When the garden is dormant and the weather grim, using herbs you’ve harvested and preserved is a good way to keep the memory of summer alive. There are a number of ways to store herbs for the winter, and a few things to keep in mind as you do it. Harvest herbs when they’re in their prime and on dry days. Ideally, pick them in the morning after the dew has dried but before … [Read more...] about How to preserve herbs
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9 fabulous edibles for kitchen garden
I'm always amazed by how much food I harvest ongoingly from our patio planters. I pop back and forth from kitchen to garden throughout the summer to pick strawberries, blueberries, currants — even figs and apples — from a cluster of terracotta pots outside the back door. And thanks to the slipper-friendly gravel leading to it, I don’t even need to bother putting on shoes when I … [Read more...] about 9 fabulous edibles for kitchen garden
5 bee-supporting perennial edibles to grow
When you plant your garden this spring, think multi-purpose. Consider what plants grow without fuss, look gorgeous, add fabulous flavour and health-boosting goodness to the meals you prepare — and, all the while, support our besieged bees. This is what my co-author Sharon Hanna and I pondered for more than a year in our gardens while writing The Book of Kale & Friends: 14 … [Read more...] about 5 bee-supporting perennial edibles to grow
Thyme: right plant, right place
If you’ve had a look at the summer issue of Garden Making, you might notice the editor’s message makes a point about getting the right plant in the right place. A few years ago I planted woolly thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus, Zone 5) next to a small granite rock that’s beside the front steps. Sometimes a plant just knows what to do, and this little woolly thyme fell in love … [Read more...] about Thyme: right plant, right place
