problems. It is a cooling agent, stimulant, and blood purifier. It protects skin from the sun's rays, acts an anti-aging agent, and keeps skin smooth and aromatic. Sandalwood is extremely effective on pimples, prickly heat, skin erruptions, itching, rashes, spots, freckles, and swellings. It is a very popular ingredient in salon facials. The oil is antiseptic and is used in treating gonnorrhea, scabies, pimples, wrinkles, bronchitis, fever, and urine disorders.

Philip Elden

Rosemary - details
Light Sun
Height 1-3 feet
Spacing 12-18 inches
Type Treat as an annual
Uses Meat, punches, jellies, etc. Fragrance
Other Keep soil moist but not wet.

Rosemary: May grow outdoors for summer, but not winter-hardy outdoors. Needs sunny location and well-drained soil. Can be pruned severely if necessary to keep in proportion with pot size. Popular for veal, lamb, shellfish and other meats