Herb Garden

By Nikki Walters

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As a highly regarded and popular culinary herb, basil is often found throughout many people's homes. But basil can be used for more than just flavoring your favorite dish. Basil has magickal properties that are attributed to love, wealth, ... more »

How to Use Broccoli as a Companion Plant

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Many presidents might not like broccoli, but it's a very popular plant in the home garden. Broccoli has quite a few companions that it can help grow stronger and fuller, and it can be beneficial to many different herbs, too. Here is how to use it ... more »

How to Use Cucumber as a Companion Plant

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Cucumbers make a wonderful addition to your garden, and they get along with many other common vegetable garden plants. You can use cucumbers throughout the garden to help control some weeds, too. Read on to learn how to use cucumbers as companion ... more »

How to Use Herbs for Companion Planting

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Herbs are usually planted in a garden as food, aromatics or as medicinal plants. Herbs can also be used as companions to other plants in the garden, protecting them or enhancing their growth. Companion planting is a practical form of organic ... more »

How to Build a Plant Cloner

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With this How To article, you will learn how to build a very inexpensive aeroponic plant cloner to clone your plants, like tomato, basil, etc... more »

How to Buy Herb Plants

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Planting an herb garden in your yard or in pots is a wonderful activity for your family. Not only are herbs beautiful and easy to care for, they can also supply your family with needed cooking ingredients. However, before you buy your herb ... more »

How to Create a Patio Garden

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You do not need a large yard to have a beautiful flower garden. In fact, you don't need a yard at all. If you have a patio area of any size and a little imagination you can have an attractive garden... more »

How to Divide Herb Plants

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Herb plants are easily propogated by dividing them during a dormant period. Some herbs do not divide well, and should instead be propogated by stem cuttings. By dividing herbs, you can increase the number of plants and provide an abundance of ... more »

How to Dry Homegrown Lavender

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If you love the smell of lavender, you may be thinking about drying some and having it at your disposal. But before you can dry it, the first thing you need to do is actually grow some. Lavender is an easy plant to grow and is very tolerant of ... more »

How to Dry Lavender

By Jeannie Ralston

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If you have lavender in your garden, you can easily dry it and continue to enjoy it for years--in sachets, in potpourri, and in various crafts. Here's the easy way to dry lavender... more »

How to Extract Cactus Juice

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The prickly pear cactus is the most common type of cactus in the United States. It grows in western North America from Mexico to Canada and is the only cactus found in the eastern United States. Its fruits often are harvested to make jelly, mead ... more »

How to Find Famous Herb Gardens

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Visiting a famous herb garden can provide a lesson in history and world geography. Gardens can have many themes, and the famous ones often have multiple themes spread across many acres of land. Since most every region in the world uses herbs for ... more »

How to Find Plants for an Herb Garden

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Different from a traditional vegetable or flower garden, an herb garden is a great addition to any backyard. The trick is to find the right herbs to plant, which isn't hard if you know where to look. Read below for tips on finding the plants ... more »

How to Grow a Dragon's Blood Tree

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Dragon's Blood trees have been used throughout the ages for everything from staining wood to healing cuts and scrapes to magickal ceremonies. Learn how you too can easily grow your own Dragon's Blood tree... more »

How to Grow Alfalfa

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Alfalfa is a nutrient-packed food and natural medicine. While the most common form of alfalfa seen in our daily meals is alfalfa sprouts, the leaves and flowers of fresh plants are a far better source of healthy properties. Growing alfalfa in ... more »

How to Grow Alkanet

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Alkanet, or "Anchusa officinalis," originated in the Mediterranean and is often found growing near country roadsides throughout England. Depending on conditions it's a short-lived perennial or biennial herb in the Borage family "Boraginaceae." ... more »

How to Grow an Herb Garden

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Herb gardens are fragrant, beautiful and easy to grow in a variety of climates. Plus, you can use what you grow in the kitchen. Find out how to start your very own herb garden... more »

How to Grow and Prepare Chamomile for Tea

By Willi Galloway

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Chamomile tea has a subtle herbal taste and is famously used as a sleep aid and to calm upset stomachs. Two types of chamomile are commonly planted in herb gardens: German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), a robust annual that grows to about 2 ... more »

How to Grow Arrowroot

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The arrowroot plant, or Maranta arundinacea, was highly valued as a food source by Native Americans, who introduced it to Europeans. Arrowroot is not only valuable in the kitchen but is relatively easy to grow, and its tall green shoots and red ... more »

How to Grow Basil From Cuttings

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Most people grow basil from seeds or transplants, but an easy way to make more basil plants to share with friends (or use in your own garden) is to take cuttings from plants you already have. You won't need synthetic rooting hormones or special ... more »

How to Grow Bergamots

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Bergamot is also known as bee balm and Oswega tea. It blooms from midsummer to early autumn. Bergamot's pink, red, or white tubular flowers attract butterflies, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. The leaves and flowers and leaves can be used in ... more »

How to Grow Caraway

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Prized by cooks for centuries, archaeologists found Caraway seeds, the fruit of the "Carum carvi" plant at Neolithic sites in Europe. Their feathery leaves resemble carrot tops; their small flowers are white and found in umbrella-like clusters ... more »

How to Grow Comfrey

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Comfrey is a perennial herb with hairy leaves and bell-shaped flowers. It is a member of the borage family, and was once thought to protect travelers on their journeys. Comfrey can be used as a medicinal herb, tea, vegetable, animal feed and soil ... more »

How to Grow Cumin

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Cumin is a wonderfully savory herb that provides bold flavoring to meat and starch dishes. It is the cumin seed itself that cooks like to use ground up or thrown into a recipe whole. Cumin is an annual plant that thrives in a moderate to sunny ... more »

How to Grow Fennel

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The perennial fennel plant ranks high as a condiment. The herb grows yellow flowers with thin, fern-like segmented leaves. The flowers attract butterflies and bees. Fennel reaches maturity in about 80 days. The seeds follow several weeks later. ... more »

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