HERE’S one very simple way to give yourself a summer health boost — grow parsley in a pot on your kitchen windowsill, writes Clodagh Finn.

Valerie O’Connor enthuses on the many advantages of having your own herb garden, be it little or large.

McCormack Family Farms in Co Meath produces herbs and baby leaf greens for supermarkets and the hospitality sector all over the country. Stephen McCormack talks about how the business has grown and its plan to move into the drinks market.

It becomes necessary to re-evaluate your health regimes in light of how your body changes, but a reliance on drugs isn’t the only option, writes Margaret Jennings.

Any plant that has a use outside of the garden can be termed a herb. 

Fresh herbs can elevate the humdrum to the sublime, writes Joe McNamee. He asks four top chefs which herb is their favourite and how to best use it