Thyme is on my top ten favorite herbs list. It’s very versatile, and makes a wonderful rub for most types of meat. It’s also a great ground cover in the garden, easy to grow, and smells wonderful when you walk by and brush up against it.
Thyme comes in many flavors and colors, when you plant them side by side it can make your garden look like a patchwork quilt. Lemon and English thyme are my favorites, but I’m always up for trying new varieties.
Thyme is a perennial for most gardeners (all the way up to zone 5 in the US), …read more

Rosemary is another one of my favorite kitchen garden herbs. I brought one of my Rosemary plants in last fall and overwintered it in the laundry room window. I didn’t think it would make it through the winter, but it survived. Now it’s going back outside for the summer.
I love Rosemary’s citrus, woodsy scent and flavor. I have a wonderful recipe for rosemary cookies I’m going to share with you soon. Rosemary’s also great in summer potpourris and soups.
I like to throw it on the grill with kabobs and other meats and let it add its wonderful flavor. Rosemary stalks …read more

I love having a few of my favorite herbs and vegetables right outside my door in my kitchen garden. I already told you how much I love my cilantro, but another favorite kitchen garden herb is oregano.
I planted one little plant of oregano about 10 years ago, and it’s grown into a nice clump to supply me with fresh oregano all summer.
Oregano is one of the most versatile herbs I have in my garden. I make homemade tomato or pasta sauce at least once a week for pizza, spaghetti, or lasagna. During the summer I just walk outside and grab …read more

One of my favorite kitchen garden herbs is cilantro. I love to use fresh cilantro on Spring salads, fresh garden salsa, tacos, dips and many other dishes. During the winter I always have at least one bunch of cilantro in the refrigerator to pull out and add to recipes.
My favorite cilantro is fresh from the garden. I love to walk out in the garden and grab a handful of leaves just to smell their fresh scent.
Every year I let a few cilantro plants go to seed so it reseeds itself for the next year. I’ve had cilantro coming up in …read more