Category Archives: Herbs

Inexpensive Holiday Gifts, Right From Your Garden

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Tracy

I love making homemade holiday gifts, especially ones that use herbs straight from my herbal container garden. Right now is the best time to start on those gifts, since most of the herbal recipes that I use take a little … Continue reading →

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Too Hot to Fire Up the Stove? Make Bruschetta from your Garden!

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Tracy

For some reason, the kitchen in my house is not as well-insulated as the rest of the building. This isn’t a problem in winter, when my cooking experiments heat the whole room. But when the temperatures outside are 105 degrees … Continue reading →

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Weeds, or Herbs?

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Tracy

I hope I’m not harping, but I wanted to write a little today about weeds that are actually herbs. This is a topic that snuck up on me while I was doing research last week for my series on plants … Continue reading →

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Herbal Tea Recipes

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Tracy

Over the past two days I’ve written about growing your own herbs for teas. Today I thought I would provide a few DIY tea recipes. You don’t have to grow your own herbs to make some of these. Simply dig … Continue reading →

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Herbs That Make Great Teas

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Tracy

Yesterday I wrote about how to use herbs from your own container garden in order to make tea. Here are some herbs and flowers that are good to grow for tea: Mint: Almost all of the mint family is good … Continue reading →

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Tea: Grow Your Own

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Tracy

This past weekend, I was at a science fiction convention to promote my book. While I was there, I found a booth in the dealer’s room that sold various tea blends. Since I grow herbs in my container garden, I’m … Continue reading →

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Marvelous Mint

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Tracy

Mint is known for two things. It is a flavoring for cooking and tea, and it is a highly invasive plant. If you are considering growing mint, you also better be considering a container to keep this fast growing plant … Continue reading →

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