Herbs from our gardens and the wild.
These herbs are all growing in the West of Scotland.Pictures, how to grow the plants and uses as herbal remedies.
We plan to bring you the most common kitchen herbs: parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
along with basil, bay, garlic and chives. Onions and shallots can also be called herbs,
and some chefs use welsh onions for their flavour.
Dill and garden mint or spearmint are often used to help digestion,
and as well as being used for curry,
cumin and coriander and even caraway are still popular herbs.
Salads can be garnished with dandelions,
marigolds and nasturtium leaves,
Mediterranean cuisine abounds with the use of marjoram, oregano and tarragon.
Lemon balm and applemint are used to flavour delicious drinks, even Coca Cola!
Herbalists will use herbs such as rue, cleavers (sticky willie) and yarrow for homeopathic medicines, cosmetic uses include borage, lovage, lavender, the well known chamomile and hyssop. Dock leaves are crushed to provide instant relief for nettle stings, but lesser known herbs include comfrey, plantain, the male fern, fennel, elderflower, the beautiful feverfew, and hawthorn to draw out splinters and thorns. This guide is part of a larger project, so please keek back in every so often, and see how we're doing.
