Growing Herbs

Selected Articles

Companion Planting to manage your garden

Companion Planting is a way of managing your garden by using plants in a complementary way that is based on the principle that by planting certain plants close together you can use their natural properties to help with pest control and boost growth.

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Mint is this the most variable and versatile herb?

At one time I grew no less than twelve different forms of mint, and I have grown several others over the years.

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Fungi and their classification part two

Part Two of an article about fungi and their classification

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There are few gardeners who do not have a few herbs in the garden and these articles will help you expand your range and improve the quality of your herbs.

Growing Horseradish

I well remember an old friend who was passionately fond of horseradish sauce, but never realised that it was made from the coarse weed growing abundantly beside her front gate.

Growing Horseradish

Mint is this the most variable and versatile herb?

At one time I grew no less than twelve different forms of mint, and I have grown several others over the years.

Mint is this the most variable and versatile herb?

Coriander, an increasingly popular herb

Coriander is a hardy annual which can be sown at any time from March until July. To produce the best quality foliage it should be grown fast, grown slowly the leaves become stringy. It needs, therefore, a moist soil rich in nitrogen.

Coriander, an increasingly popular herb

Growing Herbs, A Novices' Tale -Part 1 by Dianne Mason

A journey into growing herbs, what herbs to grow, how to grow herbs and what to show

Growing Herbs, A Novices' Tale -Part 1 by Dianne Mason

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