Get your flavor on!

When I started the manuscript on this book, it had 48 recipes…by the time it was sent off for editing … More

Sweet and Simple Pot Marigold

The flower petals are edible with a tangy almost peppery taste that can be sprinkled in soups, scrambled eggs, herb butters, and salads. Harvest the flower petals for use, either fresh or dried, to make soothing skin treatments.

Seasonings from the Garden

Perk up salads, make your own meat rubs and sweeten up your Iced tea with herbs from your garden.

Well, that’s just Minty!

Notice the edges of this mint? It is a hint for an easy way to identify Spearmint. The leaf edges are … More

Seed Collecting

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.

Get Steamy

Go nurture yourself and take a mini spa moment with fresh herbs from the garden!

Mellow about Yellow

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.