This past week, according to the moon calendar I use, was time to get planting – the most fertile for…
Plant information sheets as well as articles on specific gardening tasks.
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…
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…
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…
