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Celery
fruit and veges

You’ll never starve if you grow your own celery!

Growing celery is rewarding because she is always producing food for us. I grow heirloom celery and the stalks are smaller and less watery than the store bought celery. Celery can be quite peppery in taste. Growing celery lasts for years and I see people buying celery stalks in the Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
Borage flower
fruit and veges

Borage for our garden, our bees and our plates

Borage is one of those plants many of us have heard of but few of us have grown or tasted. Given the optimum conditions, borage officinalis can grow to 90cm in height producing a proliferation of large, hairy green leaves that taste a bit like melons. Borage sends up a Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
Red panama passionfruit
fruit and veges

Keys to growing and pruning organic passionfruit

Passionfruit (Passiflora) is a sweet fruit that grows on a vine. It’s native to the southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina and grows well in subtropical and some warmer temperate areas. There are many different types of passion fruit and most can be grown from seed. A friend gave me Read more…

By Amber Hall, 2 years2 years ago
fruit and veges

Growing our own organic broccoli is easy and rewarding

The best way to grow organic broccoli Growing organic broccoli over the winter months is very rewarding. Some varieties are faster growing than others. Some varieties form small broccolini type flower heads whilst others form large heads. Whichever variety or varieties you choose to grow this winter. Make sure your Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
Organic cauliflower white
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The best way to grow organic cauliflower

The best way to grow organic cauliflower Growing organic cauliflower over the winter months is very rewarding. Some varieties are faster growing than others. Some varieties form smaller flower heads whilst others form large heads. Some cauliflower heads are white and some are purple! If you haven’t grown Cauliflower Purple Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
Organic fennel bulbs
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Organic fennel: how to grow it and how to use it

The fantastic fennel Organic fennel is a fantastic edible perennial plant. Being a perennial, it lasts for more than 2 years. I first tasted fennel when a chef friend made us dinner and served thinly sliced coconut cream baked fennel. From that moment on, the love affair began! It has Read more…

By Amber Hall, 3 years2 years ago
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