CRAIGIEBURN gardeners can learn how to grow vegetables and herbs at a free event next week.

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The pool now produces fruit, vegetables and herbs and is home to eight egg-laying chickens.

When Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church in Homer Glen opened 10 years ago, Carleen Villasenor planted a biblical herb garden on its 10-acre property that includes native plants and grasses.As the garden grew, her fellow church members asked Villasenor for practical ways to use those herbs. Because of the many requests she received, Villasenor thought, "Maybe I should write a book."She did ...

Kenmore Mercy uses grant to start sustainable rooftop garden.

Enjoy growing your own healthy organic vegetables, herbs and flowers for only $62 per year at one of the three community gardens run by the City’s Parks & Recreation Department.

Ag Day, Concord’s once-yearly farmer’s market, is shopping locally at its finest. The town’s community of farmers, gardeners and veggie vendors will set up along the Milldam to hock homegrown vegetables, herbs and flowers, as well as soups and other dishes shoppers can consume on the spot.

Join chef Sue Riedl as she demonstrates basic cooking techniques

Serves: 6 / Preparation time: 15 minutes / Total time: 15 minutes SALAD 8 ounces (about 1/2 box) orzo 2 cups chopped garden tomatoes 1/3 cup mix of chopped fresh herbs such as basil, oregano, tarragon and flat-leaf parsley 4 green onions, thinly sliced

PHOENIX — The young man shook uncontrollably and couldn’t speak. As an emergency room doctor tried to figure out what was wrong, the man’s friends showed a package of herbs clearly marked “not for human consumption.” The man and his friends had smoked it. As a doctor at Tucson Medical Center, that was Matt Heinz’s first encounter with a substance often referred to as spice. The mix of herbs ...