Get your kids involved in the garden! Summer holiday is just around the corner and a good time to get the kids involved in their own veggie patch with sweetcorn, beans, peas and cherry tomatoes. Do a chess board pattern with blocks 30cm x 30cm and plant one plant in every “white” square, using the […]
Cooking with Rosemary Rosemary is an evergreen perennial plant which can be harvested all year round. It produces small pretty blue flowers in the winter and early spring. A good time to prune rosemary into shape is after it has flowered. Rosemary can be used fresh or dried. It is an evergreen plant so using […]
Add something new and interesting to your herb collection. Lovage is easy to grow and the leaves will give you the similar flavour as celery, with an aniseed twist. Use it creatively in the following ways: • Casseroles: The anise, celery flavor of the lovage works really well. • Lentils: Sweat a few leaves with […]
Don’t Bite More than You can Swallow… One very important principle is to only make your garden as big as you are able to still enjoy it. Nothing kills enthusiasm like failure. Start out by planting a small area or a few pots and as you get more familiar with everything, then expand and add […]
Benefits of Gardening Celebrate World Environment Day by reflecting on the benefits of gardening: • The relationship that develops, between plants, and people, and the basic human need of watching things grow, creates a sense of excitement. In many cases it becomes a source of therapy for people with emotional problems. • Growing your own […]
Gardening is Value for Money • When you consider the benefits of gardening, giving us a space of beauty and inspiration, reducing stress and improving overall well being, its popularity comes as no surprise. • Even more so when you consider that you can add plants to your collection that has the same value as […]
Container Herb Gardening Container gardening is a great way to grow plants, vegetables and herbs without needing a lot of space. Herbs do especially well and can be grown right outside your kitchen door. In this video, you’ll learn how to use an old farmer’s market basket to make a great container garden. Fill it […]
Wild Marjoram and Chives Bring Bees, Birds and Butterflies Bees, birds and butterflies are of course very welcome visitors to the organic garden, where they help to pollinate fruit and vegetable crops and to control pests. So it is well worth the effort of planting a selection of these wildlife-friendly herbs in order to encourage […]
Do you have to have a separate vegetable patch? Not if we have a say! Interplanting vegetables, herbs, ornamental shrubs and indigenous flora creates a bio-diverse habitat that attracts predators, butterflies, birds and all other creatures to make your garden a haven for all. A dynamic garden is alive with sound, smell and movement, providing […]