10 Essential Herbs to Grow

Plant these popular herbs in your garden and enjoy some fresh-from-the-earth taste at your dinner table.
Basil
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Uses: The leaves have warm, spicy flavor. Use sparingly in soups, sauces, salads, omelets and with meat, poultry and fish. Also a basis for pesto.
Planting: Sow seeds near sunny window or in greenhouse in early spring. Transplant to garden in early summer. Or sow seeds directly into the garden in late spring.

Try: French Vegetable Soup with Basil Pistou Recipe
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By Chuks A, 08/15/2009, 5:34 PM EDT
This may require lengthy collation and ranking: 10 medicinal herbs and their uses.
By Amy W, 08/10/2009, 5:18 PM EDT
I wish this would say something about what climates the different herbs need. I live in Alaska and am not sure what types of herbs I can grow.
By bonbons@books, 04/27/2009, 9:18 AM EDT
Hi Reader's Digest! Here's an idea for a future publication (that could be an amalgamation of past articles) that includes ways to cope with stress, desserts that help you cope with stress, activities that help you cope with stress and coping strategies that help you deal with stress. Regards, Sharon Lynne Reynolds, Dover, NH
By bonbons@books, 04/27/2009, 9:16 AM EDT
Hi Reader's Digest! Why don't you encourage your readers to plant all different kinds of edible plants? In an uncertain international economy, foraging for food and growing your own food are two ways to deal with an uncertain future. Regards, Sharon Lynne Reynolds, Dover, NH

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