From the kitchen to the kettle, our blends make every day a little more delicious. The quickest way to make average meals into a chef’s masterpiece


Spice up your kitchen with our full-flavored family of herb mixes and seasonings! From dips and dressings to rubs, marinades, and savory sides, these blends are your shortcut to homemade goodness. We’ve also got salt-free seasoning blends, herb-infused vinegars, and dried herbs ready to bring bold, garden-fresh flavor to every bite—no preservatives, just pure pizazz.

Sustainably grown herbs with a long shelf life, easy to use and always delicious

We stand by this promise by offering thoughtfully crafted herb blends made without salt, preservatives, or chemical additives. Each blend is designed to take the guesswork out of cooking: no more staring at the spice drawer wondering what to use. From dips and dressings to seasonings for poultry and vegetables, we have you covered.

And for those who love a good drink, we offer hand-crafted teas and mocktail/cocktail kits. We’re here to make cooking—and sipping—easy, fun, and full of flavor.

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Meet the Maker

Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh started Backyard Patch Herbs to make herbs easy to use and easy to love. What began as a simple kitchen garden grew into a ¾-acre herb-filled haven where Marcy grows, dries, and hand-blends every product herself. She created Backyard Patch to help people cook with more flavor, sip better tea, and embrace a more natural lifestyle—without salt, preservatives, or mystery ingredients. For over 30 years, she’s been taking the guesswork out of herbs and showing that herbs aren’t just for gardeners or gourmet chefs—they’re for everyone.

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  • SUSTAINBLE

    We make every blend in small batches using herbs from our Illinois garden—grown with care, never with additives. Backyard Patch is woman-owned, built on a love for honest, easy-to-use herbs I’m excited to share with you.

  • THE POWER OF HERBS

    Herbs add flavor, color, and comfort—naturally. They turn simple meals into something memorable and connect us to tradition, season, and joy. So we add nothing extra, no salt, no preservatives, no chemicals in the growing process.

  • MADE TO LAST

    Our herb blends stay fresh and flavorful for 18 to 24 months—thanks to careful drying and packing. No preservatives, just vibrant herbs ready when you are.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is special about your products?

All our herb blends are crafted with no salt and no gluten. Our baking mixes will be clearly marked if they are gluten-free, but all will be low salt. We make our own vegan bouillon for use in our soup mixes, making them salt-free and gluten-free without sacrificing that wonderful soup flavor.

Where do your herbs come from?

We grow the herbs we use to make these products.  They are raised without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, hand harvested and air dried.  Our 3/4 acre herb garden is over 20 years old now, so our organic beds are well established and our plants produce the most aromatic and flavorful herbs around!

How long will your herb blends stay fresh?

Since we dry and process our herbs ourselves, and because we blend on demand as herbs are ordered, you get the freshest dried herbs possible.  We keep them whole leaf until crumbled for blending, so we can guarantee you will be able to use the herbs in cooking and get great flavor for at least 18 months after purchase and many customers have used them much longer enjoying the herb flavors.

How do you grow the herbs?

We grow our herbs organically, no chemical fertilizers, no pesticides and only organic methods.  The herbs are grown in "hills" placed in rows.  This allows us to walk among the plants but keep a high quality soil and easy watering methods that makes plants drought resistant

How do you harvest and dry your herbs?

We hang dry or air dry the herbs, rather than use commercial driers or dehydrators.  Due to the volume we process, dehydrators are inefficient.  We use screens for drying small herbs like thyme or flowers and hanging racks where we suspend bundles of herbs on longer stems are our favorite methods.

How much do your products weigh?

The weight of herbs varies by drying condition, so many of our items are sold by volume so that they can be useful in cooking and tea brewing. However, we do post the general weight for the volume in the item description.

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