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British Herbs | trade association |
Culinary Herb Guide | good overview |
Garden Herbs | good beginners’ resource |
Geffrye Museum | herb garden in the East End of London – free entry |
Herb Society | UK’s leading society for increasing the understanding, use and appreciation of herbs and their benefits to health; established in 1927 |
International Herb Association | promoting herbs internationally; annual conference |
Medicinal herbs | see our herbal medicine section |
Mother Earth News | directory of culinary and medicinal herbs – lots of articles on growing, collecting from the wild, preserving, cooking etc. – great resource |
Our Herb Garden | herb history and folklore |
The Herbs and the Adventures of Parsley | remember the Herbs and Parsley the Lion? 🙂 |
Wikipedia | entry for herb |
Wikipedia | list of culinary herbs and spices |
Growing herbs |
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BBC Gardening Guides | propagate herbs from cuttings |
British Herbs | pdf poster – British herbs seasonality chart |
Further info | step-by-step guides to growing specific herbs |
Guardian | ten of the best herbs to grow in containers |
Hobby Farms | herb basics: growing herbs |
Mother Earth News | Use One of These Four Simple Garden Designs to Grow Kitchen Herbs |
Rodale’s Organic Life | 10 herbs to grow indoors all year round |
Royal Horticultural Society | help and advice on growing herbs |
the Skinny Gourmet | 10 mistakes that new herb gardeners make and how to avoid them |
Drying herbs |
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Gardening About | how to dry and store herbs |
Mother Earth News | drying herbs: easier than you think |
Vegetable Gardener | how to dry herbs |
WikiHow | 9 ways to dry herbs |
Cooking with herbs |
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AllRecipes | over 2000 recipes involving herbs |
BBC Food | herbs recipes |
CookSmarts |
info on cooking, preparing and storing herbs, plus which herbs go with which foods |
Fine Cooking |
how to store, handle, and use fragrant herbs to enhance the flavor of any dish |
NC State University | which herbs go with which foods, plus more tips |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln | the magic of fresh herbs |