Plant, nurture, harvest and creatively use herbs from your garden.
Coneflower is one of the common names for Echinacea. There are some species that are more familiar to gardeners than others, so let’s take a minute to get to know more about this herb. It is multi-faceted in history, medicinal qualities and garden use.
Get to know the diversity of sage. Culinary, medicinal, cosmetic, aromatic and useful in landscape design. Not all are edible, some are intensely fragrant, one is mind-altering when smoked, and some are just simply floriferous and nothing more.
Perk up salads, make your own meat rubs and sweeten up your Iced tea with herbs from your garden.
Get relief from the summer heat with herbs from your garden.
Notice the edges of this mint? It is a hint for an easy way to identify Spearmint. The leaf edges are … More
Make easy to crochet cotton spa cloths for gifting!
I have decided if I ever cease to be mesmerized by the simple act of planting a tiny seed that turns into bushels of food, I should stop gardening.
Go nurture yourself and take a mini spa moment with fresh herbs from the garden!
For Manly Herbal spa treatments, the fragrances of basil, rosemary and thyme are rich with notes of camphor, pepper,pine and clove. It’s all about a deep timbre of aroma – not perfumed delicate flowers.
Even though lovers of a pristine lawn are ready to strike and kill these bright yellow heralds of spring, dandelions are highly favored plants for wild-crafting herbalists.
The Herb Lover's Garden 