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Create your own herb garden: plans and ideas to extend the possibilities for garden-making

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Planning and creating an herb garden offers many possibilities to the gardener. Herbs can be chosen from perennials or annuals, culinary or toxic, and planted in a scattered format or in formal knot gardens. Patterns for several knot gardens are given as well as one for an informal garden.

Design and construction, Herb gardens, Knot gardens

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More than one basil

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Many varieties of basil share a common flavor. Other varieties may taste like cinnamon, lemon or anise, to name a few. This culinary herb is described and tips are given on how to grow it. It may be used as flavoring, as an ornamental or as a part of a cut-flower arrangement.

Basil, Basils

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Great herbs - in any order

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There are many culinary uses for the herbs, rosemary, parsley, sage and thyme. The four herbs minced finely and blended with olive oil, garlic, pepper and salt, make a good seasoning. These herbs can be grown from seeds or from seedlings. Tips on growing them are offered.

Usage, Growth, Sage, Parsley, Rosemary, Thymes, Thyme (Plant)

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