Herb Garden

How to grow and use fresh herbs from your herb garden
Everyone can grow fresh herbs. All you need is a plant pot!
You only need one plant pot to grown fresh herbs. If you're lucky enough to have a yard, a small herb garden in your yard gives all your food the biggest possible lift for a very small effort. I'm very lucky- I have a whole herb garden. Right now, as we head into winter, the herbs are dying back, and most will need cutting down, but some, such as bay and sage, may still be good enough to use all year round. My herb garden gives me a great choice of fresh green flavours for my meals. My herb g...

How to grow and use the sorrel herb.
Sorrel - how to grow the sorrel herb , and use the sorrel herb in cooking and for healthy living.
Sorrel is a great herb that is often overlooked. Sorrel is easy to grow and has lots of uses.Sorrel is a secret right under your nose, waiting to be discovered. I grow sorrel in my herb garden , where the sorrel comes up fresh and green every April, and lasts through until October, provided you keep cutting the sorrel tops off. We've had a warm spell here in March, so the sorrel is growing well. We've been enjoying fresh sorrel in salads. Sorrel is often found growing wild , and is overlooked...

How to grow and use lavender.
All you need to know about lavender.
If you only grow one thing, grow lavender. The scent of lavender calms, soothes and lift the spirit. You can grow lavender in a tub, on a windowsill, in a yard or in a garden. Here are lots of reasons why you MUST grow lavender this summer. I grow lavender in my herb garden . Lavender has been grown since the dawn of civilisation. This photograph of bees on my lavender at White Moss House, Grasmere, is taken with my Canon SD1200 camera. Why grow lavender? Do you grow lavender for its looks...

Lovage - how to grow and use the lovage herb
Lovage-use the lovage herb for healthy living.
What's that tall plant in your herb garden that tastes like celery? It's Lovage ! Lovage- a little known herb that is easy to grow in your herb garden and which makes a big impact in soups, salad, stuffings and stews. Lovage is a very versatile herb. The lovage leaf looks a little like a celery leaf, and the lovage herb tastes like celery too. The leaves of the lovage can be picked fresh from the herb garden and used for salad. Lovage can be added to soups for a fascinating flavor. Lovage goe...

How to grow and use the herb Sweet Cicely
Sweet Cicely is such a pretty herb for your herb garden
Sweet cicely- a lovely name for a herb. Sweet cicely is an easy to grow special herb for your herb garden. Not only does sweet cicely look pretty, but it can help cut your sugar intake! I'll tell you how. Right now in spring 2012, sweet cicely is shooting up in my herb garden, and the fluffy white flowers are looking lovely. Sweet Cicely's botanical name is "Myrrhis odorata" The herb, sweet cicely, is a European herb, but its close American cousin is the Sweet Chervil. Sweet cicely has lots o...

How to grow and use the Borage herb
Grow the borage herb for its brilliant blue flowers
I grow borage in my herb garden for the beautiful blue borage flowers. Borage is really a summer herb. It's used to garnish summer drinks and desserts. Right now the borage has died down, and we've cut it right back. The seeds have dropped into the soil, and they'll come up again next summer. During the summer months, I use borage flowes to decorate every meal and every summer drink. All the other herbs in my herb garden are grown primarily for the leaves, but although the leaves on the borag...

The Best Herb tips on Squidoo
How to grow and use fresh herbs by the Squidoo experts
Here's a great collection the best herb lenses.There are tips on how to grow herbs, how to use herbs, and lot of great herb recipes. One of my very first lenses was about my herb garden, and I've realised that there are lots of others on Squidoo who love their herb gardens as much as I do. To me it is very important to grow fresh herbs if you can, and this lens is full of fresh herb information. My herb garden is right outside my back door, which opens out of my kitchen, so the first thing I ...

How to grow your own fresh peppermint
Grow peppermint in your herb garden.
I love peppermint tea, and I decided it was time to grow my own peppermint, so that I could make fresh peppermint tea from fresh peppermint leaves from my own herb garden. Now, I have lots and lots of peppermint in my herb garden - more that enough for peppermint tea! If you don't have any peppermint in your garden, you're too late to plant it this year. Make sure to plant some next spring. What can I do with fresh peppermint? Well, I can use fresh peppermint in peppermint recipes, or make fr...