Our Garden Herbs

A herb can be any plant with a useful property , such as a source of dye, medicine or insect repellent in addition to herbs for cooking and making tea.

The use of herbs in medicine and cooking dates back over 4000 years with records from Babylon showing the use of medicinal herbs.

No herb garden is complete without a couple of different mints, we have both spearmint and chocolate mint.

Both are excellent for making tea and summer salads.

Thyme has many different varieties and varied coloured flowers. We have a number of different plants throughout the garden for use in cooking.

They are also an excellent plant in the garden providing year round cover and scents.

Rosemary is one of the essential culinary herbs.

The small grey-green leaves are evergreen, and simply brushing against them releases their distinctive smell.

We use ours cooking roasted vegetables throughout the winter.

Lavender is a traditional cottage-garden plant, It has grey-green aromatic foliage and fragrant spikes of blue or mauve flowers from mid summer to early autumn.

Sage is a great looking herb in the garden, we rarely use it in cooking but it makes a great backdrop to the garden border.

Lemon Balm is another great herb we use frequently for making tea and sometimes when cooking.

[MouseChirpy]

You have such a wonderful herb garden. I am not much of a gardener, but I have managed to keep green onions, rosemary, and oregano growing for a couple of years.One day I hope to have a well-rounded herb garden like yours. A girl can dream!

[Cateverydayy]

What lovely herbs! Thank you for sharing, I always learn something new and useful from your videos.

[ChrisThePlantBased]

Great info! I love my Chocolate Mint plant!

[kendarabbit]

Appreciate your informative vids, enjoyed the music in this vid especially :)