Despite the fact that I grew up in a family that considered parsley a garnish and never grew chives or garlic in the garden, I have been interested in growing and cooking with herbs for years. I love ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: I just moved here from the Midwest and am excited to have a herb garden all year long. Are there herbs that I can plant that will grow all year so that I can have cooking herbs fresh from the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Is your kitchen garden filled with bounty but lacking a little pizzazz? Take some sage advice from the gurus of growing herbs: Adding a few aromatic plants ...

For those of you who share your garden with cats, I suggest you plant a stand of Catnip (Nepeta cataria) in the herb bed this year. It is well known for its effect on cats. What fun it is to watch ...

While growing and harvesting your own fresh herbs can make meals taste better, combining them with flowers or simply planting a combination of them in a container, also can add a bit of spice to the ...

If you need tough, drought tolerant/deer-proof landscape plants for your yard, look no further than the herb section at your local nursery. Many culinary herbs make wonderful landscape plants that ...

When it comes to herbs, we’ve gone from parsley and chives to a new world of flavors. “People are asking for shiso and ginger root,” said Meg Gray, buyer for Green Acres nursery in Sacramento, Calif. ...

33% of Americans report saving $100 a month by growing a garden.