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

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

HERB HILL: NESTLED NEAR CLARK COUNTY'S NORTHERN BORDER

LA CENTER -- Wendy Arends grabs a generous handful of bright Genovese basil from her herb slope. You'll pay $1 for this hefty bunch, a fresh-out-of-the-soil midsummer bargain. Think of all the pesto, all that bruschetta! Though she and Herb Hill look as if they could fit quite nicely into Sunset

Publication: The Columbian

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)

HERB EXPLOSION LOOK NO FURTHER THAN YOUR GARDEN FOR FLAVOR.(Living Today)

Byline: James R. Gray Executive features editor So your corn plants look like you're cultivating miniature cobs for those Chinese dishes. So your tomato plants have a dull, vacant look. And you're wondering whether to use your cucumber sprouts as well, sprouts. This summer's overabundance of

Publication: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)

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 MOORE: A TAX MAN EVERYONE LOVES.(News)

Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY The line outside the Van Nuys federal building starts to form around 8:30 a.m. three days a week. Everybody's waiting for Herb. "Herb's definitely got his regulars," says Michele Levine, field assistant manager for the Internal Revenue Service office at the federal building.

Publication: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Herbs of mystery and might

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION The foxglove, commonly found in gardens, is the source of digitalis, a heart medicine. In fact, according to Laura Zaranski, an acupuncturist and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, herbs are often the origin of many

Publication: Post-Tribune (IN)

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