Asparagus are true plant heirlooms! Not only do they produce delicious, tender spears to enjoy in spring and early summer, but they last many, many years if given some attention each summer.
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a hardy perennial native to Western Europe. This perennial can remain viable for 10-20 years, so choose your garden site carefully.
This selection of beet varieties is from RAW Seeds and includes Chioggia, Golden Detroit and Detroit Dark Red: Gone are the days of refusing to eat your beets: these glorious white, red, golden and Chioggia varieties are sweet and flavoursome. This isn’t something we’d say about any other life form, but they’re best eaten when they’re babies. For sexy salads,…
Carrots are basic, right? Well, not really – once you have grown your own, and tasted them fresh out the garden and straight onto your plate, you’ll be wary of buying them in the shops. You’ll notice that carrot seeds are very fine – so mix them with sand or the seed of a quick-growing plant like radish so that…
Waterblommetjies have found themselves on the menu of many well-known, and not-so-well-known, South African restaurants and family tables. If you have a pond, or are thinking of creating one, growing this flowering water 'weed' will take your food gardening adventure in another direction.
