How To Harvest And Store Basil
My basil is taking over my kitchen windowsill. It’s now so big that it’s making my kitchen noticeably darker. Which can only mean one thing – it’s time for a proper harvest. Two Different Harvests I harvest…
Harvesting And Freezing Green Beans: How To Preserve Flavor And Texture
Green beans, whether the bush or pole varieties, mature quickly. (You’ll find information about how to grow them here) I messed up a bit this year and let quite a few of my beans get too big!…
Getting Started With Green Beans – Bush Beans And Pole Beans Made Easy
Home grown green beans are one of my favorite crops. This is an easy and fairly generous plant to grow, and once they start to produce, they produce quite a lot of beans. I find my main…
The Best Herbs For Natural Pest Control
I describe myself as an “aspirationally organic” gardener. I don’t like to use synthetic pesticides. But I do let them sneak in from time to time. I almost never use commercial weed killer – I have three…
Starting A New Vegetable Garden From Scratch
Starting a new vegetable patch from scratch can be daunting, but I found some interesting ways of making the whole process easier and I’m going to share those with you today. I think you’ll find it helpful…
Getting Started With Potatoes: A Beginner’s Guide
I was a little late planting my maincrop potatoes this year as I’ve been busy setting up my new vegetable patch. Bearing that in mind I’ll share with you exactly what I did with my new potato…
How To Make A Herb Container Garden – With Step By Step Planting Guide
Today I decided to move some of the herbs that have been growing on my kitchen windowsill over the winter, into a container outdoors. I love the convenience of herbs on my windowsill, but let’s be honest,…
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…
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…