Dill: Both Productive and Decorative in the Garden. Dill is a popular herb in the kitchen, flavoring everything from pickles to fish. One of the benefits of growing dill is that both the leaves and seeds of dill weed plants are edible. The best way to grow dill is directly from seeds.
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is today remembered as the Father of his Country, the great hero of Mexico's War for Independence. His position has become cemented in lore, and there are any number of hagiographic biographies out there with him as their subject. The truth about Hidalgo is a little more complex.
A man who was very important in Mexico in the early 19th century was Antonio LÃ³pez de Santa Anna. He was the president of Mexico 11 times. When he became a dictator, Texas declared independence (1836). The Battle of the Alamo was part of this Texas Revolution. Between 1846 and 1848 there was war between Mexico and the United States. In this war Mexico lost its large northern areas, which became the southwestern United States.