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Book Review: Wild Remedies

Karen August 23, 2024 0 Comments

Wild Remedies is a holistic guide to connecting with nature by developing a mutually beneficial relationship with plants. It focuses on the ethical and sustainable use of native plants for…

Garden History

Plants of the Bible: Dill (Anethum graveolens)

Karen June 18, 2021 0 Comments

Dill is a cool weather annual native to northern Africa and the Arabian peninsular but is widely grown in Europe where its seeds and leaves are used as a culinary…

Critters: Animals in the Garden

Rabbit Resistant Plants for the Garden: Herbs

Karen October 17, 2017 0 Comments

It’s bad enough when the rabbits use your vegetable garden as their private smorgasbord but when they start nipping the herbs maybe it’s time to think about focusing on herbs…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Book Review: The Spice and Herb Bible

Karen January 29, 2016 0 Comments

As more and more people become interested in the diverse foods available around the world the need for a knowledge of spices and herbs becomes more important. Ian Hemphill’s book,…

Garden Books

Book Review: A Kid’s Herb Book: for Children of All Ages

Karen June 28, 2013 0 Comments

A book that sets out to teach kids about plants and foster a love for gardening is always welcome on my bookshelf and Lesley Tierra’s book is such a book.…

Botany for Gardeners

Botany for Gardeners: Taxonomy of Dicots – Identifying the Mint Family (Labiatae)

Karen February 7, 2013 0 Comments

Botanically called Labiatae and more recently, Lamiacea, the mint family is large and made up mostly of annual or perennial herbs, many shrubs, and rarely trees. It includes a large…

Herbs

Herb Garden: Five Herbs Used as Sweetness Enhancers

Karen November 6, 2012 0 Comments

The great thing about using herbs as sweetness enhancers is that they don’t add calories. You can use them alone or with sugar or other sweeteners to heighten the sweetness…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Culinary Herbs 4

Chuck November 26, 2010 0 Comments

This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Culinary Herbs 3

Chuck November 19, 2010 0 Comments

This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Culinary Herbs 1

Chuck October 29, 2010 1 Comments

This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…

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