How to Grow, Harvest and Use Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa)
I love Rosella season. This simple robust plant is one of my favourites in the garden. I look…
Compost your coffee
Around 10 billion kilograms of coffee a year is grown, roasted and ground to make over 2 billion…
Tulsi: bee bush, food, medicine and habitat – a great permaculture plant
One of my favourite plants in our polycultural permaculture kitchen garden, a mini food forest, is this perennial basil, holy…
Five super easy leafy greens: simple, hardy & abundant
We all know that eating our greens keeps us healthy and strong, and that the best greens are…
Are teabags toxic and can I compost them?
Around the world, it is estimated that 2 billion people drink tea every morning. Americans consume around 80…
Abundance of Leafy Greens: Surinam Spinach
Surinam spinach (Talinum triangulare) is an abundant, hardy perennial green definitely worth growing if you have a warm…
Fifteen reasons to grow fabulously flavoursome gourmet florence fennel
I just harvested Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var azoricum) seeds in my garden, nibbling a few as I…
Giant Stringless Summer Bean Abundance
Snake Beans (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)syn: yardlong beans, long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, pea bean, or Chinese long bean and…
Morag Gamble’s super pesto recipe using simple garden greens (8 mins)
Pesto is incredibly delicious. It’s healthy too and so easy to make using whatever greens are in your…
Gardening With Almost No Rain: Where There’s Mulch, There’s Life
It’s been a tough summer around here for edible gardening this year – consistently hot hot days and…