Lavender
Lavender is probably the best well known herb. It has many culinary and medicinal benefits — many books have been written about it. This is just a synopsis of a truly awesome herb.
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Herbs
Plant profiles — how to grow them, how to use them, and what they have traditionally been used for. Every herb on this site is one we actually grow, cook with, or reach for.
Parsley
Cultivated for more than 2,000 years, parsley was first used medicinally, prior to being consumed as a food.
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Dried Herbs
Drying herbs is an excellent way to get the benefits of the herb outside of the herbs growing season.
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Chickweed
Chickweed is a winter gift for salads or pesto — a super plant in terms of its nutritional acclaim, and delicious with it.
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Calendula
Bright yellow and orange flowers, historically used for medicinal and culinary purposes, come from easy calendula care when growing this simple flower.
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Olives
Traditionally olives were cured by first cutting the olives, putting them in a sack and hanging it off the wharf into sea water.
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