Mark Perlik - Articles

Composting is Good for Everyone

Having compost on hand is extremely beneficial for your herb garden, and for any garden. Adding compost to your garden soil will enrich your soil, providing your plants with the nutrients they need to grow healthy and strong. Composting at home is good for the environment because when kitchen scraps end up in landfills, they give off methane gas which is bad for the environment. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 11/09/2009 | Home & Family

The Roots of your Garden are in the Soil

The roots of a healthy herb garden are in the quality of the soil. Cultivating healthy soil begins with evaluating the quality of your soil and then determining how to improve and maintain it. This is a continuous process, and a very important one, because plants use nutrients that are sourced from the soil in order to grow healthy and strong. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 05/09/2009 | Gardening

What Are The Top 12 Culinary Herbs? (Part 2)

This is part two of a two part series listing the 12 most popular culinary herbs for your home herb garden. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 09/08/2009 | Home & Family

What Herbs are and their Uses

This article discusses the definition of what an herb actually is, as well as uses of herbs historically, in the kitchen, and commercially. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 30/07/2009 | Home & Family

What Are The Top 12 Culinary Herbs? (Part 1)

This is a collection of the top 12 culinary herbs for those gardeners who want to know what herbs are most useful and popular for a kitchen herb garden. The herbs are listed in order of popularity and each has a little general information and tips on growing. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 30/07/2009 | Home & Family

Growing Herbs in Containers

Are you interested in starting an herb garden but don't have garden space at your home? Container gardening is the answer. I'll help you get started with some of the basics, such as choosing the right container, soil information, whether to grow from seed or buy plants, how to place different herbs in your pot or pots, and where to put your container herb garden, and more! Read

By: Mark Perlik | 30/07/2009 | Home & Family

All About Perennial Herbs

This article covers the basic properties of perennial herbs. I also provide a short list of perennial herbs that I enjoy and recommend. Read

By: Mark Perlik | 07/07/2009 | Home & Family

Basics of Learning to Cook with Fresh Herbs

Learning to use fresh herbs is a great way to spice up your cooking, making it tastier and better than ever before. There are infinite ways to use fresh herbs in your cooking. This means that you get to use your imagination to create new ways of using the herbs you choose every day! A benefit of using fresh herbs is that you will not need to use as much salt or fatty ingredients to add flavor and substance to your cooking. This brings obvious health benefits as well as the fact that herbs are Read

By: Mark Perlik | 20/04/2009 | Cooking Tips