Compiled by Karen and Mike Garofalo
Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California
" 'Tis thought the king is dead; we
will not stay.
The bay trees in our country are all wither'd. "
- Shakespeare, King Richard II
Parsleys, Fennels, and Queen Anne's Lace: Herbs and Ornamentals from the Umbel Family by Barbara Perry Lawton.
"According to old wives' tales, borage was sometimes
smuggled into the drink of prospective husbands
to give them the courage to propose marriage."
- Mary Campbell, A Basket of Herbs
"There’s rosemary and rue. These keep
Seeming and savor all the winter long.
Grace and remembrance be to you."
- William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Scene 4
Basil to Thyme: Culinary Endeavors from the Garden to the Kitchen by Jan Beane and Tim Hass.
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.”
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richard's Almanac
"Upon A Little Hill
Open fresh your round of starry folds,
Ye ardent marigolds!
Dry up the moisture from your golden lids'
For great Apollo bids
That in these days your praises should be sung
On many harps which he has lately strung:
And when again your dewiness he kisses
Tell him I have you in my world of blisses!
So haply when I rove in some far vale
His mighty voice may come upon gale."
- John Keats, Tip Toe Upon a Little Hill
Calendulas in old times were pot-marigolds
Herb Mixtures & Spicy Blends: Ethnic Flavorings, No-Salt Blends, Marinades/Dressings, Butters/Spreads, Dessert Mixtures, Teas/Mulling Spices by Deborah L. Balmuth.
"The olive tree is surely
the richest gift of Heaven.
I can scarcely expect bread."
- Thomas Jefferson
"I asked the boy beneath the pines.
He said, "The master's gone alone
Herb-picking somewhere on the mount,
Cloud-hidden, whereabouts unknown."
- Chia Tao, 777-841
How to Grow Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing 18 Essential Culinary Herbs, with Step-by-Step Techniques and 200 Colour Photographs by Richard Bird
"An old Arab riddle goes like this:
Our servant is green.
Her children are born white and then grow black.
Who is she?
An olive tree."
“Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.”
- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, Poor Richard's Almanac
Growing & Using Herbs Successfully by Betty M. Jacobs
"To Mistress Isabel
Pennell (l. 4–12)
My maiden Isabel,
Reflaring rosabel.
The fragrant camomel;
The ruddy rosary,
The sovereign rosemary,
The pretty strawberry;
The columbine, the nept,
The jelofer well set,
The proper violet"
- John Skelton (1460–1529) British poet.
"As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not
only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance
and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language."
- Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) British writer, statesman and philosopher
Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals by Barbara Perry Lawton
"If you set it,
the cats will eat it,
If you sow it,
the cats don't know it."
- Philip Miller, The Gardener's Dictionary - Catnip
"Gardening with herbs, which is becoming
increasingly popular, is indulged in by
those who like subtlety in their plants in preference to brilliance."
- Helen Morgenthau Fox
The Beginner's Guide to Edible Herbs: 26 Herbs Everyone Should Grow and Enjoy by Charles W. G. Smith, Saxon Holt and Edward C. Smith
"Garlic is as good as ten mothers."
"Eat leeks in oile and ramsines in
May,
And all the year after physicians may play."
(Ramsines were old-fashioned broad-leafed leeks.)
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Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape by Nan Chase
"Teach me whence that wondrous mandrake grows,
Whose magic root, torn from the earth with groans,
At midnight hour, can scare the fields away,
And make the mind prolific in its fancies."
- Anonymous,
Mandrake is a magick root
"Those herbs which perfume the air most
delightfully, not passed by as
the rest, but, being trodden upon and crushed, are three; that is, burnet,
wild thyme and watermints. Therefore, you are to set whole alleys of
them, to have the pleasure when you walk or tread."
-
Frances Bacon
Favorite Recipes With Herbs by Dawn Ranck
"As for rosemary, I let it run all
over my garden walls, not
only because my bees love it but because it is the herb
sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a
sprig of it hath a dumb language."
- Sir Thomas More
"Where Rosemary flourished, the woman ruled."
- Traditional Saying
"As Rosemary is to the
Spirit, so Lavender is to the Soul."
- Anonymous
"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance;
pray, love, remember; and there is pansies,
that's for thoughts."
- Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Lift up your boughs of Vervain blue,
Dip't in cold September dew;
And dash the moisture, chaste and clear
O'er the ground and through the air."
- Mason, referring to Vervain
"As for the garden of mint, the very
smell of it alone recovers and
refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat."
- Pliny the Elder
"Salt's a friend to the
tomato."
- Ray Pannesi
"Hot lavender, mints, savory,
marjoram;
The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun,
and with him rise weeping."
- Shakespeare, Winter's Tale
"I myself have seen the ungodly in
great power:
and flourishing like a green bay-tree."
- The Prayer Book 1662
"How could such sweet and wholesome
hours
Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers?"
- Andrew Marvel
"And she forgot the stars, the
moon, the sun,
And she forgot the blue above the trees,
And she forgot the dells,where waters run,
And she forgot the chilly autumn breeze;
She had no knowledge when day was done,
And the new morn she saw not: but in peace
Hung over her sweet Basil evermore .....
'For cruel 'tis,' said she,
'To steal my Basil-pot away from me.' "
- John Keats
"How I would love to be transported
into a scented
Elizabethan garden with herbs
and honeysuckles, a knot garden and roses
clambering over a simple arbor."
- Rosemary Verey
The Herbfarm Cookbook by Jerry Traunfeld
"There's fennel for you, and
columbines; there's rue
for you: and here's some for me; we may call it herb
of grace o' Sundays. O! you must wear your rue with a
difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets,
but they withered all when my ather died."
- Shakespeare, Hamlet
"I plant rosemary all over the garden,
so pleasant is it to
know that at every few steps one may draw the kindly
branchlets through one's hand, and have the enjoyment of
their incomparable incense; and I grow it against walls, so
that the sun may draw out its inexhaustible sweetness
to greet me as I pass."
- Gertrude Jekyll
"With holly and ivy,
So green and so gay,
We deck up our houses
As fresh as the day,
With bays, and rosemary,
And laurel complete;
And every one now
Is a king in conceit."
Poor Robins Almanac, 1695
Basil to Thyme: Culinary Endeavors from the Garden to the Kitchen by Jan Beane and Tim Hass
The Beginner's Guide to Edible Herbs: 26 Herbs Everyone Should Grow and Enjoy by Charles W. G. Smith, Saxon Holt and Edward C. Smith
Cooking With Herbs: 100 Seasonal Recipes and Herbal Mixtures to Spice Up Any Meal by Tina James
Eat Your Yard: Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers For Your Landscape by Nan Chase
Flavoring the World: The FAQ about Spices
Favorite Recipes With Herbs by Dawn Ranck
Forget Me Not Herbs and Wildflowers
Garlic Lovers' Cookbook by the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association. Great recipes! A personal favorite!
The Garlic Web Site Lot's of garlic history, recipes and facts.
GILBOA, Beit-Hashita Olives Great olive information, types, flavors, etc.
Growing & Using Herbs Successfully by Betty M. Jacobs
Henriettes Herbal Homepage Nice collection of FAQs, newsgroup and maillist archives, and plant name database. Excellent collection of useful information.
The Herbfarm Cookbook by Jerry Traunfeld
Herb Mixtures & Spicy Blends: Ethnic Flavorings, No-Salt Blends, Marinades/Dressings, Butters/Spreads, Dessert Mixtures, Teas/Mulling Spices by Deborah L. Balmuth
Herbage Database A searchable database from the CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference Book.
Herbs and Spices - Yahoo Index
How to Grow Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing 18 Essential Culinary Herbs, with Step-by-Step Techniques and 200 Colour Photographs by Richard Bird
Illustrated Encylcopedia of Herbs by Rodale Press
Jeanne Rose's Herbal Guide to Food by Jeanne Rose
Mints: A Family of Herbs and Ornamentals by Barbara Perry Lawton
No Tyme Productions Useful information on a variety of herbs, Latin terms, and many nice products: herbs, good books, pots, etc..
Parsleys, Fennels, and Queen Anne's Lace: Herbs and Ornamentals from the Umbel Family by Barbara Perry Lawton
Pitting Olives
Without Frustration
Reference Guide for Herbs
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