Peppermint is an extraordinary and fascinating herb. The taste of the aromatic leaves warms you from the inside out and at the same time gives you a feeling of security. Mint has been valued for its healing properties for thousands of years. The Mentha piperita variety, which was only discovered in the 19th century, impresses with its intense…
Mints are persistent herbaceous plants that are particularly noticeable for the aromatic smell of their leaves. The best known of the mint family is peppermint. The British have traditionally used this plant as a tea and medicinal plant for centuries. But peppermint is just one of many types of mint. Over 52 different varieties are known worldwide, most of…
In 1970, Germans consumed just 115 grams of spices per person a year! Today it is more than 320 grams, and that only refers to the dried herbs from the trade, there is a lot more going on in the gardens and on the window sills. There is also more and more choice, the more networked the…
Trimming sage properly isn’t as easy as it seems. “Easy to harvest” is true – but the sage is a very special type of shrub and you need to know what to cut and to where you can cut it. You can find out in the article, at which times sage is best pruned (for care and…
Why Thai basil … asks Emil, who knows nothing but parsley as a culinary herb. But maybe Emil is called Émile or is a cooking enthusiast Emil who also knows tarragon and Provence basil (and African tree basil, anise basil, white varnished basil, Greek shrub basil), all of which he has in his garden. If Emil /…
Curry herb? The cook in the Indian restaurant recently explained exactly what different spices curry is made of, and now you just want it to grow in the garden? No, unfortunately it doesn’t, and the cook was right – the curry herb is simply a Mediterranean herb that smells of curry for imaginative noses. The care of…
The pineapple sage not only impresses with its bright red flowers in autumn, but also beguiles with a tropical scent that is reminiscent of pineapple. As if that weren’t enough, the edible flowers and leaves enrich Asian dishes and make a fruity tea. In view of these exciting attributes, it hardly matters that pineapple sage is not…
As a rule, three types of mint are referred to as nano mint, the actual Moroccan mint from the Middle East, the Moroccan mint from North Africa and the peppermint ‘Nana’, a hybrid of peppermint, whereby the latter can only be propagated vegetatively. The Moroccan mint ‘Mentha spicata Morocco’ is a curly mint and, unlike other…
Chives, Allium tuberosum, is also known as Chinese chives, Knolau or garlic-chives and belongs to the genus leek. Its external appearance is reminiscent of chives, with its approximately 30 cm long leaves with 1.5 to 8 mm being significantly wider than those of the chives. In terms of taste and aroma, it is similar to conventional garlic,…
As the herb bed becomes more and more lush over the years, at some point the question arises which garden herb should be planted next to which other. In the following article you will get an overview of which herbs and garden herbs go together, and also a first preview of the beneficial effects garden herbs…