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The sage herbs you cook with in the kitchen also a makes a delicious addition to dry gardens. Culinary Sage or salvia officinalis is native to the warm Mediterranean regions. They grow to a height of three feet tall and almost as wide. The stems are square and woody, usually covers with short hairs. All parts of this grayish green plant are aromatic. Salvia leaves are long and thin, up to 4 inches long and 1/2 inch across. They are crinkly, fragrant and sticky and can be used in cooking either fresh or dried. Sage grows in full sun to partial, dappled shade, and are hardy to about 20 degrees.Sage plants flower in the summer with upright usually with blue or light blue flowers. They are beautiful in arrangements, or dried for kitchen decoration. Salvia can tolerate regular garden watering, but will also do well in drought conditions. After a .. more »

Ever since I was a little lad I loved working with the soil and growing things. I grew up in a small town just outside Kansas City. We had several acres so there was plenty of room to garden. I can remember when I was in my teens my father planted a garden that just exploded. It seriously feed the whole neighborhood and we still had vegetables and tomatoes we couldn't use and had to constantly try to find people to give the food away to. Tomato plants that were taller than me, zucchini squash by the hundreds. We loved to work in the garden together as a family. It was always great quality time.I learned to love vegetables back then. I hated the winter time because I couldn't just go out to the garden and pick what I wanted to eat. In the winter we had to buy all .. more »

If you're planning to start making your own vegetable garden, then it's best to choose a layout from different varieties. Nowadays, you need not follow the traditional way of laying out your plants. There are a variety of layouts to choose from; surely there is one that will fit your style. Below are a couple of popular layouts to consider.First, we have the Potager. This style basically follows that of a beautiful French Kitchen garden. With this style you can mix the herbs with a choice flowers, fruit trees, and of course vegetables. It is usually made up of symmetrical or repeating patterns of rectangular, square, or triangular plots. This style also lends itself to companion planting. This type of planting can help repel pests naturally by putting them next to a plant that scares off other pests.The formal asymmetrical layout is ideal if you don't want to be too .. more »

Unless you go for herbal treatments for herpes, finding a ready sure could be difficult. Prescription drugs only attack the symptoms and as soon as the medicinal effect wears off, you can expect the symptoms to come back again with a vengeance. The virus needs to be treated and gotten rid off using natural herbs that are anti viral in nature and could be even found in your kitchen as well.GarlicBeing anti bacterial in nature, garlic is an all round herb for treating herpes. It is anti fungal and anti viral as well with nearly 80 or more sulfur compounds that are already in use by pharmaceutical companies for producing a wide range of sulfa drugs. Garlic has all the properties of sulfa and it is present in nature and a common herbal ingredient always available in your kitchen. Without the risk of any side effects, garlic can ensure cure .. more »