This is a blog post on growing and harvesting perilla leaves. Perilla also is known as the Japanese beefsteak plant or Perilla frutescens. It is grown as a bedding plant in the UK. But not many know that this plant is edible. It is sold in Japanese grocers fro quite a lot of money. Perilla […]
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting blueberries. Blueberries are now considered a superfood due to its high antioxidant content. It’s a mild-tasting fruit that harvested during mid-summer. It is a mild sweet taste with a bit of acid from the berry. It is a great fruit serve on its own, as part
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This blog post is about growing and harvesting woad at home. Woad also call as Isatis tinctoria or dyer’s woad is an all ancient dye plant for obtaining blue dyes. It was available in Europe and use a blue dye before indigo was imported as early as the 16th century. It began during neolithic times
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This blog post is on growing and harvesting sweet potato leaves. Sweet potato always has a special in my heart. During the Second World War as it was easy to grow crop in tropical climate therefore it sustain my ancestors during that period. Where at this period fresh food was hard to come by. Some
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting water spinach. Water spinach also known as Kangkung in Malay, morning glory and Ung Choi / Choy in Chinese is actually a weed that grows well in swampy land in South East Asia. it is available there for very cheaply. In some parts of America, it
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This is a blog post on growing and harvesting blackcurrants. Blackcurrants are soft fruits which have got a tart like a flavour. The dark purple berries and are rich in Vitamin C. It is available in supermarkets during the seasonal times around June. Black currant has got many uses from jams to desserts. It’s great
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Here is a blog post on growing and harvesting Red Strawberry corn at home. I have been growing Strawberry corn and making popcorn out them. Now just realize that I have not wrote on how to grow them. Anyway,, here it is. Strawberry corn does look different from an ordinary corn one would find in
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