Growing Herbs

Selected Articles

Tiger Nuts by Dianne Mason

The Tiger nut is not really a nut but a small tuber first discovered some 4000 years ago. It has many other names like Zulu nut, yellow nutgrass, ground almond, edible rush and rush nut. An unusual tuber, despite its being called a nut

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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