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

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

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

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

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

The shoo-fly plant is a pretty addition to any garden with its beautiful bell-shaped purple flowers and Chinese-lantern style fruit,…

Even-though Agastache, or Liquorice Mint, is also known as Anise Hyssop, Lavender Hyssop, or Blue Giant Hyssop, it is not a true…

Globe Artichokes, and Cardoons, their “wild” cousins, are varieties of edible thistles, and are both vegetable, and healing herb. The…

Caigua (prounounced Kai-wa), also known as achocha (achuqcha), sparrow gourd, lady’s slipper or simply stuffing cucumber, is a herbaceous vine…