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Sesame Seeds - Black White and Red Included
Sesame are generally known as the seeds from the sesame herb. This is the most used seed globally and is a main source of inclusion in foods in the Middle East. Sesame foods such as tahini and halva originated from there.Sesame seeds are often used in breads dishes and sprinkled on both sweet...
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Published a day ago

Lemon Verbena - Thank the Spanish For That
I must admit I've never had the pleasure of growing Lemon Verbena, but I have seen it in other peoples' gardens and have been quite fascinated with the distinctive lemon characteristics that the leaves present. So when I came across the herbs picture on the web, I recognised it straight away and...
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Published 5 days ago

Dandelion Wine - Herbs and Wine a Combination for Health
I am a great fan of making wine at home and my passion for herbs rides just as high. Wine and herbs just seem to go together, a natural partnership that also sounds good. The health benefits from both wine and herbs are proven beyond all doubt, so why, away from food recipes are there not more...
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Published a week ago

Under the Spell of Witch Hazel - Not!
Witch hazel has always been a fascinating and mysterious herb to me. The name itself conjures up bygone years where witch-hunts and potions were made and devilish goings on in forest and villages in olde England. My mother used to use it, but I just can't remember what she used it for until my...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Hops for Beer, Medicine and Garlands
Back in the UK one of my pastimes was brewing my own beer. This was not done from kits but from gathering all natural ingredients. Many types of beer were made from a black Guinness type to lager and nettle and bran beer to cock ale (where the carcass of a chicken was also used in the brewing...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Home Grown Herbs - Why not?
Home grown herbs are something that every single household can do. It is with complete amazement that folk can trundle down to the supermarket and buy expensive herbs in plastic casing for an incredible amount of money, which is inferior in every way to the herb you can easily grown at home. Why...
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Published 3 weeks ago

America's Weed - Hogwort
J. K. Rowling and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from her Harry Potter series of books must spring to mind with this name. Hogwort was apparently seen in Kew Gardens by the author and the name had remained part of her subconscious when writing.Hogwort is also called the Woolly...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Herb Power - Good and Evil
In this world of ours is a world of nature. We all life in a continuous cycle of life followed by death, it is that simple. This is nature that has control of us, we can extend that life with our knowledge and intelligence, but still millions of people don’t extend their living by using the...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Herbs in History
A herb is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavour, scent, or the like. This has been known for thousands of years and it worth just looking back in time where in some cases the use of herbs hasn't changed much.Historically herbs have always played a part in...
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Published a month ago

Chickweed for Chickens and Humans
I have heard of chickweed before, but never really knew much else about it until doing a bit of research. Then a few days later I found some growing wild on my farm, which we had as an addition to our salad that very same evening. I always used to weed it out and feed it to the chicken and...
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Published a month ago

Canadian Rosemary and Cheese Muffin Treats in Bulgaria
It was such a delight that even here in Bulgaria you can recreate a recipe that originated in Canada. We had some Canadian friends over and they took charge of the cooking. one evening The highlight of that Canadian food festival in Bulgaria was a herb based recipe that exceeded all expectations....
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Published a month ago

Herb Switches - Alternative Herb Substitutions
Sometimes when preparing food you find that you are short of a herb that is important to this recipe. It could be that your supplies have run out or it is not in season at that time. This usually means that your intended recipe would have to be put off for another time. This doesn't have to be...
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Published a month ago