Storing herbs is a great way to add flavor variety to your stored foods. Growing herbs in an herb garden can provide fabulous fresh herbs during growing season. Usually, there is plenty of herb left at the end of the season. These fresh herbs can be preserved easily by drying them, and one way […]
Herb: Toothache Plant
One of the fun new herbs I put in my herb garden this year is the Toothache Plant. I started the plants from seeds I got from Baker Creek Seeds, then transplanted them into the herb garden after the baby was born. This plant is pretty interesting. It’s a low growing medicinal herb with funky […]
Borage
One of the herbs in my new herb garden is Borage. Borage is an annual so if I like it I’ll need to plant it again next year. I planted the seeds right in the ground after the danger of frost had passed (okay, it had long passed–they were planted around the end of May) […]
The New Herb Garden
The new herb garden got planted this last weekend during one of baby brother’s nice long naps. I’m pretty excited about growing some of these herbs. Last year I had sweet husband spray and kill the grass around where my sage, chives, and thyme are planted by the house. Then we didn’t get it tilled […]