Stand By Your Stand: Sunflower Nursery

Bored of aimless browsing at Madison's popular farmers markets? In Stand By Your Stand, Decider heads out to find their best and strangest offerings, and tips on how to use them.

The source: Mazomanie, Wis.

Wares: Every herb you could possibly think of, plus some you probably never knew existed. Find 14 kinds of lavender and 12 varieties of rosemary, as well as many types of basil, mint, parsley, cilantro, lemongrass, and chives. If you don't want edible herbs, Sunflower Nursery also sells flowering plants.

Best deal: Five herbs for $18.

Weirdest item: Chocolate mint, pineapple mint, apple mint, and banana mint. This isn't like wine tasting where folks try to claim they taste caramel and hints of tobacco—these mints actually smell like their names.

Serving suggestion: For a change of pace, break into new herbs by trying them out in your favorite recipes. Try Mrs. Burns' Lemon Basil to add a lemony kick to your standard pesto, or make a fruitier mint julep with some pineapple mint.

Find it at: Dane County Farmers' Market, Saturdays, 6 a.m.-2 p.m., Capitol Square, through Nov. 7.