Herbs

Growing herbs is an easy way to save money at the grocery store and spice up your cooking. Learn how to grow your own kitchen herbs!

Ice cubes with frozen basil leaves glisten on a wooden table beside fresh sprigs, showing an easy way to freeze garden herbs for later use.

Herbs

How to Freeze Your Garden Herbs for Holiday Cooking

Are you worried that those wonderful fresh garden herbs you've spent all summer growing won't make it to the holidays? No need for concern, frozen herbs are just as tasty! Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for tips on freezing them for your holiday cooking.

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Herbs

How to Grow an Indoor Herb Bar Under Lights

Don’t let small spaces or cold temperatures limit your gardening habits; grow an indoor herb bar instead! With grow lights, you can cultivate your favorite herbs in any room of your home. Learn how to cultivate tasty herbs indoors alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

Beginner gardeners’ rosemary growing setup with small rosemary seedlings in pots on a wooden table, their delicate green leaves reaching upward under soft light.

Herbs

7 Easy Rosemary Growing Tricks for Beginners

If you’re a beginner starting with rosemary growing, knowing a few tricks will help you grow fragrant branches. Farmer Briana Yablonski shares a few key tips for creating the proper environment and providing proper care.

A person planting herbs inside during fall, pressing lush green foliage with oval leaves into dark soil.

Herbs

9 Herbs You Should Pot Up and Bring Inside for Fall

Fall is upon us, and the temperature is quickly dropping. It's time to think about bringing frost-tender plants in for the season. Make sure you dig up these herbs and bring them inside so you have plenty for all of those winter soups and stews!

A close-up and overhead shot of a tray with individual pots of developing aromatic plants in a kitchen counter, showcasing fall low-light herbs

Herbs

11 Low-Light Indoor Herbs for Fall and Winter Kitchens

Home cooks unite! These herbs are perfect for pushing your dishes from amateur to professional status. They add flavor, texture, and pungent spice. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant and discover these 11 herbs perfect for low-light winter kitchens.

A gardener’s fingers gently pinch off the large yellow flower head of a dill plant to pinch off herb blooms and promote leafy growth.

Herbs

When and How to Pinch Off Herb Blooms

If you want the best-tasting herbs growing in your garden, pinching off blooms is a good habit to get into. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss how and when to pinch those blooms, and why it makes a difference.

A close-up shot of a person's hand holding a pile of freshly harvested purple and green colored blooms and leaves of an herb, depicting how edible are basil flowers

Herbs

Are Basil Flowers Edible?

Basil flowers are, indeed, edible! They’re herbal, flavorful, and delicious in fresh dishes. Though they have less flavor than the leaves, the flowers are perfect additions to a wide range of meals. Consider using these blooms instead of snipping them off.

A bee pollinator gathers nectar from vibrant purple lavender flowers, one of many pollinator herbs, atop slender stems in a sunlit garden bed.

Herbs

13 Herbs Pollinators Love: Planting and Growing Tips

If allowed to flower, herbs are among the most pollinator-friendly plants around. They are excellent for supporting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects in the garden. Join beekeeper and pollinator enthusiast Melissa Strauss to discuss the best herbs to plant in your pollinator patch.