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Growing Herbs Indoors

How to grow herbs indoors so you can enjoy fresh herbs in all your winter meals.

Three Herbal Pesto Recipes

Use the fresh herbs you grow in your herb garden to make some flavorful sauces. Sauces that are highly seasoned with herbs are an important part of Mediterranean cooking, which is one of the most healthful ways to cook. Most sauces include olive oil, but yogurt or cream are also used as a base. Nutritious [...]

Herbs and Spices — Antioxidant Powerhouses

Herbs and spices, as well as taking your cooking from mundane to marvelous, are healthy sources of antioxidants. We all know that antioxidants are an essential component in our diets, helping to prevent cardiovascular diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and inflammation.
By growing your own organic herbs so that you have a healthy and fresh source, and [...]

Dandelions – Weed or Nutritional Herb?

Dandelions are a nutritional powerhouse, with all parts of the plant useful to us. Grown as an herb in Europe, you may want to plant these in your garden this year.

Four Ways to Enjoy Your Herbal Potpourri

A potpourri is a long-lasting mixture of fragrant herbs, spices, and filler plant materials. You can easily make a potpourri to preserve your favorite summer fragrances in a jar. Look for recipes in herbal craft books, on herbal websites, or just create your own custom blends using plants from your garden or purchased. You may [...]

Four Ways to Enjoy Herbal Potpourri

A potpourri is a long-lasting mixture of fragrant herbs, spices, and filler plant materials. You can easily make a potpourri to preserve your favorite summer fragrances in a jar. Look for recipes in herbal craft books, on herbal websites, or just create your own custom blends using plants from your garden or purchased. You may [...]

Discover Easy Growing Savory

Summer and winter savory are two aromatic and easy to grow Mediterranean herbs that should be in everyone’s garden. Both have echoes of thyme and oregano, with just a hint of spiciness. Traditionally these two plants were grown near bee hives, providing nectar for honey production. They also are great companion plants, because their aromatic [...]

How to Make A Christmas Herbal Wreath

Christmas wreaths are one of the first decorations many of us hang. A decorative and colorful wreath is a welcoming sight on the front door. This year, why not make your own wreath using some of the dried herbs and plants from your gardens. Take a big basket and your sharpest shears, and look for [...]

How to Make Herbal Vinegars and Oils

It’s easy to make delicious herbal oils and vinegars from the herbs in your garden. Use these flavored oils and vinegars to add a different taste and zest to marinades and salad dressings. You can use the herbs either fresh or dried in making them.
The supplies you’ll need for making herb vinegar are as [...]

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