Herbs and Edible Flowers

Garden Fresh Chives

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

Chives are one of the easiest culinary herbs to grow in the home garden. A sign of just how easy they are to cultivate is provided by the fact that existing chive plants will readily self seed and produce new plants with no assistance at all from the gardener.
Planting and Growing Chives
Chive herb plants are also [...]

Discovering Edible Weeds

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Edible Weeds are sadly overlooked as a source of food, nutrition, and variety that can be a valuable addition to our daily diets. After all, many of the edible plants that we call weeds are close relatives to the vegetables and herbs that are cultivated in our gardens. But these edible weeds grow on their own accord and are free for the picking.

Calendula

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Calendula officinalis is an appealing herb with edible flowers and makes a great companion plant in the ornamental vegetable garden. In addition to the added color provided by the edible flowers, calendula also serves a useful function in attracting beneficial insects into the garden.
Calendula plants grow quickly and are tolerant of cool temperatures with blossoming [...]

Nasturtiums

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

Nasturtiums are one of my favorite edible flowers for growing to compliment the vegetable or herb garden. Tasty, attractive, and easy to grow, nasturtiums also perform well in containers. The blossoms range from bright red, to apricot, yellow, peach, salmon, pink, orange, gold, cream, or mahogany.
Some nasturtiums have a mounding growth habit best suited for [...]

Epazote

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Epazote is a rather ordinary looking herb that is not well known, but it’s definitely worth growing a plant or two in the kitchen garden. Although unheard of by most gardeners, this herb is easy to cultivate and can be found growing wild in many parts of the United States and Mexico. It also goes [...]

Mexican Sage

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Mexican Bush Sage is an uncommon herb plant that can add plenty of interest and color to your fall landscape. I’m not aware of any medicinal or culinary uses for this herb, but I make sure that it’s growing in my garden every year for the showy display that it provides each fall.
I purchase a [...]

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