Herb vinegars preserve summer

Wandering through a garden with an herb bed or a farmers market that sells fresh herbs provides a heady scent of the summer just past. The fresh, grassy aromas bring associations of tomatoes, backyard barbecues, salads and pungently flavored pasta dishes. It's a sensation sorely longed for in

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Herb the latest venture...

Robert Benson in a nutshellFollowing foot and mouth disease the Bosomworth family have diversified into herbs. n Herbs Unlimited is a business partnership with former restaurateur, Alison Dodd. n The herb nursery includes seven-and-a-half acres of polytunnels with computerised irrigation. n The

Publication: Yorkshire Post

Herb Farmer Planted a Dream - And Sees Rewards Sprout

BLUE EYE, Mo. It isn't that Jim Long hasn't heard the old axiom about location meaning everything to the success of a business. He just chooses to ignore it. Getting to his remote Ozarks herb farm, straddling the Missouri-Arkansas line between Branson and Eureka Springs, isn't easy. It sits at the

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Herb Gardens Easy Way for Novices to Grow // Many Publications Sow Seeds of Ideas

Herb gardening is as easy as one, two, three - plant them, water them and watch them grow. "People think it's going to be hard, but it's as easy as growing vegetables," said Laura Clavio. Maybe easier. Clavio, a West Lafayette, Ind., writer with a heavy hobby in herbs, appears in Herb Companion,

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

HERBS FRESH IDEAS HERB MERCHANTS SAW A VOID IN THE LOCAL MARKET AND FILLED IT

The breeze was warm; the skies were sunny. A soft bluegrass version of "Rock of Ages" hung in the air as Kurt Kluger walked among the herbs and flowers in front of his Country Store in Newburgh.Basil. Rosemary. Mint. Oregano. Customers picked up containers, checking out the colors, touching leaves

Publication: Evansville Courier & Press

Herbs are in the air

The next time you're fixing a dish of tomatoes, add a few leaves of fresh basil. And for that corn on the cob, slather it with herbal butter. In other words, in the height of the summer when fresh vegetables take center stage, add a little extra zip to meals with equally fresh herbs.Because many of

Publication: Capital (Annapolis)

Herb campaign aims to drive everyday use.(fresh produce)(Brief article)

Fresh herb suppliers have launched a bold campaign to encourage people to use less salt--and more herbs--in their cooking. The 100,000 [pounds sterling] 2008 Fresh Herbs campaign, which is being run by the Fresh Herbs Group, will push the message that herbs are a healthy alternative to salt and a

Publication: Grocer

Herbs for all season(ing)s. (Plans For Budding Gardeners).

Herbs are special plants we use to flavor our food and create pleasant aromas. The food' we eat tastes much better when it is flavored with herbs. Herbs can be added to food before it's cooked (like when you marinate a steak in oil and herbs and garlic before grilling it, for. example) or while

Publication: Environman

Herb alert: as their popularity soars, medicinal herbs are at risk in the wild. (Save Our Countryside).

Sometimes being popular isn't all it's cut out to be. This has proved especially true for certain medicinal herbs, many of which are being pushed toward extinction by loss of habitat and over harvesting in the wild--phenomena fueled in part by the public's increasing acceptance of herbal remedies

Publication: Country Living

Herbs: They'll grow on you; Enthusiasts for the plants tout their many their uses, ranging from healing to cooking to emitting a pleasant scent. Members of the Minnesota Herb Society are hosting a day at the arboretum just for their favorite subject.(WEST)

Byline: Molly Kentala; Staff Writer Herbs are everywhere. They grow in gardens, spice up meals and aid in the healing process. And technically, all plants except bushes and trees are herbs. "Herbs are God's apothecary," said Gisela Meyer, president of the Minnesota Herb Society. "Our ancestors had

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)