Just a quick post here to let anyone in South Australia know about a gorgeous garden I had the privilege of visiting recently. It’s at the Jacob Creek Retreat in the Barossa Valley. The great news is that they are having an open garden weekend this weekend coming – that is Saturday 8th and Sunday [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on November 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Wow, I’m a bit embarrased to say that I’ve hardly posted at all in my blog this month. Now it’s not like I’ve been slacking off or anything. Spring is just so demanding on organic gardeners.
Not to mention the fact that I’m producing potted herbs to sell at the market every week and of course [...]
Filed under: Herbs, vegetables on October 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a great perennial herb to grow in your organic garden. It’s called lovage, with the botanical name Levisticum officinale. It’s like many herbs, in that it has multiple uses – in fact lovage has many, many uses.
For starters, it grows all year round in temperate climates. So you can have a celery type flavour [...]
Filed under: Herbs on September 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
What a gorgeous plant. Yes, I mean both to look at and the flavour… it’s divine! It’s a recent discovery of mine. I don’t know why I had never heard of it until recently, but I’m so glad that it’s part of my organic garden now. Perhaps I should say part of my collection of [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 15th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just want to show you quickly how some plants die down through winter, and then rejuvinate themselves as soon as it starts to get warmer again.
Here’s a photo of my Stevia plant. Stevia’s the sweetner herb. You dry the leaves and use them as a sugar substitute. This is when I first bought [...]
Filed under: Herbs, Uncategorized on August 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »