Additional Articles

Types of Herbs

Types of Herbs for Your Herb Garden: Get to Know the Ornamental and Medicinal Herbs
There are many types of herbs that you can choose from. Which is both a good and bad thing.
Good, because you have many choices. And bad because, well, the choices can be overwhelming and confusing for a first-time gardener.
But let me [...]

Tea Garden

Building Your Private Tea Garden- the Basics and Accessories to Have
A garden dedicated to the growing of herbs just for tea is not a novel idea.  And when the weather is nice, the garden is not only a source of your tea, but it can be the setting to leisurely sip your tea and meditate.  [...]

Herb Garden Design

Designing Your Herb Garden- Five Steps to Start Your Garden
Gardening is not an ABC kind of thing. It requires a lot of effort, time and planning. Now, choosing your herbs and soil was hard. But it’s nothing compared to actually designing your own backyard garden.
Before you give me the I’m-not-an-architect speech, let me give you [...]

Harvest Herbs

Harvesting Day: What to do When Your Herbs are Ready
Growing herbs is just part of the fun of keeping your herb garden.  Though I have to admit it’s a great deal of fun.  Another aspect of herb gardening, which many people enjoy, is the harvesting and the preserving of the herbs once the growing [...]

Gardening Alternatives

Other Methods to Try in Growing Outdoor Herb Gardens
Some herbalists prefer to use other methods than the hardening off to prepare the seedlings for the outdoor garden.  One method is a low-water approach.
In this method, you don’t place the plants outside, you leave them indoors, but you decrease the watering of them in increments.  Each [...]

Culinary Herbs

Herb Gardening: Growing Culinary Herbs
For many people, this class of herb is the most recognizable and the most useful.  Even those who have never used an herbal supplement in their life, know what some fresh basil can do to a meal . . . the difference some oregano can make in spaghetti sauce . . [...]

Types of Herbs

Start your Herb Garden and the Four Types of Herbs

No matter how you see it, growing herbs is very beneficial. Sure it can be hard or perhaps, gruesome for first-time-gardeners, but at the end of the day, it’s sure to bring more pros than cons.
The good news is that herbs can be easy to [...]

Herb Garden Careers

Herb Gardens and How to Make Money Out of It BySelling Seeds
This is probably one of the easiest — and quickest — ways to start a business from your hobby.
Not sure what herbs to sell? That really shouldn’t be a problem.  First, consider whether you’re selling culinary herbs or medicinal herbs.  These two are the [...]

Outdoor Herb Gardens

Outdoor Herb Gardening and Companion Plants You Should Try

Outdoor herb gardens are very common nowadays. Perhaps it’s because it ensures a person of the quality of the food they eat or maybe it’s just to save a few bucks. Nonetheless, it is a very wise thing to have.
But it is not an easy [...]

How to Grow Herb Gardens

How to Grow Herb Gardens—The Golden Rule You Should Know
Herb Gardening is a hard but very rewarding endeavor. You need to allot time for it. You have to have the patience for it. And you should definitely know what you want out of it.
For some people, it’s because they want to live a healthier [...]