15 Best Herbs for Your Prepper Garden

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Thanks for that, the link works today for some reason. It's a good short list to look at the medicinal properties as well as culinary & household usage for each and not get overwhelmed.

Pretty much the same for me although I love basil I would consider swapping it for perennial basil or tulsi. Basil (Ocimum basilicum) tends to have a short growth cycle here and quickly go to seed, I don't think it stores particularly well unless it's maybe frozen in oil, can dry it but I just don't like it as much as fresh for culinary usage.

Typically I struggle to grow dill especially from seed but would try anyway. Depending on the situation I would toss up between caraway and cumin. I prefer caraway but haven't grown either so would have to trial growing them first.

If I could add a couple more it would probably be comfrey, yarrow (swap with feverfew if I had to but would use feverfew more for pyrethrum properties) spilanthes (toothache plant) and maybe soapwort. Would drop the catnip if I had to get rid of one as I could get the properties I want from some of the other plants that were listed.

Although some of these might not be considered herbs, others I would definitely consider are elder (sambucus nigra), moringa, yucca, hawthorn, aloe vera, mashmallow, calendula, turmeric, ginger, horehound, stevia, astragalus, lemongrass, willow, bamboo and bay laurel. Haven't grown astragalus but I recently got some seeds, also haven't grown hawthorn, tumeric or ginger. Haven't managed to get a consisent healthy crop of calendula but I will keep trying and experimenting. I would also like to grow some mullein and get familiar with it, even if it's just for toilet paper. There are better plants but it's on my list of plants to try out.

I would hope that weeds would be accessible such as plantain, dandelion, nettle, wild fennel, various thistles (milk/sow/scottish), purslane, dock, sorrell, clover, amaranth, lambsquaters, wild oats, shepherds purse as well as chickweed. Heck I'll even take fleabane. Anything I can identify 100% essentially and have some familiarity with usage.

Thanks again that really got me thinking. There are certain properties I would definitely want to have medicinally for the typical stuff that seems to come up in the family and some that I would want on hand just in case (my insurance plan) or as a preventative. Trying to get as many properties/uses from a plant and have a broad enough range for different growing conditions and hopefully something that will thrive, store well and have a multitude of uses. Bonus points if other people don't recognise the plants or know their value.