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Grow an Herbal Tea Garden
Is there anything more refreshing than a glass of iced tea on a hot summer day? What makes that tea even more delicious is growing your own herbs to prepare the perfect cup. Here’s what you need to know to plant your own herbal tea garden.
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Enjoy a Cuppa: Blending Teas
1 commentCold weather inspires drinking hot beverages. When you come in from being out-of-doors on a frigid day, what do you want to drink?
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Summer Fruits: From Salads to Shortcakes
When I eat a dead-ripe peach, it is usually over the sink with the juice dripping down my chin and hands. When I am feeling more civilized, I do enjoy peeling a peach over the sink and then slicing...
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3 Easy Ways to Preserve the Herbs
Cooler nighttime temperatures mean the end is near to another vegetable gardening season. Instead of letting those beautiful culinary herbs go to seed, take a few minutes to snip and save them for winter.
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Holiday Gifts from Gardeners
Lists for holiday gifts for gardeners are just about everywhere you look this month. But here’s a list with a twist: ideas for gifts from vegetable gardeners, like you.
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DeBaggio Herb Farm and Nursery
4 commentsLast, though not least, I want to write about the last herb farm that we visited on our IHA field trip, DeBaggio Herb Farm and Nursery. Although they are closed for the season, they weeded their gardens and opened up for us to visit.
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8 Herbs to Grow in Your Kitchen With Different Health Benefits
3 commentsGrowing herbs at the comfort of our own home is one of the best things you can do. Not only do they contain health benefits, growing them will save you money as you won't need to buy them in the...
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July in the Garden
15 commentsSummer is full on and the garden is growing in leaps and bounds. Here in Maryland, we have had pretty great weather--our days have been in the upper 80s rather than the usual 90s and so I can't...
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How to Enjoy The Cocktail Hour Garden
15 commentsAfter all those hours planting and tending the vegetable and herb garden, it’s finally time to start enjoying it. C.L. Fornari’s newest book offers ideas for putting garden-fresh herbs to delicious use – with a twist.
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The Culinary Herbal for Vegetable Gardeners
14 commentsA vegetable garden isn’t complete without a good selection of culinary herbs growing side-by-side. In Susan Belsinger’s new book, VegetableGardener.com’s own flavor artist helps gardeners find ways to grow and preserve 97 flavorful herbs.
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3 Perennial Herbs for Spring Green in the Garden
11 commentsThe most welcome sight in my spring garden are the first perennial herbs to pop up and add some green to the bleak late winter scene. These three make for reliable container gardens.
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Meet Botanical Illustrator Susan Rubin
10 commentsHave you ever admired the beautiful botanical illustrations featured on Botanical Interests' vegetable and herb seed packets? Here’s your chance to get to know one of the artists.
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Gardening for the Homebrewer Book Review
11 commentsFall’s the perfect time to take the garden harvest and transform it into flavorful beers, wines, ciders and a little-known recipe for “the champagne of Britain.”
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Grow Herbs for a Spa Experience
A luxurious spa experience awaits you. All you need is The Herb Lover’s Spa Book and some fragrant herbs from your garden.
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15 Reasons Why You Should Plant Herbs this Year
6 commentsIf you've never grown a thing in your life -- start with herbs.
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Autumn Herbs in the Ozarks
3 commentsOn the road in the Ozarks... here are some photos of the Heritage Herb Gardens at the Ozark Folk Center, as well as some roadside natives, in Mountain View, Arkansas. Do you know these herbs?
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How to Make an Herbal Vinegar
2 commentsHerbs are flourishing and it is time for the first harvest. Capture herbal essence by making herb-flavored vinegars--it is fun and easy to do--and you will have tasty infusions for the year ahead.
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Recycled Bottle Herb Planters
4 commentsInstructions: Depending on how many planters you want to make, get all bottles you plan to use and mark a line approximately 12 cm from the bottle's base using the marker. Next, puncture each bottle...
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How to start a formal herb garden at home
For those who enjoy home cooking, nothing beats freshly picked herbs grown in your own garden. Herb gardens can be both functional and beautiful, providing you with everything from rosemary and basil...
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Make your Fourth of July Cookout Sparkle with the Flavor of Herbs!
Many of us serve the same foods for cookouts--cold salads, deviled eggs, vegetables, meats and poultry from the grill, baked beans, fruit salad--here are a few ideas for adding herbs to enliven your usual fare so that they explode with flavor!
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