With a little forethought, rosemary can help you with your
holiday gift list. "My friends love getting rosemary wreaths
at Christmas," said Georgia Master Gardener Ellouise
Connolly.
"I bet I make at least 10 a year."

Rosemary is a wonderful herb for meat dishes, but Connolly
has found another use.

"My friend’s outdoor dog smelled just horrid," she
said. "I took some rosemary, boiled it in water, let it seep
and cool. Then I gave the dog a rosemary rinse. He smelled great
and stopped scratching."

Besides making wreaths, Connolly says one summer she made
herbal
vinegars. "I just love making them, and before I knew it
I’d made 20 bottles," she said. She uses herbs in jellies
and breads, too.

Outside the kitchen, Connolly boils herbs in oil, strains the
oil, allows it to cool and uses it in her bath. She makes herbal
hair rinses and creams, too.

"I also love to dry herbs and put them in sealed
jars,"
she said. "Then I open a jar while I’m taking a bath. It’s
homegrown aromatherapy."