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Sensory journey container

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:23:18 -0700

Individual oversized herbs in identical containers combine to create an elegant, contemporary vignette. During warm weather, snip a few leaves to flavour summer salads; when summer transitions to fall, dry the leaves for use in wintertime dishes.

Growing Herbs for Seed

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:37:11 -0800

By Sheena Adams

Herbs add healthy, natural flavour to our food - with no fat! Most often it's the leaves that are used in cooking, but some herbs are grown for their tasty seeds.

Common Rush

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 13:46:17 -0700

By Richard Hebda

This perennial herb with its “green knitting-needle” foliage is a reliable indicator of high winter water tables or seepage sites

Feline-Friendly Garden

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:13:38 -0800

By Barbra Fairclough

If you want to provide your cat with a treat, plant Nepeta cataria (catnip) and watch your pet chomp on the leaves and have a good frolic on the plant.

Travelling herbs

Sat, 01 May 2004 14:10:15 -0700

By Sharon Hanna

A modest assortment of kitchen herbs can travel with you to the cabin, boat, or wherever you prepare summer meals.

Marvellous Mallow

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:03:05 -0700

By David Tarrant

This diverse family of old-fashioned favourites includes several summer-bloomers ideal for British Columbia gardens.