Before answering the question "How to grow Echinacea?" let's first see what Echinacea is. What is Echinacea? Echinacea is a herb that helps our immune system protect us from catching colds and flu. It also plays a role in shortening the duration of sickness if you do...
Why should you let vegetables flower and set seed? Visitors to my garden are often surprised to see my lettuce, mizuna and other veggies flowering and going to seed at the end of the season. Why don't you just rip them out they ask? Well, one of the reasons is that...
How to grow Galangal I was down at my local farmers market on the weekend, and I noticed some Galangal root for sale. This is great, as it can be hard to find in the shops and local markets at this time of year. I grow my own Galangal and it will soon be in flower and...
5 New Year Resolutions Here are five new year resolutions that have been tweeted as popular this year. And how your garden can help you to keep to achieve these resolutions in the next the 365 days. Resolution 1: Exercise more A lot of people start the New Year with a...
So, what do I mean by it's Raining Plums? I was soo excited the other morning to find that my Davidson plum tree has finally given me some fruit! This tree has been in my garden for 6 years. While it has been happily growing skyward, up to this year, it has refused to...