Now that there is a bit of a chill in the air at night we have to begin thinking about bringing some plants in for winter. It is time to create a windowsill garden. I like to grow geraniums, violets, ...

Alternatively, if you don’t have fresh bay leaves, you can use a bay leaf essential oil. First, take a clean spray bottle and ...

It sounds like the stuff of urban food myths, except the story’s true: Wife simmers a pot of spaghetti sauce with a dried bay leaf in it. She neglects to extract the brittle herb before dinner is ...

Gardening can be challenging for me. (And yes, I'm using 'challenging” euphemistically, as in, 'The current political landscape is challenging.”) Sometimes, suddenly, it's April - or, my God, May - ...

It sounds like the stuff of urban food myths, except the story’s true: Wife simmers a pot of spaghetti sauce with a dried bay leaf in it. She neglects to extract the brittle herb before dinner is ...

My earliest memory of bay comes not from the garden, but the kitchen. My mother always dropped a single dried bay leaf in her simmering pot of spaghetti sauce made from a recipe handed down from ...

Ask people to describe the taste of bay -- even a group of renowned herbalists -- and they may come up short. "It's hard to describe," said a momentarily stumped Bill Varney of Fredericksburg Herb ...

For the past seven years I have chosen one of my monthly articles to write about the Herb of the Year. This year it is bay. Every year since 1995, the International Herb Association has chosen an herb ...

Manifesting with bay leaves uses your visualization and intention powers to bring forth your dreams. You use the bay leaves ...