Blogs on herbs

April 2011

I drink a lot of herbal tea so I've decided to start growing what I can myself. For years, I have been growing Lemon Verbena...

BAY TREES

For those of you that questioned about their Baytree Leaves going brown. On The Alan Titchmarsh programme yesterday Firday...

Spring Gardening

Yesterday was April 17th and it was twenty degrees all day. Dan (that's my partner) :-) and i decided to start a herb garden....

JEKKA'S HERB FARM, BRISTOL...OPEN DAYS UPDATE...LAST ONE THIS YEAR !!! !!!

THIS IS ME WITH MY GRANDSON SAM AT ONE OF THE OPEN DAYS...HE LIKES TO GROW JEKKA'S STRAWBERRIES ! **************************************************************************************** Usually,...

New Herbal Healing Garden

A new herbal healing garden is being developed which will pay homage to the ancient wisdoms of Sudeley’s former inhabitants....

Start of a New Year Gardening

Well picked some plant plugs up yesterday. Chives, Basil, Parsley, Tomatoes and Strawberries. Jorja went a little wild with...

Culinary weeds they are free and fresh!

We have had questions on how to get rid of problem weeds recently so here is yet another way! In medieval times Ground elder...

The Last To Know

This year I decided to plant an herb garden. To that end I have been reading up on different herbs, how they grow, etc....

Cunning wheezes - how to prevent mint from taking over

Take a large plastic flower pot, cut off the bottom and sink it in the ground with the rim at soil level. Plant the mint...

Impatient

Yes That's me. I have planted all of the boxes in my patio garden and everything is growing fairly well, peppers are setting...

Mint

A nice sunny morning here in the south. I decided to make a brunch of mushrooms and sweet cherry tomatos fried in a dribble...

Caring for my basil plant

I was told recently that I should let my basil wilt before I water it to get the best flavour. I've no idea if that's true...