CategoriesGrowing Herbs Monthly and Seasonal Growing

Quick maturing veggies for winter gardens

Following on from my first post in my "how to" series for new gardeners during this time of global pandemic…

CategoriesGrowing Herbs Monthly and Seasonal Growing

How to sow seeds

With such an influx of brand-new gardeners, I thought I’d make a few quick how-to tutorials. Starting with sowing seeds.…

CategoriesMedicinal

Oxymel

This weekend I have started making my new batches of herbal remedies for winter wellness, concentrating on warming, immune building…

CategoriesGrowing Herbs Herb Information Sheets

Herb of the Month: March 2020

This month we celebrate Bergamot, but not the bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia) that famously flavours Earl Grey and Lady Grey…

CategoriesMonthly and Seasonal Growing

March in the garden

While March can still be hot, weather traditionally becomes a bit more variable as we enter our first month of…

Hand harvested organic lavender CategoriesEdible Flowers

Edible Flowers #7: Lavender

What an enchanting herb, Lavender (Lavandula spp) is! Long associated with the English cottage garden, or picturesque purple lavender hills…

CategoriesCulinary Using Herbs

Recipe: Lavender Shortbread

Ingredients 225g unsalted butter (1 cup), softened Pinch of sea salt 115g caster sugar (½ cup + 1 tbsp) 285g…

CategoriesTips & Tricks

Why is Chocolate a Perfect Gift?

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