Herbs and Spices

Herbs

If you are looking to buy healthy herb plants, you might think of going to your local store or garden nursery. Time to think again, you can easily buy both culinary and medicinal herbs Online. You will receive healthy well…

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How to Grow Saffron Crocus

What would an Indian, Middle Eastern or Spanish cook do without saffron? It is used widely in so many dishes from the famous Saffron Rice to Paella. And the thing is the Saffron crocus or plant is an easy bulb…

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Basil

Growing Basil plants from seeds or seedlings is fairly simple if you follow a few guidelines. Basil plants come in a number of varieties the most popular being ‘sweet basil’. (see picture at right) Best grown in USDA Zones 10…

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Garlic

Garlic is an easy plant to grow, its almost plant it and it will grow. However if you want a good crop and large cloves you need to do a little soil preparation first, and pant you garlic the correct…

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Mint

One of the easiest of all herbs to grow, Mint is also very useful in a range of cuisines. Mint is a perennial herb grown for the leaves which are both fragrant and add flavour to a range of foods.…

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Rosemary

Another very useful herb plant, Rosemary plants are hardy to USDA zone 8, although they can be overwintered outdoors in zones 6 – 7 with some care. Grown for the aromatic leaves, rosemary is used in a number of cuisines…

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Sage

The common or culinary sage is Salvia officinalis. It will depend on which zone you live on as to if it is a hardy perennial or not. For those in USDA zones 5 to 8 it is an easy plant…

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Thyme

Thyme is widely used as a culinary herb. With over 300 species along with many hybrids and cultivars this is a varied group of plants. Many are woody shrubs, however others are low growing ground cover plants. Culinary varieties include…

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