Herbs are the most wonderful plants if you want to have a sustainable garden since they contribute in so many useful ways. They’re easy to grow, they provide flowers, flavour our food, have medicinal properties and attract pollinating insects. Their only drawback, if it can be called a drawback, is that they tend to die back in winter and need trimming. But even then they are useful because they can be added to the compost heap.
Newbie Sustainable Gardener in COVID Times
Extra time at home spurred an SGA subscriber to become a newbie sustainable gardener by starting her own veggie garden. Amy Esdaile tells us of her…
Is Your Tea Sustainable?
Tea has been a favorite beverage of many cultures for centuries. Drunk originally in China for medicinal purposes it is now mainly drunk to get a…
Chamomile – a pretty and useful herb
After hours working in the garden it’s great to sit back and relax with a cup of tea. It’s even better if you have grown the tea yourself. One of my…
Growing Herbs, Vegetables & Flowering Annuals from Seed
Growing from seed is fun and rewarding as well as being very cost effective. You can access a much broader variety of plants than those that are…
Marjoram and Oregano
Once prized for their antiseptic and medicinal properties, marjoram and oregano and now fairly common in Aussie kitchens and gardens and with good…
Culinary Herbs
Many culinary herbs are annual plants (or are treated as annuals in some regions), while others just keep on keeping on for years! The best of the…