Mint plant in a garden in the sun - Lzf/Getty Images Mint is a wonderful herb to have on hand for various reasons. Not only does it release a beautiful, fresh scent when you brush past it in your ...

Mint is a fabulous herb, don’t tell coriander, but it is my favourite herb. I love that it’s so easy to grow and so voracious too. And while I love fresh mint, I also love to make its usable time a ...

For discerning cooks, packaged herbs from the grocery store don’t always cut it. Judging from their flavor and aroma, it seems they were picked by greasy, diesel-powered machine harvesters in some ...

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 ...

Add a bit of cool flavor to your beverages, meals and desserts this summer with homegrown mint. Try using peppermint leaves in fruit cocktails and ice cream. Add spearmint to your tea or use the ...

Learn how to pick some tea garden plants and how to dry herbs for tea so you can enjoy your homemade herbal blend. Do you enjoy a freshly steeped cup of tea? Have you ever tried making it from scratch ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Ryan Ferguson winces when he leans too close to the mint oil pouring from his still. He pulls his head back inside his shop and drapes a yellow rag over a spout, directing the fumes ...

The flavor of dried herbs doesn’t even begin to compare to that of their garden-fresh counterparts. Bring rich flavor and aromatics to any dish with herbs cut right from your garden. Many herbs are ...

This article originally appeared on ModernFarmer.com. For discerning cooks, packaged herbs from the grocery store don’t always cut it. Judging from their flavor and aroma, it seems they were picked by ...