In my bid to be more eco friendly I have turned to items that have less plastic or recyclable packing, but we still throw away quite a...

We all know that blissful moment of putting our feet up at the end of a hard day and sipping a hot cup of soothing tea. Relaxing,...

Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) Part of the Amaranthaceae family with many varieties the most well known is the beetroot but chard and sugar...

December for me is all about the spices, not just in my mince pies and mulled wine, they are excellent to work magic with. Cinnamon...

A replay of my recent talk, just a casual stroll through some of the items in my herbal stash... The books referred to in the talk:

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) There are so many varieties of the tomato from tiny cherry ones to huge beefsteak and all sorts of...

Turmeric (Cucurma longa) Turmeric is a perennial plant with long tuberous roots; it is this part that is used to make the spice we are...

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) Vanilla seeds come from an orchid in the Vanilla family. The seeds are scraped from the vanilla pod to use...

Even if you don’t go in for the fruit and veg plot in your garden you can still grow a few herbs or even eat some of the edible flowers...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Ginger is the rhizome from the Zingiber officinale plant, the root can be used fresh (peel it first) or...