AN HERBAL TEA GARDEN It can be quite satisfying to sit down and drink a freshly-steeped cup of tea, especially if the tea ingredients are grown right in your own backyard! Herbal teas are a gentle way to include healing herbs in the everyday routine. While they don’t have the …
The Herb of the Month for June is Sweet Basil, Ocimum basilicum Mankind has enjoyed the use of this herb 5000 to 4000 BCE years ago as basil has been found in Egyptian tombs. Some historical documentation suggests that the origins of basil was found in China. This lengthy period …
June has come quickly, and there is so much more left to do. The tomatoes are planted, and interspersed is basil, the queen of the summer herbs in her glorious varieties. I have found various cultivars that just have to be tried! There is columnar, sweet, lime, lemon and, of …
