Growing Mint
The mint family offers a tremendous diversity of refreshing scents and flavors for cooking, beverages, and potpourris. Bumblebees and other pollinators are attracted to the delicate flowers that appear in mid- to late summer. Some varieties sport ... [... more]
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Growing Sage
Sage is for more than seasoning your Thanksgiving turkey. Harvest fresh leaves from your kitchen garden to flavor meat and bean dishes, or toss the blossoms into salad! You can even wire dried sprigs to a frame to create an aromatic wreath or ... [... more]
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Greek oregano
How to Grow Herbs Indoors Growing Herbs Under Lights In recent years, many new varieties of herbs have been introduced, some of which do better indoors than the traditional varieties. Here are 10 herbs notable for their consistent, compact growth ... [... more]
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Growing French Tarragon
The sweet, anise-flavored leaf of French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) is a key ingredient in béarnaise sauce and fines herbs. It also makes a delicious addition to egg dishes, seafood, salad dressing, vegetables, and poultry. You will find ... [... more]
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Basil Varieties
Common basil (Ocimum basilicum) includes a number of different basils most commonly used for cooking. Handsome, tallish varieties of Ocimum basilicum with dark foliage and flowers and distinctive spicy flavors. Cinnamon basil makes a good ... [... more]
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Growing Oregano
There are several species of oregano used in cooking, but the one we recommend for kitchen use is Origanum heracleoticum. If you haven't been impressed with the flavor of oregano you've purchased at the store, consider that commercially available ... [... more]
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How to Grow Rosemary
Rosemary and its cultivars are best started from plants. When grown from seed, germination is slow with variable results. Plants can be set out in the spring when the weather has warmed in zones 1 through 9, and in spring or fall in zone 10. All ... [... more]
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Growing Basil
Featured in cuisines across the globe, basil is an indispensable flavoring. Plant seeds or transplants after all danger of frost has passed and soil is warm, and it will yield an abundant harvest within weeks. The type of basil you're most likely ... [... more]
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Growing Parsley
Parsley deserves recognition for more than its role as a garnish. It's rich vitamins A and C, a good source of iron, and freshens your breath, to boot! Parsley is a key ingredient in tabouli, and compliments sauces, stuffing, fish, and poultry ... [... more]
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Lettuce leaf
Tip growth, harvested just before the plant flowers, is the most flavorful. The optimum time to harvest basil is just before it flowers. Many fresh-market growers here in North Carolina like to pick just the tip clusters; stemless and succulent, ... [... more]
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Growing Marjoram
Shakespeare knew his herbs, and characterized them in his work. In All's Well that Ends Well, someone gives a compliment, describing another as, "the sweet marjoram of the salad, or rather the herb of grace." It is a delightful herb, at once ... [... more]
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