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  • How to Grow Herbs in the Northwest

    Growing your own herbs is a rewarding venture. Not only do the plants provide pleasant greenery for your garden or home, but also you have a constant source of fresh herbs to liven up your...

  • How to Grow Herbs Outdoors

    Herbs are equally loved by both cooks and gardeners. Not only are herbs very useful plants, they can add an attractive element to many landscape designs. Many types of herbs grow abundantly in the...

  • Herb Growing Instructions

    Grow your own herbs and you'll notice the difference in your meals and your wallet. Fresh herbs pack more zing than dried, bottled herbs, but they come at an added cost. With your own herb garden...

  • How to Grow Cilantro with Fish Emulsion

    Fish emulsion is a popular choice for organic farmers to supply plants like cilantro with a sustained food source. Provide optimum soil conditions, regulate the growing environment and rely on the...

  • How to Separate the Seeds From Milk Thistle Hairs

    Milk thistle may be a spiny, unattractive plant that looks like a weed; however, its seeds have been used in Europe to treat liver diseases, upset stomachs and gallbladder issues. The active...

  • How to Grow Herbs in a Hot Shady Area

    Successful gardening depends on many variables: geographic location, climate, soil type, water needs, and of course -- sunlight. Conventional gardening wisdom states that herbs need six hours or...

  • How to Save Mint Seeds

    Mint is one of the easiest herbs to grow and produces one of the easiest seeds to save. Growing mint will release a cleansing aroma over the entire area in which it is planted, and the plant will...

  • How to Grow Herbs in Sydney

    Herbs are a simple way to spice up any dish. Buying herbs at the grocery store limits your control over quantity and quality, as most herbs are sold in large packets and do not keep well in the...

  • How to Grow Herbs in a Small Space

    Herbs are low-maintenance, aromatic plants used for cooking, tea, sachets and medicinal purposes. A small garden plot can yield all the herbs you use in a year, but lack of ground space should not...

  • How to Grow Herbs From Cuttings in the Window Sill

    In winter, outdoor herbs can be damaged due to low temperatures and snow. A great solution is to take cuttings from your outdoor herb garden before the temperatures drop and bring them indoors to...

  • How to Collect Verbena Seeds

    The lavender flowers of verbena attract butterflies to the garden throughout summer. An annual, verbena varieties range from pretty ornamentals to lemon verbena, which is used as a lightly...

  • How to Harvest Milk Thistle Weed

    Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) has been used for its medicinal properties for more than 2000 years. Its mottled, white leaves were said to be infused with the milk of the Virgin and commonly...

  • How to Dry Borage

    Borage has been referenced as a medicinal and culinary herb back to the time of Romans when soldiers would drink an elixir made from the flowers for strength and courage before battle. Its fresh...

  • How to Prune Tuscan Blue

    Tuscan blue, commonly known as "rosemary," is a delightful cooking herb with an evergreen flavor to it. It is often used in Italian cooking and makes an amazing focaccia bread. As long as the...

  • How to Buy Wild Mint Plants

    Wild mint (Pycnanthemum) is commonly grown thoughout North America for medicinal and culinary purposes. Wild mint is available in several varieties, including spearmint, peppermint and mountain...

  • How to Take Care of Sage Plants

    Sage plants are hardy herbs from the Mediterranean region that require very little intervention from a gardener. Once planted, sage tends to take care of itself. It needs very little water and...

  • Information on the Lemon Sage Plant

    Lemon sage plants are flowering plants that are used for many practical purposes, such as accentuating food and helping cope with illness. This versatility makes lemon sage plants a popular...

  • How to Harvest and Use Fresh Horseradish

    Roast beef sandwiches just don't taste the same without horseradish! You can grow your own easily (it grows pretty much all by itself), but to harvest it takes a little care. It's definitely...

  • How to Collect & Store Herb Seeds

    When purchased at the store, herbs such as oregano, basil and lavender are expensive and often so old they have lost much of their aroma. However, these culinary favorites are easy to grow in just...

  • Uses for Dried Lavender Flowers

    Dried lavender flowers have a sweet, aromatic fragrance that is very relaxing. The Provence and Grosso lavenders have the most fragrance when dried. Not only is lavender lovely to look at, it also...

  • How to Plant Herb Seeds

    Starting herb seeds indoors gives tender sprouts added protection until they can be transplanted to an outdoor herb garden. Whether you would like to grow herbs for culinary or medicinal purposes,...

  • Life Cycles of Herbs

    With the a tremendous variety of plants in the herb family, gardeners can choose annuals, perennials or long-lasting shrubs to highlight any garden space.

  • How to Build Strong Plant Hangers

    If you love to garden but don't like ground pests infiltrating your herbs and tomatoes, you may want to build plant hangers that hold the plants in beautiful and sturdy fashion. Building plant...

  • How to Grow Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)

    Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is a tasty herb, grown for the leaves. Also a good companion plant in the garden with tomatoes for deterring pests. There are many kinds of basil, they are all (for the...

  • How to Plant Cilantro in 5 Gallon Buckets

    A lot of people would like to have a garden that is full of beauty and health, a colorful area that gives life to a dwelling and at the same time, lush with health-inducing herbs that provide your...

  • How to Water Herb Plants

    Herbs are a great addition to any garden. Herbs not only add pleasant fragrances to the air but are used to add flavor and aroma to our favorite meals. They are used to make teas. Growing and...

  • How to Care for English Lavender

    English lavender (Lavandula angustifolias) is sturdy perennial that is a low-maintenance plant as long as its few needs are provided. Like all lavenders, it needs sweet soil and dry feet to...

  • How to Salt Herbs for Storage

    Salting herbs to store for later use is a method that was once more common. Basil and other leaf herbs are what is usually stored with salt. Use pickling salt, not iodized table salt.I salt and...

  • Instructions to Make Extract From a Salvia Plant

    Salvia divinorum is a perennial herb found in Mexico. The leaves of the plant contain a potent chemical known as Salvinorin A that can be extracted for its psychedelic and medicinal applications.

  • How to Root a San Pedro Cactus Cutting

    San Pedro cactus is a fast-growing, hearty plant that is relatively easy to grow from a cutting. You can obtain a cutting from anyone who has a healthy San Pedro or from one of the many online...

  • How to Store Dried Lavender

    Dried lavender can be used for many reasons from freshening up clothes drawers and linen closets, to making teas or sprinkling in your bath water. Whether you have lavender growing in your herb...

  • How to Set Up Hydroponic Tomatoes in a Basement

    Tomatoes from a hydroponic system have the same nutrient value and flavor as traditionally grown tomatoes. A hydroponic grow system will provide you with fresh tomatoes all year. Purchase kits...

  • How to Grow Garlic

    There are many benefits to growing your own garlic with the most obvious being you get to eat your own home grown fresh garlic any time you want. Another benefit is the plant is self sustaining....

  • How to Make an Upright Herb Garden

    With little land or space you can create an herb garden that hangs on a wall. By using over the door hanging shoe storage you can start your very own indoor/outdoor garden!

  • How to Plant Your Ginkgo Seeds

    Ginkgo trees have an ancient heritage. They can be as tall as 100 feet, with trunks as wide as 4 feet in diameter. It all begins with a humble ginkgo seed. With proper collection, seed extraction...

  • Should I Cut the Flowers From My Sage Plant?

    Sage, whose botanical name is Salvia, comes in many varieties and can be grown for its seasoning properties, medicinal properties and for the show of beautiful blooms that it produces at the end...

  • The Best Potting Mix to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden

    Growing your own herbs at home can be a fun and fascinating hobby, not to mention a great way to save money at the grocery store. Dried herbs can be very expensive, and their quality is often...

  • How to Identify Elderberry

    Elderberry shrubs are sought after for both their berries and flowers. Everything from fairy and elf visitations to great wine, jam, good health and beauty is attributed to elderberries. It is a...

  • How to Build a Courtyard Herb Garden

    There is nothing more enticing to a cook and gardener than using herbs plucked from the garden. Basil with fresh tomatoes, tarragon with roasted chicken and what would Mexican food be without...

  • Herbs Needed for Medicinal Garden

    Growing your own medicinal garden can be an excellent hobby as well as a way to boost your own immune system to improve your health. There are many beneficial plants and herbs that can be grown in...

  • How to Make a Porch Into an Herb Garden

    An herb garden on the porch allows you to grow your herbs close to the kitchen without having to plant a large plot of land. If you have limited space, a porch garden allows you to grow enough...

  • How to Grow Sweet Basil in a Container

    Do you love the flavor and smell of fresh sweet basil but don't have the space or tools necessary to plant it in a garden? Sweet basil is an herb that does exceedingly well in small spaces. With...

  • Herb-Growing Tips

    Fresh herbs are a fine addition to your kitchen, whether primarily decorative or used in cooking. You can plant an indoor herb garden by planting multiple herbs in a single pot or using individual...

  • How to Get Rid of Ants Naturally Without Poison

    Ants can be a common household problem no matter if you live in a home that is 2 or 20 years old. In this article I will show you how to get rid of the pesky ants entering your home naturally...

  • Companion Planting for an Herb & Pepper Garden

    An herb garden can be planted together with a pepper garden to make interesting combinations. The herbs and peppers will grow well together and will provide you with beautiful colors to look at as...

  • How to Tips on Preserving Herbs From Your Garden and Making Herbed Vinegar

    Growing fresh herbs is a satisfying pleasure whether you grow them in a garden or in flower pots. Little space is needed for a year-round supply of your favorite herbs. Flower pot herbs can be...

  • How to Make Rosemary Topiaries

    Although topiaries are available for purchase, it's rewarding and fun to construct and grow one yourself. Topiaries can be trained from any shrub well-suited to trimming, like hollies, ivies,...

  • How to Grow Mint Herbs Indoors

    Mint herbs add flair to your meals and have a pleasant aroma when cooking and when they are growing. Mint comes in many different varieties. Once you learn how to grow mint herbs indoors you will...

  • How to Grow Vanilla Bean Orchids

    Vanilla orchids are a genus of about 110 species in the orchid family. The vanilla beans that provide the well-known flavoring come almost exclusively from Vanilla planifolia. This species is...

  • How to Plant Morel Mushrooms

    Morel mushrooms include members of Morchella, a genus of edible mushrooms. They have a distinctive honeycomb-like appearance and are highly prized for cooking, especially in French cuisine. Morels...

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