Herb Garden

How to Grow Sprouts

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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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 Make CRAWFISH CARDINAL Sauce

By MICHAEL SIMMERS

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Cream Of the Bayou. This is what I call this famously Delicious topping sauce... more »

How to Make Sweet Pickled Peppers

By Heide Braley

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Sweet Pickled Peppers are a staple of the American Sandwich. Of course you can find variations such as hot pickled peppers, etc., but for the most part sweet pickled peppers just take a sandwich from ho-hum to tasty! Here is a recipe for ... more »

How to Plant a Kitchen Herb Garden

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Transform your cooking with herbs fresh from the garden. They're not difficult to grow, and creating a garden exclusively for herbs ensures convenient care and easy harvesting... 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 Companion Planting for Great Tomatoes

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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Herbs go great with tomatoes in the kitchen and they are even more important in the garden to improve the tomato crop. Many other vegetables and ornamentals also go well with tomatoes in the garden... more »

How to Create a Knot Garden

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Knot Gardens became popular in landscapes of the grand homes of Renaissance England and France. These formal gardens are designed in geometric patterns that show off the lovely textures and shades of the different plants. Herbs and flowering ... more »

How to Design a Thyme Herb Garden

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Common in English herb gardens since before the 16th century, the herb thyme comes from the Greek word meaning "to fumigate." The English obviously knew the meaning of the word when they designed formal thyme gardens intended to delight the ... more »

How to GO DEET FREE!

By Susan Golis

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This past Spring the Midwest region of the USA was flooded out by horrific storms. When the flood waters subsided, and the homes began to dry out, people thought the worst was over but then came the mosquitoes. DEET is the #1 mosquito repellent, ... more »

How to Grow a Medicinal Herb Garden

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Long before the existence of little blue pills, yellow capsules or creams in a tube, herbs were medicines used in the form of tinctures, teas, salves and poultices. The Native American shamans gathered wild plants for their treatments while the ... more »

How to Grow Bay Leaf

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Bay leaf infuses stews, sauces, stocks and even teas with flavor. You can use it to create a soothing bath or a head wreath like the ancient Greeks were fond of wearing. This perennial has many useful purposes to serve, which is good because it's ... more »

How to Grow Chamomile

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Although chamomile is a favorite herb for making tea, it's also a charming annual (grows just one year) flower that's perfect for cottage and other casual gardens... more »

How to Grow Coriander/Cilantro

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You can grow this Mediterranean native for its leaves, which are known as cilantro, or for its dried seeds, called coriander. It's an annual herb that will grow in USDA zone 3 and warmer, but it thrives in damp, cool springs and hot, dry summers... more »

How to Grow Ginger

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Asian cooks prize ginger not only for its tasty, bulbous roots, but also for its young, grasslike stems. Unless you live in the hottest part of the United States (USDA zone 10), you'll have to grow this tender herb in a pot and bring it indoors ... more »

How to Grow Horseradish

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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People tend to have strong feelings about horseradish: Either they loathe the stuff, or they can't imagine a roast beef sandwich without it. If you fall into the latter camp, here's good news: This hardy perennial herb is a cinch to grow from ... more »

How to Grow Parsley

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Parsley usually appears as a green leafy garnish on a plate of food. Quite often, it doesn't receive the recognition it deserves as a good source of Vitamins A and C when used in cooking. Though very safe when used in recipes, the essential oil ... more »

How to Grow Rosemary

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Even if you never consume a single sprig of rosemary, its blue-green, needlelike foliage and compelling fragrance make this tender perennial a must in any garden... more »

How to Grow Sweet Annie

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Sweet Annie is an annual herb that can grow up to 6 feet tall. It is also known as Artemisia Annua, Sweet Wormwood and Chinese Fragrant Fern. It holds its color and scent well and is often used in potpourris, wreaths and dried arrangements. Sweet ... more »

How to Grow Thyme

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Thyme comes in a multitude of flavors, fragrances, growth habits and hardiness ranges. But all varieties are tough, easy-to-grow perennials with pungent leaves and dense clusters of pink, white or lilac flowers... more »

How to Make A No-Till Garden

By ashleighmiller

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This is the perfect project for the lazy gardener! There's no messy, stinky compost pile to deal with, few, if any, weeds, and very little watering to do... more »

How to Make Homemade Fertilizer

By sugaredup

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Keep your garden green and your plants happy with this simple recipe for homemade fertilizer... more »

How to on What to Grow in Your Indoor Fruit, Vegetable & Herb Garden

By GreenMomma

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The rewards of growing your own fruit, herbs and vegetables in your own indoor garden are tremendous. You will enjoy year round fresh produce if you make the commitment to the basic care of your plants. Many of these suggestions are very easy ... more »

How to Troubleshoot Herbs

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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By and large, herbs are some of the easiest-going plants a gardener could ask for. In fact, they're so trouble-free that many people forget that these plants actually can have problems now and then... more »

How to Use Sage as a Companion Plant

By irwriter

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If you've never tried companion planting to control weeds and pests in your garden, you may be working too hard to control these common gardening troubles. Once you discover the joys of companion planting, your garden will be healthier, and you ... more »

How to Design an Herb Garden

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Herb gardens are magical places, filled with plants that are as old as recorded time, as enchanting as a fairy tale, as evocative as a Shakespeare sonnet - and as useful as a bottle of aspirin in the medicine cabinet. So what are you waiting for?.. more »

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