Thyme is a very popular and well known culinary herb.
It is a very decorative plant while it is growing and is also very easy to grow as well but be prepared because bees just love Thyme.
Many people use Thyme in stews, salads, meats, soups, and vegetables.
Thyme is a very common household herb [...]
“Catnip” is the common name for a perennial herb of the mint family.
Catnip is native to Europe and is imported into the United States.
In North America it is a common widespread weed.
Catnip is most popular with cats and the reaction that it causes in them when they receive some dried nip from [...]
Originally, Basil was not the most popular herb in the bunch.
Actually there were some who simply hated it, mainly the ancient people.
The name basil means “be fragrant” but still various cultures battled with a love hate relationship over basil.
Americans and Romans loved it while Hindus plant it in their homes as a [...]
Golden Seal is a perennial herb that is part of the Buttercup family.
Golden Seal is used for a lot of medicinal purposes in a variety of ways both topically as well as internally.
There are actually quite a few ways to purchase Golden Seal, in a bulk powder, salve, tincture, or a tablet.
Internally [...]
Balsam of Tolu is an herb that comes from a very tall tree that can be found in Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
This herbal plant has also been called Balsam of Peru because it was originally exported primarily from Peru but that is no longer the case.
The resin of this [...]
Cloves are definitely one of the most distinct herbs around but ironically enough, cloves have been around forever and are not finished doing business just yet.
Usually if you can not get your hands on some cloves, Allspice can be a substitute.
Cloves have some preservative properties to them but they work well as an [...]
Gypsywort is an herbal plant that but has no culinary purposes at all but rather is used for industrial and medicinal purposes.
This plant originated in Europe and Northwest Asia.
Gypsywort’s most important properties come from the stem and the leaves.
These were used for the astringents, sedatives, anxiety, tuberculosis, and heart palpitations.
Industrially, Gypsywort [...]
Burdock is a plant that is related to the daisy family.
It is also closely related to Echinacea, Dandelion, and Feverfew.
Burdock is an herb but it is one that has been much neglected when it comes to getting attention.
Back in ancient times the Greeks used the roots, the seeds, and the greens and [...]
