This is a blog post on how to grow and harvest mugwort/ wormwood at home. Wormwood has many uses common in Europe and is known to make part of Absinthe liquor. The scientific name is Artemisia Absinthium. Mugwort on the other hand is midler flavour as it is edible and it is used in much […]
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Lavender. Lavender is known for its fragrant flowers and aromatic foliage. It is also relatively easy to flower. There are many different types/ varieties of lavender flowers. Do choose them according to the level of hardiness. The English lavender and it’s hybrids (Lavenda Angustifolia and L.
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Mooli. Mooli also is known as daikon or white radish. If it is given the right conditions it is relatively easy to grow radish. Otherwise, it can be quite tricky as it will just produce leaves and not roots. It comes from the same family as
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting winter squash. Winter squash can be a few different varieties. Winter squashes are all from the cucurbit family and they come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The taste does vary as well some are easier to grow than some. I have grown this last
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting madder root. Madder is an old ancient natural dye. it is also known with its Latin name as Rubia tinctorum. The color mainly comes from its root. I have recently looked into natural dyeing in more detail like using it as a fugitive dye. Fugitive simply
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting courgette tromboncino. Last year I have grown it in my garden. I must say it is a great courgette variety to grow. Courgette Tromboncino simply in Italian means Trumpets. It is also known as Courgette Albenga. As this variety of courgette resembles the trumpet. At the
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Here is a blog post on growing and harvesting wild garlic. Wild garlic is also known as Allium ursinum. Wild garlic is available in the woods however, one will need to forage for it. If you like in the woods foraging will much easy than in the city. One note to remember is that when
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