Getting Started With Lemon Balm
Lemon balm doesn’t get as much good press as it deserves. When someone first suggested I add lemon balm to my herb garden, I was sceptical. It just sounded a bit old fashioned. After all, I have…
How to Successfully Propagate Monstera in Water
Monstera propagation is remarkably easy if you know what you’re doing. I am not a patient person, but even with my rushed methods I have still had a huge amount of success propagating my Monstera plants. It…
Getting Started With Garlic Chives: A Guide To Growing Chinese Chives At Home
Garlic chives are a tasty green leaved perennial herb, native to China, that can now be found growing wild across much of Asia, Europe, and North America. Garlic chive plants are sometimes available from garden centers in…
Getting Started With Thyme – A Beginner’s Guide
Tolerance and toughness are great attributes in herbs for beginner gardeners. And in my view, thyme is one of the toughest and most tolerant herbs around. My thyme plants are very low maintenance, and some of them I’ve…
Getting Started With Chives: A Guide To Growing Common Chives At Home
Meet the chive plant. A hollow leaved, grass-like, herb, that tastes like onions, is related to garlic, and makes every thing you cook feel a just little bit more fancy. Chives are part of the allium family,…
Monstera Growth: How to Get Bigger Leaves
Monstera plants are famously huge. So it can be incredibly disappointing when you bring home your new plant, and it just fails to grow the impressive leaves you’d imagined. If your Monstera is not flourishing as you’d…
Monstera Watering Guide – Common Mistakes To Avoid
Watering is a big worry for some Monstera owners, and with good reason. It’s widely known that the quickest way to lose your plant is to get it wrong. So today I’m going to share my extensive…
The 8 Easiest Herbs to Grow for Absolute Beginners
Growing your own herbs isn’t just a healthy lifestyle choice, and it isn’t just a great way to take your cooking to the next level. It’s also fun. Or at least it’s meant to be! I’ve been…
How To Get Started With Rosemary
Rosemary needs no introduction. This attractive, aromatic herb is a reliable staple in my kitchen, finding its way into everything from marinara sauce to Sunday roast dinners. It looks good, smells good, and once you have followed…
Monstera Light Requirements: Placing Your Plant
Monstera plants love light, but if you give them too much they will burn. Finding the right balance is really important, and how you do that will depend on your situation. So I’m going to help you…