SOME ADVICE ON SELECTING WHICH HERBS TO GROW
Posted by adminNow for some advice on selecting which herbs to grow. Most people want to start with, say, half a dozen. All depends on your own taste and requirements. If you eat a salad every day, you will want such herbs as chicory, dandelion, parsley, chives, perhaps Florence fennel (the bulbous root section is used), and basil. If your taste runs to hot savoury casseroles or vegetable and egg dishes, choose some of the culinary herbs like marjoram, sage, thyme, dill, chervil, and winter savory. For cool drinks and fruit cups try salad burnet, borage and all the mints; and for herb teas, some of the best are camomile, peppermint and spearmint, comfrey, lemongrass and sage. For the keen gardener, yarrow, comfrey, valerian, tansy, rue, southernwood—all are valuable as described in their individual chapters; while a selection of the medicinal herbs I would never be without are chives (or garlic), lemon balm, comfrey, hore-hound, horseradish, hyssop, rosemary, sage, thyme and yarrow.
Whichever category you wish to choose from, learn as much as you can about each herb so you can use and enjoy it to the full. This book contains only some forty-odd herbs. Many thousands of plants can be classed as herbs, with characteristics beneficial to man. Another book is already in preparation, extending the list to such plants as nasturtium, calendula, burdock, coltsfoot, Golden Rod, equisetum, and many more. The list is endless.
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