Herbs

Designing an Herb Garden

Herbs are easy to grow as most of them are generally undemanding, requiring just enough light and adequate soil to…

2 months ago

Your Medicinal Garden: Ten Herbs to Plant This Spring

Come spring, the nursery catalogs will be arriving in the mail.  All of us are entertaining grandiose gardening plans.  This…

3 months ago

Due Dill-igence: Facts and Growing Tips for Dill

Sure, we've got growing tips for dill but first, a little history... It is such a familiarity in our gardens,…

9 months ago

Growing a Butterfly Garden: Host Plants to Attract Butterflies

Whether you just want to have lovely, colorful things flitting around in your garden, or you want to venture into…

1 year ago

Genteel Chamomile

"Chamomile is put to divers and sundry uses, both for pleasure and profit, both for the sick and the sound,…

1 year ago

Worth a Mint

Mentha was a nymph who because of the love Pluto bore her, was metamorphosed by a jealous Prosperine into the…

1 year ago

Foraging the Forest for Spring Edibles

It’s early spring. The bone-chilling winds of winter have finally given way to that sweet-smelling southern breeze. Songbirds have returned…

2 years ago

A Pansy for Your Thoughts: A Walk Through a Shakespearian Garden

"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember: and there is pansies. That's for thoughts. There's fennel for you, and…

3 years ago

Grow an Herbal Skincare Garden: 7 Easy-to-Grow Herbs for Naturally Healthy Skin

You grow herbs for culinary uses and maybe herbal remedies, but did you know you can use herbs for skincare…

3 years ago