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,…
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…
How To Get Started With Sage
Sage is one of the most familiar herbs in most kitchens, and my kitchen is no exception The aromatic scent is widely recognized and the chances are you have used sage in a recipe, or bought a…
Getting Started With Oregano: A Guide To Growing Oregano At Home
Welcome to the wonderful world of oregano! I love this beautiful, delicious, virtually indestructible herb. It survives almost anywhere, makes my pasta sauce taste fantastic, attracts bees to my garden, and is tough enough that I can…
How To Get Started With Mint (And Put It To Good Use)
I love mint with a passion. It’s hard to believe that something that tastes so good, can be so easy to grow. But it really is as easy as one, two, three. And I’ll give you some…
9 Easy Vegetables For Beginners To Grow Outdoors
I’m all for an easy life! I want to plant a seed, have it germinate quickly, grow quickly and not wilt at the first sign of trouble! I’m going to share with you the easiest food crops…
Shrubs That Love Alkaline Soil And Tips For Helping Them Thrive
Most soils are pH neutral or slightly acidic. Alkaline soils are uncommon, and usually the result of very specific local geology – namely sitting on a bedrock of chalk or lime. This is most often seen in…