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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!

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

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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.

Blooming lavender-blue spikes sway above soft, fern-like leaves with a silvery hue and airy texture, one of the most popular ornamental herbs to plant in June.

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15 Ornamental Herbs to Plant in June

Herbs are major players in the culinary world, and they can also be incredible assets in the ornamental garden. Aromatic and attractive to pollinators, these beautiful plants make the kitchen garden a thing of beauty and blend seamlessly into your ornamental flower beds.

Herbs never plant together. Close-up of a small kitchen herb garden in a wooden raised bed featuring lush mint, sage, rosemary, and other green herbs.

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9 Herbs You Should Never Plant Together

Most herbs support the ones near them, but some are harmful to others! Keep these pairings far away from each other so they both grow well. These nine herbs deserve their own spot, otherwise, they’ll harm your harvest!

Close-up of a woman's hand pinching the top leaves of an oregano herb, featuring oval, green, slightly hairy leaves.

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11 Herbs You Should Pinch for Optimal Growth

Forget the pruners! All you need are your fingertips to pinch herbs. Pinching is a simple task you can do in a few minutes, and it helps promote dense, lush foliage on your favorite plants. Join seasoned grower Jerad Bryant in pinching these 11 herbs for optimal growth.

On the table there is a white bowl full of green pestle and fresh glossy leaves of the best basil for pesto among the ingredients and kitchen utensils.

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17 Best Basil Varieties For Making Pesto

The right basil variety can help you make the pesto of your dreams! Not all varieties are the same, and some have better flavor than others. Try one of these 17 types, as recommended by pesto lover Jerad Bryant.

A wooden planter box filled with dense green needle-like herbs, fuzzy silvery-grey stems with closed purple buds, and broad green and deep purple leaves — perfect for those who direct sow herbs in June.

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13 Herbs to Direct Sow in June

Many herbs are great for direct sowing in the garden. This easy way to grow takes a lot of the work out of the growing process, and brings stronger, more firmly rooted plants earlier in the season. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for a list of herbs you can direct sow in June!

Freshly harvested lavender bunches with upright purple flower spikes rest among blooming bushes in a sunny field, picked to preserve maximum fragrance.

Herbs

The Perfect Time to Harvest Lavender for Maximum Fragrance

It’s lavender harvest season! Whether we enjoy the budded stems and calming fragrance on a garden stroll or in the vase, dried bundles, oils, or in sweet and savory cuisine, the timing matters. Harvesting for peak fragrance is best at a certain point in the season, bud development, and time of day. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines the best time to harvest lavender for maximum fragrance, and when to pick for that cool glass of lavender lemonade.