Food & Drink
Calendula officinalis: Edible flowers aren’t just for salads
Calendula has been around for centuries. It’s ornamental, medicinal & culinary and apart from healing, can jazz up your garden or cupcakes.
September 10, 2014-
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Food & Drink5 Uses for Nasturtiums & A Simple Cookie Recipe
Nasturtiums are a colourful addition to a vegetable garden and have several uses too. Here’s a simple cookie recipe using their petals as a flavouring.
July 20, 2014 -
Vegetable Garden12 Garden Pests We Don’t Want To See In Our Veggies
There are lots of bugs in the vegetable garden and identifying them is the first step in knowing whether to get rid of them. Here’s my top 12 pests.
April 30, 2014 -
Vegetable GardenSunday Snap – Colourful Calendula
Thank goodness for the gloriously colourful Calendula that bring sunshine into a January garden when my favourite summertime blooms…
January 5, 2014 -
Vegetable GardenNot everything green in the garden is good…
It might the year for record high temperatures but it’s also the year for aphids!
July 24, 2013 -
Vegetable GardenSunday Snap: Clever Calendula
The edible flower calendula has been grown and used medicinally for centuries, making it a welcome addition to our garden.
June 30, 2013 -
Vegetable GardenThree Sisters Companion Planting
Three Sisters Companion Planting is an ancient way of growing three types of vegetables that’s beneficial to them all.
November 27, 2011 -
Vegetable GardenPhacelia – not just a green manure
Phacelia – Not Just a Green Manure
July 22, 2011
