CategoriesWeek in Retrospect

Week in retrospect (Mon, 31 July 2017 – Sun, 6 Aug 2017)

This past week, according to the moon calendar I use, was time to get planting – the most fertile for…

Chilli seeds CategoriesChillies and Capsicum Monthly and Seasonal Growing

Starting chillies and peppers off early

I am feeling impatient, and as the winter runs past longest day, I look toward the new season, and titillate…

CategoriesSeed Saving

Thoughts on Seed Saving

My world may seem to be a great big mess at the moment – my herb, flower and vegetable gardens…

Aloe vera CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Aloe vera

Aloe vera is an evergreen succulent perennial with narrow fleshy dull green leaves with spiny margins. Its healing gel (plant sap) is…

CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Mustard family (Brassica spp)

Many herbs and vegetables fall in the mustard family (Brassica spp). Commonly known as cruciferous vegetables, they include numerous species of wild…

CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)

You either love it, or hate it. Coriander, cilantro or dahnia, is an annual herb much used in Indian and…

CategoriesChillies and Capsicum

Chillies!

Chillies are a personal favourite of mine. With the differences in cultivars among the five domesticated species of Capsicum, there's shapes,…

CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Basil (Ocimum spp)

There is such a large variety of basil available! From sweet to spicy cinnamon or lip-smacking lemon flavoured, some are small-leaved…

CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Rockets – Salad (Eruca sativa), Wild (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) and Perennial (Eruca sylvestris)

Fresh peppery leaves of rocket (either the cultivated salad rocket, or what is known as wild rocket) are a delightful…

Poppy Shirley Summer Mix CategoriesHerb Information Sheets

Poppy – Shirley Summer Mix (Papaver rhoeas)

These beautiful poppies are a delight in any springtime garden – their nodding heads of fragile looking tissue-papery blooms come in…