Origanum Vulgare

And there are plenty of grasses, groundcovers, shrubs and succulents toward the back of the catalog to really get your mouth watering. High Country Gardens also has lots of hard-to-find botanical treasures that I'm not likely to get at my local nursery.

While you can keep the Mediterranean-grown capers in a pot indoors, these more common garden plants can be wonderful substitutes. Salted, pickled, often found adding a piquant punch to mediterranean cuisine and a vital ingredient in tartar sauce, capers...

Tuck in epazote (Chenopodium ambrosioides) to flavor black beans, then fill in with little cumin plants (Cuminum cyminum) whose pink flowers produce the seeds that add an assertive flavor note to Mexican sauces and soups.

Companion plants for strawberries deter and distract pests, and host beneficial insects, but they don't compete with strawberries for light or nutrients. Pests are attracted to garden strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) as much as people are, but companion...

It is often grown as a houseplant but can thrive outdoors in warm season regions or in summer. It is frost tender but does well in tropical to semi-tropical areas year around. Harvesting Cuban oregano leaves for traditional medicinal purposes can be traced...

In 2003, two garden culture professors in Germany contributed to an article called "The Native Plant Enthusiasm: Ecological Panacea or Xenophobia?" Its content started a country-wide debate about the importance of using only native plants in gardening;...

Given the right conditions, most of these plants can be grown by any home gardener, and are easily preserved for use out of season. Since ancient times, rosemary was believed to strengthen one's memory.

In the Pink Do your best to keep your chickens safe and healthy. In the meantime, strip all bedding from the henhouse floor and spray walls, floor and perches with full-strength or lightly diluted vinegar; apple cider and white vinegars work equally well.