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Herb Plants for Shady Garden Areas
Herb gardening isn't limited to gardens and yards with full sun. There are many herbs that thrive in the shade.
How to Plant and Grow Garlic Bulbs
Most cooks would be lost without the pungent aroma and taste of garlic. Fortunately, garlic is a food staple that's easy to grow in the home garden.


Contributing Articles in Herb Gardens

Growing Garlic Guide
Growing garlic won't only make a home spell wonderful it can also improve a person's health and diet. Best of all it is not that hard to learn how to grow garlic.
Vegetable Gardening
Vegetable Gardening by Jo Whittingham is an excellent resource for novice gardeners. This easy-to-read guide displays the glories of gardening with striking photographs.
Rosemary Plants
With their refreshing scent, delicate leaves, and colorful flowers, the many varieties of rosemary can fill any number of places within your garden.
Catnip Varieties
Known best for its wild effect on cats, catnip is also good for humans. There are several varieties of catnip available, each with its own unique characteristics.
Herbs for the Holidays
Gear the herb garden's varieties towards holiday needs by planting a few favorite selections ahead of time.
Easy Perennial Herbs to Grow at Home
Discover the many uses of chives and lemon balm when they are readily available in a home herb garden.
Lemon Balm
Using lemon balm frequently for cooking and medicinal purposes makes this herb a rewarding addition to the home herb garden.
Spices Grown at Home
Spice up home cooked meals with herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, dill, sweet marjoram, mint, oregano, sage, thyme, ginger, tarragon, and rosemary.
Five Easy Herbs to Grow in a Container Garden
Growing herbs indoors gives a gardener more control over the environment. With regular waterings and sunlight, you can have a bountiful herb garden in your own kitchen.
Growing Herbs Indoors with Hydroponics
A bit of skill is required to setup and run a hydroponic indoor herb garden, but the result can be visually pleasing. Fresh herbs are the perfect cooking companion.
Tips for Growing Herbs Indoors
During the winter, growing herbs indoors ensures a steady supply of cooking herbs to add flavor to soups, stews and salads.
Growing Lemon Grass
Most gardeners tend to consider grass in the garden to be in the same class as a weed and this is true in many cases, but lemongrass deserves a place in the garden.
Growing Herbs
There are many benefits to growing herbs in the vegetable garden. Lemon thyme has many uses apart from culinary ones.
Keeping Lemon Verbena Plants Alive in Winter
It is possible to keep lemon verbena plants alive in the house over the winter, with these tips.
Herbs for Texas Gardens
Many herbs grow well in Texas requiring little maintenance or special care. An herb garden feeds the spirit while the herb leaves and roots enhance the taste of foods.
Texas Gardener – Preparing Medicinal Herbs
Herbs are prepared for medicinal use in four ways: infusion, decoction, tincture, and distillation. A Texas gardener can prepare many medicinal herbs in their kitchen.
Texas Herb Gardening – Lemon Balm
Lemon Balm, also known as Melissa officinalis, grows well in shade. It is a hardy perennial that can be used to make a calming tea or to add lemon flavor to desserts.
Texas Herb Gardening - Catnip
Catnip is a member of the mint family. It is easy to grow in Texas and cats find the plant almost irresistible. Tea made from catnip is calming and aids sleep.
Growing Herbs in Texas – Lemon Verbena
Lemon Verbena leaves have a strong, lasting lemon scent. It is a tender, perennial herb that can flavor marinades, herbal tea, salad dressings, and desserts.
Growing Herbs in Texas - Rosemary
Rosemary is a large shrub with blue or white flowers. Rosemary is easy to grow in Texas, is generally disease and insect resistant, and can be harvested all year.
Texas Herb Growing Cilantro
Cilantro is the feathery leaf of the Coriander plant. An aromatic herb, it is an essential ingredient in salsas, Pico de Gallo, and adds flavor to many Asian dishes.
Favorite Culinary Herbs for Container Gardens
Gardeners who grow culinary herbs in a container garden enjoy harvesting and cooking with fresh herb leaves outside the kitchen door throughout the gardening season.
Growing Cilantro
Bring big, exotic flavor to your kitchen with this popular little herb.
The Best Catnip
Growing catnip in the garden can be simple. This mint is a plant for all pet lovers to grow.
Growing Herbs - Formal and Informal Herb Gardens
Herbs can be grown to be used in cooking, to be used for medicinal/holistic purposes, or simply to create a beautiful, scented, colourful garden.

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