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Home-grown herbs make any dish special

April 26, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Herbs

Asprinkle of cilantro on tortilla soup. Luscious lemon grass in a Thai stir-fry. A dash of French tarragon in a chicken salad sandwich.
You don’t have to be a foodie to know that fresh herbs make any dish special. And growing your own in a kitchen garden makes any meal sweeter, or spicier, or . [...]

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Seed catalogs plant row after row of ideas

February 21, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Plants

By DOUGLASS OSTER
When a gardening friend told me he had thrown away the first catalog he received, I was puzzled.
“Their seeds are too expensive, and they’re not selling plants this year,” he said.
Yes, some of the hybrid seeds were pricey. But if you spend a little quiet time with catalogs, you can find plenty of [...]

The Secret of Nigella Sativa (Habbat-us-sawda or habbah al barakat)

December 14, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Herbs

Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to southwest Asia. It grows to 20-30 cm tall, with finely divided, linear (but not thread-like) leaves. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with 5-10 petals. The fruit is a large and inflated capsule composed of 3-7 united follicles, each containing numerous [...]

Kinds of Flowers That Grow In The Winter

December 02, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

With all the work you do to keep your property beautiful from spring to autumn, why let your garden die down in winter? By selecting hardy plants that produce flowers when most other plants are dormant, you can bring color and interest into your garden even when the days are colder. The meaning of “winter [...]

Alliums, perennials will blossom into a beautiful friendship

August 25, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Plants

Not being very good at garden design, I’m always interested in learning about new and spectacular plant combinations to try in my own little “experiment-gone-wrong” that I call a garden.
Maybe the next great grouping will be just what’s needed to tie everything together. Either that, or maybe it will distract everyone from noticing the instances [...]

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Herbs Gardening Tips For Beginner

Herbs are associated with human race from the primitive times. Even now people prefer herbal products when compared to any artificial thing. In ancient times herbs could do miracles like

ADAM’S NEEDLE (Yucca filamentosa)

Mature Height/Spread: These very hardy plants form a low cluster of stiff, pointed leaves, 2½ feet long and 1 inch wide. The leaves have long, loose fibers at the edges.

Drying Herbs

Cut off the stems early in the morning before the leaves start growing (and releasing their oils naturally) to obtain the best flavours. Each plant can have up to one

Euonymus CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

Cultivars of E. fortunei: The cultivars of Wintercreeper Euonymus, which are listed here, are better known than the species itself. * ‘Canadale Gold’ is a compact shrub

Drying Herbs

Cut off the stems early in the morning before the leaves start growing (and releasing their oils naturally) to obtain the best flavours. Each plant can have up to one

Lovage (Levisticum officinale)

Description Lovage is a hardy perennial with large, rich green leaves that resemble those of celery. The leaves are stronger tasting, but sweeter than celery. Culture Lovage does best in a rich,

Basil (Sweet) (Ocimum basilicum)

Description Basil is an attractive annual, about 18 inches tall with light-green, fairly broad leaves. The flowers are small, white, and appear in spikes. There are several species of cultivated

Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

Description Tarragon is an herbaceous perennial that grows to about 2 feet tall. It has multibranched growth with narrow, somewhat twisted, green leaves. Culture Tarragon will grow in full sun but seems
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