Herb Nerds Blog

Gardening can be a rewarding endeavor, but keeping your plants alive sometimes means doing a little crowd control! Conventional poisons can harm so...

How to build a campfire anywhere. A fire needs 3 things: fuel, air, and heat. A good small fire will grow, but too much air will dissipate the heat...

There are lots of simple and easy ways to make your own trellises for relatively no or very low cost. These all involve some sort of string (twine,...

In 1870 Terra Preta was discovered in the Amazon Basin. It is also called Amazonian Black Soil and is incredibly rich. This amended soil made it po...

by Chris Herbert, Director of Sales Want delicious, vegan, guilt-free sorbet without having to go out or fuss with an ice cream maker? Try your sin...

I wouldn’t say I am a coffee addict - lazy weekend mornings I often can’t find the motivation to make my cup o’ joe - but it is definitely one of l...

We all know that there is more we can do to be environmentally friendly. We know not to use dryer sheets, drive less, recycle, etc. Here are some o...

I recently used my Audible subscription to listen to a book called The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. There is a whole chapter on the origins of...

What needs to be in your emergency kit? Well, that will depend on where you are in your life and who you need to consider. Are you a mother with yo...

While I have certainly never won any parent-of-the-year awards, I have five good kids. I get asked often, especially by young parents anxious to ra...

Compound butter is butter infused with herbs, spices or other supplementary ingredients used to enhance flavor in various dishes or sauces.  I was ...

I have been on quite the journey with food, diet, and nutrition throughout my life. Growing up, I had no education on nutrition, the relationship b...