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GATHER UP YOUR ABUNDANT HERBS
After all the rain in the UK this spring our gardens are wonderfully green and brimming over with foliage not to mention an abundance of herbs. Do not miss this moment to gather up herbs for preserving and for use during the rest of the year. There will be another opportunity to harvest your herbs at the…
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FLAVOURED VINEGARS and that end of summer feeling
I do enjoy that end of summer feeling. Amongst other things, I have just been gathering in some surplus herbs for a supply of dried herbs through the winter and wow what a surplus this year. I now have herbs hanging up in every dark corner of the house. Dried herbs It is also a perfect…
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACIVITIES – A KITCHEN GARDEN FOR THE YOUNG
CHILDREN’S GARDENS The one childhood memory that my sister and I can always agree upon is that my mother paid us two pence a pound for picking blackcurrants. Old pence you understand. There was a row of inexhaustible bushes at the bottom of the garden. My mother was not generally so generous. Did she find…
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SOW AND GROW – ANOTHER SELF-SUFFICIENCY MOMENT
I can just feel another self-sufficiency moment coming on. Last week I baked some fabulous ciabatta bread; the first such bake for a very long time. Fabulous. This week I am sowing some herb and vegetable seeds. Whether your gardening arrangements be – kitchen garden, patio or windowsill now is the time. Herbs are a…
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COOKING WITH FRESH OR DRIED HERBS
Some recipes call for the use of only fresh herbs in a dish to complement the other flavours. However for many dried herbs can be used instead although it worth remembering that dried herbs give a more concentrated flavour to the recipe so when substituting dried for fresh herbs use about one third of the suggested quantity for fresh herbs….
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HERBS FOR GROWING, USING and PRESERVING wherever you live
There is nothing simpler or more rewarding than growing your own herbs and when you start to cook to be able to stretch out for a handful of your home grown thyme or basil. Whether you are limited to a small garden or patio, to a balcony, hanging basket, wall planting or a window sill,…
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HERB THERAPY
I recently had time to visit Chelsea Physic Garden. It is a haven of peace and nature in a walled garden amidst the smart residences of Chelsea. It was set up in 1673 by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries for their apprentices to grow and learn about medicinal plants in what was then considered…
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