Herbs

Homesteading Herbs articles collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Container gardening

6 Tips for Dividing Perennials in the Spring

Perennials offer great value in the flower or shade garden. These plants…

Jackson Perkins Jackson Perkins
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Food

Food Forever: Creating a Perennial Food Forest

Growing our own produce is an important part of the homesteading lifestyle.…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Make Money With Specialty Herbs and Cut Flowers, make money with specialty herbs, cut and come again flowers, make money with herbs, start an herb business successful cut flower business
Homestead products

Make Money with Specialty Herbs and Cut Flowers 

If you are looking for another income opportunity for your homestead, consider…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Designing an Herb Garden, herb garden design, homesteading, homestead, gardening
Herbs

Designing an Herb Garden

Herbs are easy to grow as most of them are generally undemanding,…

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores
Infusing oils at home
DIY

Getting Greasy: A Beginner’s Guide to Infusing Oils

Ready to get your hands dirty this winter? Infusing oils is a…

Lyza Hayn Lyza Hayn
oregano facts
Botany

Say “Yes” to Oregano

Oregano’s name means “joy of the mountain” derived from two Greek words,…

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram
common sage
Botany

Some Sage Wisdom

Salvia officinalis—from the Latin word "salvere"—the name means "to save" and refers…

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homesteading, homestead. homestead.org
Botany

Due Dill-igence: Facts and Growing Tips for Dill

Sure, we've got growing tips for dill but first, a little history...…

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facts about chives, as well as growing tips for chives.
Botany

Chive Talkin’: Facts About Chives

When the colonists arrived on the shores of America, among the kitchen…

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Artemisia Absinthium, wormwood, where does absinthe come from, absinthe origin
Alcoholic drinks

Artemisia: Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

The genus of Artemisia, consisting of over two hundred mostly aromatic plants…

Gay Ingram Gay Ingram
yellow and white flowers, facts about Feverfew growing tips
Botany

Catch the Feverfew

Since the time of Plutarch, feverfew has been used in the Western…

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Parsley Growing Tips, Facts about Parsley
Botany

Parsley: It’s Actually Good For Something

Don’t despise parsley, that sprig of green that usually sits as a…

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Behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there

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