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
The more I grow vegetables, the more I enjoy doing it. But until I started this project I was still buying a significant amount of our vegetables from the grocery store. I’m hoping to change that now!…
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…
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,…
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…