As a stop-gap measure I am planning to jump start my medicinal herb storage by buying some. I am planning to grow some as well but there's lots to learn and I want to get going. My DH takes many supplements for a health condition and I am trying to reduce the costs. We drink a LOT of specific organic herbal teas as supplements for him and 12 teabags for $8.00 is really expensive! A friend in the States gave me this name:
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/bulkherb/bulkherb.html
The prices are MUCH cheaper than anything I have found online in Canada so far. The shipping for a 10 pound package is $45.00 plus the customs fee which is always a mystery.
Anyone have any sources closer to home? I found one other place online but as an example the organic raspberry leaf was $8.00 at mountainrose and $22.00 in Canada - makes the shipping sound cheap!
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Food items have very minimal or no duty.
I'd be wary if it's coming by courier rather than US Post Office to Canada...those brokerage fees can be very, very expensive.
Keep in mind...that duties/brokerage fees are probably what are driving the price up for the Canadian online sources...you may actually be cheaper buying in Canada if the shipping is significantly cheaper and you figure out what the duties would be if you ordered in from the US.
I'm the lady you're stuck behind in the grocery store with the over loaded cart filled with cases of tuna, peanut butter, huge bags of rice and the weary looking husband
Send your package to a border crossing town mail drop and have them forward the package via usps to your address. Should cost you $5 handling fee + shipping cost. No brokerage fees involved by the rip off artists UPS and FEDEX.
heres just one example: www.packageexpress.com
when you bring those across the border, don't you still have to pay customs duties or something like that?
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I wonder the same thing. The calculated shipping by weigh for my package was still $45.00 from this business and I would have to pay the shipping to get it there from the original company. Perhaps this makes more sense if you cross the border and pick it up as there is a better chance of not getting caught in the brokerage fees and customs fees.
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send a message to FarmGal she might know, she is a lot like you!
Tell her I said so ;p
when you bring those across the border, don't you still have to pay customs duties or something like that?
Recently i purchased some Mountain House Cans (box). It was free shipping to an US address. So i had it shipped to a border town. When it arrived at the border town i recieved an email saying i had a package waiting for me ($5) and what i wanted to do with it. I asked for a quote to ship this via United States Postal Service (USPS $$$) to my home address in Alberta. Because i used USPS i dod not have to pay any "brokerage fees" UPS or Fed Ex would have charged me if they brought it across the border (rip off artists). Once delivered to my home i had to pay gst on the box.
That was it. I was also leary doing this because of the horror stories from others getting raped by UPS and FED EX on their brokerage fee costs.
Another tip is to have the parcel marked as "Gift" by sender to forgo any charges at all.
Hope that helps.
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One thing that I have noticed is that many people "weed" their gardens and throw them into the compost pile or to the curb when we should be eating them. I suggest you get a good books on edible wilds & weeds and start wildcrafting. Most of the stuff we think we need to buy is in a yard, field, forest. Some of the weeds that come to mind are - burdock, yellow dock, nettle, dandelion, motherwort, wild raspberry leaves, chick weed, amaranth...free food feels good.
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...or should I say "free food TASTES better"
Knowledge is power. Practised knowledge is strength. Tested knowledge is confidence.
That is certainly my plan - "I didn't do it" however it's winter and I need the herbs and teas now.
I have several books already but I have lots to learn. I know nettles, dandelion, raspberry, burdock and mullien after that it's a little fuzzy 🙂
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Richter's has a good selection of herbs, seeds, plants, dried, books, even mushroom growing kits.
Some of the products are a little silly though. You can buy many weeds in seed or plant form such as: dandelion, burdock, mullein, wild raspberry, chickweed, etc.
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What kinds of herbs was everyone thinking. Don't forget about alfalfa. If there was a common 4-5 top herbs, I could see for next year for planting?
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