Herb Gardening

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Herb Gardening
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Medicinal teas, oils

• Chamomile
• Mint
• Catnip

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• Sweet woodruff

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Fragrance

• Feverfew
• Leaves deter clothes moths
• Flowers in potpourri

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Ornamental

• Garden design

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Ornamental dried flower

• Lavender cotton Lavender

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Culinary herbs
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• Bee balm edible flowers

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Growing herbs

• Full sun
• Well drained soil, neutral to alkaline pH
• Use raised beds in poorly drained soils

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Herb garden design

• Formal
• Informal

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Herb garden designs
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Growing herbs in containers
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Propagating herbs

• Seeds
• Some better grown indirectly
• Others better grown directly
• Cuttings

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Mound layering

• Lavender
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Thyme
• Winter savory

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Winter herbs
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Preserving herbs

• Drying freezing