Autumn vegetables
The Vegetable Patch
Growing mushrooms on coffee grounds
Mushroom lovers, great news! For one, they are a good source of…
Eggplant, time to sow
Eggplant is a delicious vegetable / fruit, a must-have in any vegetable…
Fennel, from seed to harvest
Fennel is a plant for which the roots are the part we…
Growing butternut gourd
Butternut gourd, also called simply butternut, is one of the most popular…
Fruit trees & how to harvest them
Blackthorn, delicious wild berries
This fruit tree produces surprising fruits, sloes, that are always best when…
Wooed by an apple tree
Want to discover how enjoyable it is to sink your teeth into…
Blackberry bush and blackberries, delicious small summer fruits
Blackberry shrubs offer delicious blackberries if you care for them well. Basic…
Pruning an apple tree or pear tree into an espalier shape
Pruning apple and pear trees to espalier or palmette is an interesting…
Health benefits of garden plants
Alliums and Cancer, powerful and potent
They're crisp and tasty and some may even bring you to tears…
Carrot health benefits and therapeutic value
Carrot or Daucus carota is a hardy plant that belongs to the…
Physalis, winter groundcherry, a plant with many therapeutic properties
A beneficial plant native to Peru, Bolivia and Columbia, physalis grows near…
Black currant health benefits and therapeutic value
Black currant, with scientific name Ribes nigrum, is a bushy fruit shrub…
