Information and Health Benefits on Herbs, Spices, Fruits & Vegetables.
While using fresh herbs is always a wonderful choice, it’s not always feasible due to issues of quick spoilage and availability. If you grow your own fresh herbs and spices, drying can be a great way to extend your harvest during the off season.
Most people often use the words herb and spice interchangeably, but there is a difference.
Allspice is the dried unripe fruit (berries) of Pimenta dioica, a tree that is native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico and Central America. However, it is now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.
Basil is a culinary herb of the family lamiaceae (mint). Basil is native to tropical regions from central Africa to Southeast Asia, but is generally a favorite of gardeners everywhere in the summer. The part of the plant typically used in cuisine are the leaves.