If you harvest more thyme than you can use, particularly at the end of the season, you can store fresh thyme in the ...

Monarda didyma, commonly called bee balm, bergamot and Oswego tea, is an attractive and nectar-rich native plant for a rain garden, herb garden or perennial bed. Bee balm is in the mint family ...

In the herb garden, the mint family pretty much runs the neighborhood. Looking out my kitchen window, I can see oregano, marjoram, lavender, summer savory, basil, perilla, sage, rosemary, anise hyssop ...

The striking flowers of this beautiful plant bloom from summer through fall. The foliage and flowers are both edible, plus ...

The mint family is one of the larger and more varied families in the world of botany. That's good news for those of us who want to add fragrance to our gardens. Mint family members are often thirsty ...

The mint family of herbs, which includes sage, rosemary, basil, and even woody plants like teak, offers an invigorating jolt to our senses of smell and taste. Researchers have found that these plants ...

Over the years of writing this column, I have continually worked to write about the considerable diversity of wildlife that can be observed in this great state of ours. But over the last year or so, I ...

Mint consists of a very broad family of 3,500 plants, and all of them have square stems and opposite leaves. Aside from that, each type of mint is incredibly different; you may not have known as ...

Q. Several years ago, I purchased a small container of “living mint” at my local grocery. When I finished using it in a recipe, I planted the remaining 1/2 package in my yard. Recently, I had fresh ...

At this point in the summer, my cooking needs refreshing. Good thing the mint is bursting its boundaries in the herb garden. There’s a reason most of us enjoy mint in our toothpaste and chewing gum: ...