Herbs

• Cool-Season Salad/Herbs in Containers
  Containers offer a great way to keep growing fresh vegetables through the winter season. Containers are attractive and easy to care for, and you can grow some great vegetables in a very small space.
  
  
• Yacon Polymnia (Smallanthus) sonchifolia
  Yacon is a tender perennial, meaning that it lives for many years but needs to be protected from frost. Other tender perennials are potatoes (which, along with Yacon, originates from the high Andes)and Dahlias.
  
  
• Oca
  One of the Lost Crops of the Incas, Oca tubers are an important staple in the high Andes, grown amongst potatoes and another gem from the region, Ulluco.
  
  
• The Malabar Gourd
  The fruits are brightly coloured and mottled, and are quite huge. They can be eaten very small like courgettes, but their real purpose is for them to be left to ripen their hard skins.
  
  
• Humus Fungi
  A tutorial on how to grow fungi (mushrooms!) in humus (compost!)
  
  
• Growing Lemongrass
  How to grow lemongrass from a store-bought stalk.
  
  
• Don't Dally When it Comes to Dill
  Dill remains a time-honored favorite among the best of gardeners. Dill is easy to grow and produces across two seasons.
  
  
• Growth Characteristics of Common Herbs
  A Simple Chart...
  
  
• Volunteers in the Herb Garden
  Parsley, Dill, what else comes up as it pleases?
  
  
• Russian Comfrey
  
• Topiary Herb Plants
  
• Thyme after Thyme
  
• Propagating Herbs
  
• Holiday Herbs
  
• Herbs Spice Up the Garden
  
• Herbs (A General Tutorial)
  And a Nice Chart.
  
  
• Herbal Horrors!
  
• Four Keys to Successful Container Gardening
  
• English Lavender
  
• Chives and Garlic Chives
  
• Basils for the Home Garden
  

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