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Tips for Growing Herbs Indoors: Choosing Soil, Containers and Location for Herb Gardens

By: Jeanne Grunert

Growing Lemon Grass: Benefits of Cymbopodon citratus

By: Beverley Boorer

Growing Herbs: How to Grow Lemon Thyme

By: Beverley Boorer

Keeping Lemon Verbena Plants Alive in Winter: Sweet Lemony Leaves Add Magic to Food and Cosmetics

By: Leslie Coons

Herbs for Texas Gardens: An Herb Garden Rewards the Senses and the Palate

By: Barbara Brown

Texas Gardener – Preparing Medicinal Herbs: How to Use Herbs from the Garden in Healing Mixtures

By: Barbara Brown

Texas Herb Gardening – Lemon Balm: Fragrant Member of the Mint Family Makes a Relaxing Tea

By: Barbara Brown

Texas Herb Gardening - Catnip: A Treat for Cats and a Calmative Tea for Humans

By: Barbara Brown

Growing Herbs in Texas – Lemon Verbena: A Fragrant Herb that is Easy to Grow and has Many Culinary Uses

By: Barbara Brown

Growing Herbs in Texas - Rosemary: An Easy to Grow, Fragrant Shrub with Culinary and Medicinal Uses

By: Barbara Brown

Texas Herb Growing Cilantro: A Must-Grow Herb for Mexican and Indian Recipes

By: Barbara Brown

Favorite Culinary Herbs for Container Gardens: Five Plants Every Cook and Herb Gardener Should Grow

By: Amy Urquhart

Growing Cilantro: The Secret Spice of Asian and Latin Cuisine

By: S. Elliott

The Best Catnip: Growing Organic Catnip for Pets and for Medicine

By: Feature Writer Tricia Edgar

Growing Herbs - Formal and Informal Herb Gardens: How to Design a Herb Garden - From Planning to Eating

By: Angie Briscoe

Growing Catnip, Cat Mint or Nepeta: A Treat That is Fun to Grow and Cats Love

By: Heather Grant

Grow Salad and Pickling Herbs: Seven Favorite Flavors

By: Jacqueline Cross

5 Herbs Grown for Both Their Leaves and Seeds: Herbs that Do Double Duty

By: Deborah Aldridge

On Mother's Day Give Culinary Bay Laurus Nobilis: 2009 Herb of the Year

By: Arlene Marturano

Herb Gardening in the Shade: Top Five Herbs for Difficult Areas

By: Jacqueline Cross

Herbs that Repel Insects: Easy to Grow Herbs are Effective for Insect Control

By: Anna Harrison

Propagating Rosemary and Common Sage: Propagation Timing, Techniques and Aftercare for Evergreen Herbs

By: Susan Morris

Uses for the Herb Rosemary: Fragrant Herb Refreshes the Mind, Body and Home

By: Rota Knott

The Fragrant Herb Garden: These herbs are ornamental as well as fragrant.

By: Anna Harrison

The Facts About Fenugreek: Growing and Using Fenugreek

By: S. Elliott

Growing and Using Herbs: Herbs in an English Garden or Smallholding

By: Jackie Patrick

Send an Herbal Valentine: Scented Gifts from the Garden

By: Arlene Marturano

Stevia Rebaudiana: A Powerful, Calorie-Free Sweetener Fresh From the Garden

By: Cassandra Gregg

The Easy Way to Start an Indoor Herb Garden: Experience Healthier and Tastier Meals with Home-Grown Herbs

By: Melissa Parks

Grow Basil in Your Backyard: This Herb from the Mint Family will Enhance your Garden and Table

By: Deborah Harding

Growing Herbs Indoors: Easy Year-Round Gardening

By: Jennifer Bryan

Natural Holiday Decorations: Easy Garden Inspired Crafts

By: Sheri Ann Richerson

Preparing the Herb Garden for Winter: Autumn and Early Winter Tasks and Tips

By: Elizabeth Loveland

Choosing Perennial Herbs: Plants for the Perennial Herb Garden

By: Jacqueline Cross

Preserving the Herb Harvest for Winter: Harvest Your Own Spices and Make Your Own Personal Care Products

By: Elizabeth Loveland

What is an Herb Flower for Butterfly Gardens? Calendula is a Fragrant Flower Used in Kitchen Gardens

By: Feature Writer Christine Eirschele

Planting a Container Herb Garden: Plant Height and Layout for Mixed Potted Culinary Herbs

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

Container Kitchen Herb Garden: How to Grow and Harvest Culinary Herbs in a Pot or Window Box

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

Kitchen Herb Garden Plants: Which Outdoor Container or Indoor Windowsill Herbs Should You Grow?

By: Feature Writer Tami Port

Growing Sweet Woodruff: An Effective Groundcover, Insect Repellent, and Fixative

By: S. Elliott

How to Grow Lemon Balm: Add the Aroma of Citrus to Your Garden Without the Astringent Bite

By: S. Elliott

How to Grow Sage: Keep and Propagate Sage for its Medicinal, Culinary, and Craft Uses

By: S. Elliott

How to Grow Rosemary: Rosemary in the Garden, Kitchen, in Literature and in History

By: S. Elliott

Top 10 Herb Garden Catalogs: Favorite Catalogs from Nurseries and Garden Centers

By: Feature Writer Lynn Smythe

Growing Nasturtiums to Eat: This Easy-to-Grow Edible Flower Adds Colour to the Vegetable Garden

By: Amy Urquhart

Propagating Herbs: Starting New Plants from Stem Cuttings

By: Feature Writer Lynn Smythe

Homemade Potpourri: Spicy Lemon, Holiday Spice and Pine Forest Aromatics

By: Feature Writer Lynn Smythe

Comfrey for the Urban Herb Garden: The Folklore and Cultivation of this Superstar Healing Herb

By: Kelsie Gray

Comfrey, the Miracle Herb: How to Use Comfrey for Medicinal Purposes

By: Kelsie Gray

Medicinal Herbs for Small Gardens: Growing and Using Healing Plants the Urban Herbalist Way

By: Kelsie Gray

Harvesting and Drying Herbs: Preserving and Storing Herbs

By: S. Elliott

Rosemary: Dew of the Sea: The Folkore Cultivation and Uses of this Evergreen Herb

By: Kelsie Gray

Grow an Herb Garden: Easy Ways to Cultivate Parsley, Sage, Oregano and Other Herbs

By: S. Elliott

Grow Herbs Indoors: Keep Aloe Vera, Chives, Rosemary, and Lavender as Houseplants

By: S. Elliott

6 Reasons to be Glad You Grow Mint: The Easiest, Most Flavorful, Best Smelling Plant in Your Garden

By: Diane Laney Fitzpatrick

Herbs for Companion Planting: Organic Gardening with Herbs as Companion Plants

By: Sally Odum

Natural Organic Pest Control: Insecticide and Pesticide Using Herbs and Natural Methods

By: Sally Odum

An Herb Butterfly And Bee Garden: Herb Gardening with a View Toward Attracting Insect Pollinators

By: Sally Odum

Grow a Thriving Herb Garden: Culinary Gardening in Any Space

By: Tricia Ballad

A Medicinal Herb Garden: Plant an herb garden to make an herbal remedy or herbal tea

By: Sally Odum

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