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Herbs in the UK a general plant profile and some growing hints.

Herbs have been used widely in the UK for centuries, cooking herbs, medicinal herbs and aromatic herbs. Herbs are also used as insect repellents as dyes and in soaps shampoos and cosmetics. Cooking herbs include rosemary, parsley, sage, oregano,thyme, chervil, chives, basil, dill and many more. Aloe has been used to treat burns, lavender is used as an aromatic, witch hazel is a herb used in cosmetics, valerian as a sedative. Liqorice is used both as a flavouring and medicinally. Wormwood and tansy are two herbs used as insect repellents. Growing condition vary greatly, so ask your supplier for an information sheet. You need to make sure that you check with a reliable source before using herbs medicinally.


Herbs and Spices have been used for culinary purposes for centuries, to add flavour and color to vegetarian dishes, salads, soups, cakes and pastries and meat dishes. Herbs are also used in the garden as insect repellants. Other uses for herbs and spices include: cosmetics, medicinal, for use as dyes.

Fresh herbs are easy to grow in the home garden, you can even dry your own herbs for use out of season. And yes you can grow your own saffron.

Drying herbs is easy, and this keeps a supply for winter months and also provides herbs for recipes that require dried herbs.

Cooking with herbs:

Remember that fresh herbs are generally used fresh, in dished where they are uncooked, tossed through salads etc, or lightly cooked, added at the end as a garnish to an omlette or curry. This preserves the texture and flavour. Dried herbs are used in cooking, they are stronger tasting as the oils are concentrated. Rosemary is probably the exception to the rule, it can be added to lamb etc at the begining of the cookking process (just push it underneath the skin with a clove of garlic)




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Norfolk Herbs are growers of naturally raised culinary, medicinal and aromatic herb plants for wholesale, retail and mail order supply together with Bay Trees, Scented Pelargoniums and Hand Thrown English Garden Terracotta to give stature, colour, scent and flavour to a window-sill, patio, garden or landscape

 
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