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  • Ornamental Oregano for Pure Pleasure

    Ornamental oreganos generally have little scent of oregano and even less flavor, giving them little value in the kitchen or medicine cabinet.  But ...
  • Agastache – No Matter How You Pronounce It, It’s A Must Have Plant For Every Garden!

    This month I want to focus on one of my favorite herbs for the garden, the genus Agastache.  This can be pronounced a number of ways (A-ga-stash-ē ...
  • Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme & More for The Pollinator Garden

      Herbs are not just for cooking, medicine making and crafts.  Many herbs have beautiful flowers that are magnets for bees, butterflies, hummingbir...
  • EAT YOUR FLOWERS

    I give many tours and talks throughout the year, and it always surprises me that regardless of whether I am talking to beginning gardeners or garde...
  • Container Garden Bounty: Growing Vegetables and Herbs

    Container Garden Bounty: Growing Vegetables and HerbS If you grow vegetables in the ground, you know that the No. 1 rule is to keep them racing alo...
  • Tomato Gardening Tips

    Tomato Gardening Tips 1. When planting tomatoes, work the soil well to encourage plants to send down a good root system.2. For best flavor, allow t...
  • Morningsun Herb Farm 30th Annual Open House

    Join Us for Morningsun Herb Farm's 30th Annual Open House Event! A FUN FILLED DAY OF HERBAL FOOD, CRAFTS AND EDUCATION. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE TH...
  • Yarrow

    Each year the International Herb Association chooses a plant as the ‘Herb of the Year’, to focus on the medicinal, culinary, crafting and gardening...
  • Yarrow Flower Salt

    Making herbal salt is a simple process with benefits.  Yarrow  supports digestion and also helps reduce bloating.  You can create a simple salt tha...
  • Yarrow Bath Salts

    Yarrow makes a relaxing bath.  Fill a muslin tea bag with fresh flower heads and some leaves and toss in your tub as it fills or wrap inside a cott...
  • Yarrow Cucumber Cleanser

    Cucumber is naturally cleansing and calming to your skin.  When you combine it with fresh yarrow flowers you have a mild cleanser that can be used ...
  • Yarrow Skin Toner

    Yarrow makes a soothing skin astringent or toner that can be used after cleansing to help reduce redness and inflammation.  It works really well in...