Introduced before 1806, Italian Parsley has a stronger and more concentrated flavor than standard strains and is high in vitamins and minerals. Use for salad, soups, stews, and drying. An effective sedative, poppies have been used to lower anxiety, relieve pain, stomach cramps, bruised muscles, coughs and diarrhea. Poppy seeds are used on breads, cakes, cookies, bagels, and in Middle Eastern delicacies such as halva. The seeds also yield an oil used for salads and to make soap, ointments and paints.
Poppies prefer full sun, well-drained soils and cool weather.
One of the most fragrant herbs, rosemary is used in cooking, homemade shampoos, hair and skin rinses, and as a tea. It has been credited with restoring memory, hair and youth. Rosemary is a perennial shrub, hardy to Zone 8. It can be grown in containers. It needs full sun and exceptional drainage.