Herb Garden

How to Decorate an Herb Garden

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Now that you've taken the time to plant an herb garden, it's time to decorate it. Consider water fountains, wrought iron benches or patterned walkways to add the finishing touch to your garden. Read below for tips on finding the perfect details ... more »

How to Design with Colorful Herbs

By Mackeybooks

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Plant herbs for their great looks and for making your better tasting and healthier. Herbs are easy to grow. Their purple, gold, silver, or green foliage will make your container gardens and home landscaping more rewarding... more »

How to Dry Fresh Herbs

By Willi Galloway

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Herbs dried from your own garden taste much better than those you buy at the grocery store for one simple reason: they are fresh. The volatile oils that give herbs their flavor dissipate over time, which means the longer a jar of herbs has been ... more »

How to Grow Mushrooms

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Mushrooms are frequently associated with gourmet foods, but are frequently not grown by the home gardener. These delicacies can be dangerous if poisonous types are not identified properly. To have freshly grown mushrooms without the fear of ... more »

How to Grow Sprouts

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You can grow sprouts just about anywhere. If you have a large back yard where you can have a garden, or you live in the city and have no yard at all, you can grow sprouts. They are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, and they come from ... more »

How to Grow Tarragon

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Tarragon, with its slightly sweet licorice flavor, makes a tasty addition to many of your recipes and it is very easy to grow. This delicious herb is excellent in sauces, salads, soups and omelets. It can also flavor butter, mayonnaise, mustard ... more »

How to Make the Best of Your Organic Garden

By GreenMomma

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Growing your own organic garden has so many rewards all season long. I've included some helpful tips to keep your organic garden working for you at its best... more »

How to Overwinter Plants in a Greenhouse

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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This article presents step-by-step overwintering techniques for preserving plants in a greenhouse... more »

How to Save Lanky Basil Seedlings

By Willi Galloway

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The easiest way to get a jump start on pesto season is to buy a few basil starts at a nursery. However, the problem with this tactic is that the basil seedlings offered for sale are often tall and lanky and they ultimately do not grow as well or ... more »

How to Use Rosemary's Magickal Properties

By Nikki Walters

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Rosemary is a common herb floating around many people's homes. There may be a container in spice rack or a plant growing in the herb garden. But rosemary has more uses than just adding some flavoring to different dishes. Rosemary also has ... more »

How to Choose Plants That Help Keep the Bugs Away

By wendyr

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Pests can sometimes be a problem in the garden. One natural and organic way to help keep those nasty bugs away is to grow plants that those bugs dislike... more »

How to Grow a Green Garlic Garnish Without any Soil

By Mackeybooks

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Use garlic cloves to sprout fresh tasty greens for garnishes and salad dressings... more »

How to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Grow an herb garden indoors to extend the growing season in your climate and to provide you with savory seasonings for your kitchen. Indoor herb gardens also lift your spirits during winter with unlimited aromatherapy sessions. Pinch and sniff ... more »

How to Grow Marjoram

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Marjoram has a subtler flavor than its cousin oregano, but it's just as useful in the kitchen. It's also beautiful, with gray-green leaves and spikes of tiny white or pale pink flowers. It's a tender perennial, grown as an annual in all but the ... more »

How to Keep Your Lavender Plants Lush.

By GreenGardenChic

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How many of us dream of having a garden full of Lavender with the heavy aroma wafting about and happy little Bumble Bees getting drunk off the nectar as they buzz from bud to bud? Why is it that our young plants begin to break and thin out in ... more »

How to Plant a Salsa Garden.

By GreenGardenChic

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It's only natural for the vegetable gardener to be drawn to cooking. What better way to experience garden fresh ingredients in the height of summer then to make your own homemade salsa. Plant these easy to grow ingredients and enjoy the best ... more »

How to Create An Above Ground Organic Vegetable Garden

By sweetangel

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Whether you have a yard or live in an apartment, this is an affordable and easy way to have an above ground vegetable garden. By having it above ground, it deters pests and make maintenance and harvesting easy. Now anyone anywhere can grow their ... more »

How to Grow Bush Basil

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Bush basil is much smaller than its sweet basil cousin. While sweet basil may grow to 2 to 3 feet, bush basil reaches only 6 to 10 inches. It is milder in flavor, but is used in cooking the same way as all its larger cousins. Bush basil is known ... more »

How to Grow Mint

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Given half a chance, mint will take over your whole garden. That natural vigor makes this hardy perennial a great, no-fail plant for beginning gardeners - or for anyone who needs a tough, fast-growing and lovely ground cover... more »

How to Grow Saffron Crocus

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Saffron crocus is a highly attractive herb which produces lavender or purple flowers in the fall after other plants have declined. That is reason enough to grow the herb, but perhaps an ever better reason is that it is the world's most expensive ... more »

How to Guarantee a Great Landscape By Preparing The Soil

By Todd Wessel

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A beautiful landscape begins from the roots up. Preparing your soil, properly, before a plant goes into the ground guarantees future success... more »

How to Plan Your Medicinal Herb Garden

By Katherine Huether

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I love growing my own medicinal herbs, and I plan my garden well in advance. There are certain herbs I use all the time, and those are the ones that I make it a point to grow. And, I always make sure to plant herbs that will work in the kitchen ... more »

How to Use Calendula

By kingofharts

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Calendula officianalis is one of the most useful common herbs, with a cheerful golden color and a lot of healing power. Here are just a few ways you can use this common garden "weed.".. more »

How to Use Coffee Grounds in Your Garden

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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Many people don’t know this, but all those coffee grounds from Starbucks are provided to gardeners free for the asking. Most Starbucks stores have a bucket where they place the garden grounds somewhere in the store. If not or if the bucket is ... more »

How to Use Foliar Fertilizers

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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Foliar Feeding is a technique for feeding plants by applying liquid fertiliser directly to their leaves. The most touted benefit of foliar fertilizers is their capacity to promote maximum nutrient absorption. This is based on the belief that ... more »

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