Welcome To Our Farm!

You have reached Nancy and Michael Phillips, the folks who have written The Herbalist's Way, The Holistic Orchard and The Apple Grower.

Picking those calendula blossoms every two days adds up to a heap of time over the course of a summer. But what glorious work! We're happy to celebrate being together as a family here on our own land harvesting the good herb.

We intend to make this website worthy of your visit, with photos, columns on all things herbal and our favorite apples, ordering information for all our farm products and books, and a posting of our speaking schedule.

Isn't this good earth a grand place to spend these precious days? And what a blessing now to count you among our friends!

Mountain Offerings

We love our wee bit of northern paradise in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Here's where we cultivate the most-in-demand herbs - milky oats, nettles, and calendula - as well as wildcraft other classic Northeastern plant medicines. (More than a few herbalists say our hawthorn blossom is the best!)

Please check what healing herbs will be available come summer harvest time. We invite you to reserve your order requests sooner rather than later so that we don't disappoint long-time customers. We offer eight varieties of hardneck garlic for seed and kitchen use, with such orders being filled beginning in September. A selection of quality tinctures, compound formulations, and family favorites can always be found in Nancy's Apothecary. Fall means it's time to harvest Lost Nation apples for local sale and start taking orders for apple trees when spring comes 'round again.

Lost Nation Videos Have Arrived!

An orchard friend has generously lent his talents to a delightful visual presentation of our apple offerings. We invite you to have a peak at Michael's humble efforts at film presence. Marlon Brando in the orchard? We doubt it. . . but honestly? Our friend Chris did a fantastic job. These clips truly capture the essence of healthy orcharding. Please enjoy the show!

The Holistic Orchard has arrived!

Michael Phillips completely changed the conversation about healthy orcharding with his first bestselling book, The Apple Grower, and now he takes that dialogue even further, drawing connections between home orcharding and permaculture; the importance of native pollinators and beneficial allies; the world of understory plantings with shade-tolerant berry bushes; detailed information on cover crops and biodiversity; varietal rundowns of all the major tree fruits, and the newest research on safe, locally-inspired solutions to pest and disease challenges.

Slow Cider

What do you get when you combine the concept of Slow Money with the pleasure of Slow Food? Particularly when you're wishing for a cold glass of organic apple cider? Michael aims to generate more feedback about Cider Shares as we work towards the vision of a community cider mill at Lost Nation Orchard.

Our Commitment to the Plants

Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs has made a commitment to monitor local populations of endangered medicinal plants and to cultivate such plants in our field and woodland gardens. You will not find endangered or threatened plant species in any of our herbal offerings unless these have been organically grown from seed or root stock. We encourage everyone to get involved further with the vital work of United Plant Savers to both honor and conserve our green friends.

Join our Herbal Healing Network

Stay informed about issues important to herbalists and the happenings here at Heartsong Farm Healing Herbs by signing up to be a part of this emailing list. We'll write only on occasion, as you can imagine how busy life on an herb farm gets to be throughout the growing season.