Growing Herbs

Selected Articles

Growing Aubergines (egg plant)

You often read in books and seed catalogues that growing aubergines is as simple as growing tomatoes. And that if you can grow tomatoes out of doors you can grow aubergines without protection too. In my experience this is wrong!

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Brassicas in General - a Guide

A general guide to growing brassicas - the cabbage tribe by Bob Herbert.

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Green Glass Sand by Richard Bailey

If you need sand for paths or other building work think of using green glass sand and give yourself a pat on the back as a good environmentalist when you do.

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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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