Herbs: As useful today as they were centuries ago.

Countryside & Small Stock Journal | March 1, 2001| | Copyright

Herbs are defined as "useful plants." But there are many useful plants. No one would dispute that a lettuce or tomato or bean plant is useful. Shade trees are useful, as are ground covers. So, what is meant by "useful" when referring to herbs? The answers to that question can be as different as the number of people asked.

Historically, "herbs" included all sorts of plants and plant parts: trees, shrubs, leaves, flowers, roots and seeds were used to season and preserve foods, as curatives and preventatives, as beauty products, deodorants and in religious rituals. ...

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