Easygoing herbs aren't the drama queens of the garden. These quiet, reliable sorts have been put to culinary or curative uses for centuries. They're not flashy, but herbs are attractive, lending ...

You enjoy gardening for the beauty and tranquility a lovely landscape provides. You also like to cook, and culinary herbs plucked fresh from the garden are a key ingredient in any meal you prepare.

If you don't want to sacrifice a ton of space but still want all the benefits of fresh herbs for your kitchen, this project ...

A couple of weeks ago, I was walking a trail and had one of those OMG moments when I spotted a plant 20 feet away and could tell it was a champion of pollinators. At the risk of being a plant geek, I ...

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As a class of plants, herbs offer culinary or medicinal properties. They can be trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, even bulbs. Herbs are subjective – what one cook might consider an ornamental ...

I am writing this in July and it is hot, hot, hot. But even in September and into October, our high temperatures can remain steadily in the 90s. Despite the heat, my herbs look great. They are planted ...

If you have dutifully swapped out your lawn and flower gardens for water-miserly cactus and succulents, you can be excused for feeling a tad nostalgic for the lush, the scented, the flowering. “When I ...

Herbs have been used for hundreds of years in potions, lotions, concoctions, decoctions and my favorite, the culinary feast. They appear throughout history in both formal and simple settings, from ...

Chip and Janice Wilmot stand in their edible landscape, with a serviceberry tree in the background. Chip holds produce he picked from the garden. When Chip and Janice Wilmot moved into their Lilburn ...

It feels like spring is back, and only time will tell if winter is gone for good — it may come back again with a late frost. But even though Texas weather is unpredictable, now is the season for ...