{"id":924,"date":"2018-11-24T03:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T03:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=924"},"modified":"2018-12-13T20:12:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T20:12:52","slug":"herbs-and-herbals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/herbs-and-herbals\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbs and Herbals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you feel Herbie, the plants not the films, then sniff out the comments below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--> <!-- [if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:\"\"; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} --> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-926\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/herbie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-926\" title=\"herbie\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/herbie.jpg\" alt=\"Herbie the Love Bug\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/herbie.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/herbie-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herbie the Love Bug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Herb &amp; Herbal Groupings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Culinary herbs for use in kitchens<\/li>\n<li>Medicinal herbs, ancient and modern the basis of many drugs and remedies.<\/li>\n<li>Vegetable herbs like onions and garlic.<\/li>\n<li>Flowering and decorative herbs.<\/li>\n<li>Spices and other plants at home in a herb bed.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a title=\"long tom herbs by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/8208974828\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8201\/8208974828_49c567a0c5.jpg\" alt=\"long tom herbs\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The smell and taste of herbs can be quite intoxicating<\/strong> and you may well end up with the Herb Bug. On this site there are tips for growing various herbs &#8211; just type into the search box a term or plant of interest. If you can&#8217;t find what you want try one of the links below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apotheblogary.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #00bf00;\">Herb Blogs and Useful Sites<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theherbgardener.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Herb Society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theherbgardener.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Herb Gardener<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herts-herb-group.co.uk\/articles.html\">The Hertfordshire Herb Group<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/herbal-haven.co.uk\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herbaholic&#8217;s Herbarium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/herbgardens.today.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herb Gardens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Popular Herb Uses<\/h3>\n<p>Flavouring meat and cooking<br \/>\nPreserves, sauces and vinegars<br \/>\nTeas, tisanes, wines, beers and syrups<br \/>\nCosmetics, pot pourri and bath scents<br \/>\nDyes<br \/>\nMedicines, oils and ointments<br \/>\nDecoration<br \/>\nPoisons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you feel Herbie, the plants not the films, then sniff out the comments below: Herb &amp; Herbal Groupings Culinary herbs for use in kitchens Medicinal herbs, ancient and modern the basis of many drugs and remedies. Vegetable herbs like onions and garlic. Flowering and decorative herbs. Spices and other plants at home in a herb bed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables-herbs","category-gardens-of-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19716,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/19716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}