Sage
Sage is a good value plant, but can exhaust itself over three or four years. You need to take cuttings to make sure that you always have it in your herb garden. It can be used for culinary and medicinal purposes. A sage stuffing or dressing is an essential with turkey or chicken. Take four slices of white bread and about 8 leaves and whizz in a blender. Chop a small onion finely and and mix through. Add a beaten egg and mix to a dry constistency. Divide into 8 balls and cook for about 30 minutes alongside your roast. Instructions for growing the herb here. Drying it can require patience - the leaves are much fleshier than other herbs so it can go mouldy or discolour. Try the microwave method - the results are virtually immediate, so you can keep trying until you get it right! Drying Herbs in the microwave. The instructions are for drying parsley, but you can adapt them for or any herb.
This herbal cough remedy is very easy to prepare. As a steam bath for a head cold, take a large bowl and half fill with boiled water, add about 8 leaves. Put a towel over your head and lower your face to the top of the bowl - inhale the steam for a few minutes - be careful as it can make you dizzy. This should ease your head cold, congestion and cough.
For an explanation of gardening terms that you might not understand, please check out the Growers Dictionary section. I found that I was either skimping on explanations or giving too much information on the individual pages so I have posted all relevant terms in one section - if there's anything you need to know, please drop me an email.
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