Tarragon is a delightful herb to grow, one that has long been used as a flavoring as well as a traditional curative. With an appealing flavor reminiscent of anise and licorice, it has several ...
Add Some Spice to Your Life: Grow Your Own Horseradish
While it’s quite possible you’ve tasted horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) and appreciated its sinus-clearing and deliciously flavorful bite, has it ever occurred to you to grow it? How fun ...
Parsley: The Wonder Herb That’s Easy to Grow
We’re all familiar with parsley, often used as a garnish on our favorite dishes. But its usefulness goes far beyond visual appeal on a plate! Parsley’s culinary applications are extensive, and ...
Tasty Turf: Tips for Using Culinary Herbs as Ground Cover
Sometimes it can be tricky to identify the right groundcover for a particular area of your garden. This plant needs too much sun. That one likes shade. And this other one you’ve used all over the ...
How To Grow Lavender in Every Climate
Lavender is a native plant to the dry heat of western Mediterranean regions and its long history dates back to the Old World. The sweetly fragranced perennial herb is a popular ornamental plant ...
Fun With Dandelions: Food and Medicine
As cheerful and innocuous as the lowly dandelion is, it ranks among America's most hated plants. People will resort to almost anything to get rid of them, from prying them up by their seemingly ...
Spring Care Tips for Your Herb Garden
Who doesn’t love herbs? They’re fun and easy to grow, delicious to cook with, and they offer amazing levels of antioxidants for good health and well-being. And they’re also among some of the ...
The Top 5 Mediterranean Herbs: Growing, Eating, and Healing
For both the aspiring and the experienced gardener, growing culinary herbs is a likely and logical challenge – especially when tending a garden to meet your home cooking needs. The real puzzle, ...
Growing Temperate Ginger: Can It Be Done?
We all know ginger – a tasty culinary herb you can buy practically anywhere. Whether whole root, pureed, or in powdered form, it’s a spice any seasoned cook will reach for in their cupboard, ...
Combating Cold Season Naturally
One of the more delightful books I've read lately is Dr. Jarvis's , written by a Vermont doctor in 1958. Those familiar with this work will know that his remedy for practically everything from ...
