This Month in The Garden – July 2022
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Herb Is The Word
Information on growing your own herbs, fruit and vegetables, recipes to try and plants to forage. We also promote and encourage simple and effective enhancements within the garden to provide greater support for wildlife.
July is an abundant month of goodies to harvest, with courgettes ready, salads, peas and broad beans to be picked and fruits to be eaten....
- Jun 18, 2022
- 6 min
Herb of the Month – Lavender
Lavender Lavandula I love everything about lavender – the smell, the colour, the flowers, the soft grey/silver leaves, and the taste. I...
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- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
This Month in the Garden - June 2022
Summer is here. Plants are starting to grow strongly now, and lots can be harvested. There is plenty to be getting on with in the...
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- May 20, 2022
- 6 min
Herb of the Month - Elder
Common Elder Sambucus nigra I can't wait for elder to flower each year. The taste of those tiny flowers, stitched together like lace,...
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- May 1, 2022
- 4 min
This Month in the Garden – May 2022
With winter vegetables over and spring sowings usually not yet ready, this can be a hungry month. However, salads, onions and herbs are...
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- Apr 9, 2022
- 5 min
Herb of the Month - Dandelion
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale agg. Growing in lawns and popping up all around the garden, they are usually seen as a ‘weed’ and most...
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- Apr 2, 2022
- 4 min
This Month in the Garden - April 2022
Spring has arrived now. It is such an exciting time of year with new shoots and leaves developing, daffodils and tulips brightening our...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
Herb of the Month – Nasturtium
Nasturtium Tropaeolum Nasturtiums are a happy flower, their faces smiling from spring until the first frosts (or even snow). I plant them...
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- Mar 19, 2022
- 2 min
Pickled Nasturtium Seed Pods
I really love these. They are my favourite way to preserve the flavour of nasturtiums, especially as their flowers do not keep and their...
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- Mar 5, 2022
- 4 min
This Month in the Garden – March 2022
Getting set for Spring – Ready, steady, sow…. Daffodils, tulips and crocuses are popping their heads through the soil and snowdrops are...
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- Feb 25, 2022
- 5 min
Herb of the Month - Sage
Sage Salvia officinalis I think sage may be one of my favourite herbs (but I do love marjoram…and lemon verbena….and...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
This Month in the Garden - February 2022
February is an exciting winter month. Snowdrops and hellebores are in flower and there is lots to be done in the garden. You can even...
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- Jan 1, 2022
- 4 min
Herb of the Month - Calendula
Calendula Calendula officinalis I thought that Calendula would be the perfect herb of the month for January, given that the name...
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- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Why I Love Herbs
I do love herbs. Everyone can benefit from growing some herbs in their garden, on their kitchen windowsill or at their front doors. I...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
Herb of the Month - Rosemary
Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus Rosemary is Christmas! Every time I smell it cooking it reminds me of my dad’s Christmas dinner when I was...
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- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
This Month in The Garden - December 2021
In The Allotment I’m continuing to remove dead/dying foliage from vegetables to make sure they don’t rot, spreading mulch on bare ground...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
This Month In The Garden - November 2021
In The Allotment Removing dead/dying foliage from vegetables to make sure they don’t ruin the rest of the crop. Removing unwanted...
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