Summer days bring Texans outdoors to enjoy warm weather activities. A big part of this pleasure is the picnic table laden with potato salad, home style pickles, and meats smoking on the grill. …
Cilantro, Parsley’s Spicy Cousin
Temptation can strike at the strangest places, even during a foray to the grocery store. Passing bins of apples, grapes, and bananas, I spotted a woman holding a bunch of green leaves with a hesitant …
Lemon Balm for Luscious Flavor
When I first learned about herbs, it opened new dimensions in gardening and cooking. Old friends like sage and rosemary showed me surprising uses and interesting histories. I also uncovered new …
Grow Hearty Sage In Your Garden
Every herb garden needs at least one planting of sage (Salvia officinalis), a gray-green hardy perennial native to the Mediterranean. The thick oval leaves of this herb are 2 to 3 inches long with a …
