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Your Backyard Herb Garden: A Gardener's Guide to Growing Over 50 Herbs Plus How to Use Them in Cooking, Crafts, Companion Planting and More

Published on 2012-04-21 19:53:00

Customer Rating : List Price : $18.99 Price : $7.99 Product DescriptionEverything you need to know about growing your favorite herbs using safe, natural, all-organic methods!Practical tips and advice on all aspects of successful herb growing.A wealth of great ideas and helpful how-to on using herbs in cooking, crafts, cosmetics, health care, insect repellents, and more.Illustrated herb directory featuring all the most popular herbs-- from aloe to yarrow-- each with complete information on [..]

The Easy Way to Make Raw Organic Almond Milk at Home

Published on 2012-01-28 20:59:00

Raw Organic Almond Milk Made EasyHave you ever woken up in the morning only to discover that when you went to your refrigerator your milk container was empty? I want to share with you how incredibly easy it is to make your own milk at home using raw organic almonds. Almond milk has no cholesterol and is free of sodium which both contribute to excellent heart health! Raw organic almond milk contains fifty percent of the daily recommended allowance of vitamin E which promotes healthy skin complexi [..]

Black cardamom

Published on 2010-07-21 03:16:00

Black cardamom (also known as brown cardamom, elaichi, thảo quả and tsao-ko) is a plant in the family Zingiberaceae. Its seed pods have a strong camphor-like flavor, with a smoky character derived from the method of drying.CharacteristicsThe pod

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Published on 2010-07-09 23:10:00

Ocimum tenuiflorum (also tulsi, tulasī) is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Old World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed. It is an erect, much branched subshrub 30-60 cm tall wit

scallion

Published on 2010-06-30 12:09:00

A scallion, (also known as a spring onion, salad onion or green onion in many countries) is an edible plant the genus Allium. The upper green portion is hollow. It lacks a fully developed root bulb. They are milder thanmost onions. They may be cooked

Plants

Published on 2010-06-18 19:51:00

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000

St John's wort

Published on 2010-06-10 06:09:00

St John's wort (traditionally pronounced /seɪntˈdʒɒnz ˈwɜrt/, now sometimes the spelling pronunciation /ˈwɔrt/) is the plant species Hypericum perforatum, also known as Tipton's Weed or Klamath weed, but, with qualifiers, is used to refer to

Chili pepper

Published on 2010-05-29 23:29:00

Chili pepper (from Nahuatl chilli, chilli pepper, chilli, chillie, chili, and chile) is the fruit of the plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.Although botanically speaking, the fruit of capsicums are berries,

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Published on 2010-05-17 09:34:00

Ocimum tenuiflorum (also tulsi, tulasī) is an aromatic plant in the family Lamiaceae which is native throughout the Old World tropics and widespread as a cultivated plant and an escaped weed. It is an erect, much branched subshrub 30-60 cm tall wit

Patchouli

Published on 2010-05-14 20:36:00

Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth; also patchouly or pachouli) is a species from the genus Pogostemon and a bushy herb of the mint family, with erect stems, reaching two or three feet (about 0.75 metre) in height and bearing small pale pi

Syzygium jambos

Published on 2010-05-12 22:11:00

The fruit tree Syzygium jambos has several common names, including Malabar Plum, champakka, chom pu or chom-phu. Terms like "plum rose", "rose apple", "water apple", "Malay apple", "jambrosade",and "pomarrosa" can also refer to many other species of

Cananga odorata

Published on 2010-05-07 07:54:00

Cananga odorata, commonly called Ylang-ylang (pronounced /ˈiːlæŋ ˈiːlæŋ/EE-lang-EE-lang), cananga tree, ilang-ilang, kenanga (Indonesian), fragrant cananga, Macassar-oil plant or perfume tree),is a tree valued for its perfume. The essential o