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Some gardeners say certain herbs fend off pests in vegetable and flower gardens.
And through the years, people have used them to cure everything from fevers to the plague. Cilantro, photographed here in Mary Jane Blackwell's garden, is used for cooking Mexican foods, such as salsa. Choose from edible herbs, aromatic herbs or healing herbs. Some gardeners say certain herbs fend off pests in vegetable and flower gardens. And through the years, people have used them to cure everything from fevers to the plague.