Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2005 8:53:08 GMT -6
Annual Herbs
Anise
[Pimpinella anisum] Grow from seed.
Leaves in soups, sauces, and salads; oil for flavoring; seeds for seasoning cakes, breads, and cookies.
Basil, sweet
Ocimum basilicum Grow from seed; grow transplants for early-season harvest.
Leaves in soups, stews, pasta sauce, poultry and meat dishes; flavors vinegar; teas.
Borage
Borago officinalis Grow from seed; self-sowing. Edible flower; leaves in salads, teas, and sandwiches; attracts bees.
Calendula (Pot Marigold)
Calendula officinalis
Grow from seed.
Flower petals give color to soups, custards, and rice; cookies; vinegars; crafts.
Caraway
Carum carvi
biennial seed bearer, some cultivars are annual seed bearers.
Leaves in salads, teas, stews, and soups; seeds for flavoring cookies, breads, salads, and cheeses; roots can be cooked.
Chamomile, sweet false
Matricaria recutita Grow from seed.
Tea, potpourris, garnish, crafts.
Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium
Sow seeds in early spring; needs light to germinate; does not transplant well, not heat tolerant.
Leaves in salads, soups, and sauces; teas; butters.
Coriander (cilantro)
Coriandrum sativum
Grow from seed; goes to seed quickly, so plant frequently.
Entire plant is edible; leaves in stews and sauces; stems flavor soups and beans; seeds in sauces and meat dishes, potpourris, and sachets.
Dill
Anethum graveolens
Sow seed early spring.
Teas; seasoning for butter, cakes, bread, vinegars, soups, fish, pickles, salads, etc.; flowers in crafts.
Nasturtium
Tropaeolum spp.
Grow from seed; does not transplant well.
Leaves, stems, and flowers have a peppery taste; use in salads.
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Sow seed early spring; slow to germinate; soak in warm water; is a biennial grown as an annual.
Garnish; flavoring for salads, stews, soups, sauces, and salad dressings.
Perilla
Perilla frutescens
Grow from seed.
Decorative plant; flavoring oriental dishes.
Summer savory
Satureja hortensis
Sow seed in early spring, cuttings.
Mild peppery taste; used with meat, cabbage, rice, and bean dishes, stuffings, teas, butters, vinegars.
