Growing garden fresh herbs in our backyard has been one of the more rewarding activities on the homestead. Use fresh herbs in your homestead cooking. Add them to a sauce, recipe or dessert. Growing herbs also gives you quick access to the healing properties of the plants. Tinctures, salves, and extracts can be made in a few hours to a few weeks, when growing garden fresh herbs. Planting Herbs I have planted my garden fresh herbs in containers the last few years. As the weather … [Read more...]