this about growing home vegetables
This blog post is about growing and harvesting coreopsis. Coreopsis is annual or can be a perennial depending on the variety of flowering plants. mostly are grown as annuals. As I love fabric dyeing so I tend to grow plants that be of use for natural dyeing or printing. The leaves yield nice strong yellow …
This is a blog post on growing and harvesting Canna Lily. Canna lily is a tropical plant that is easily grown in a cold climate like the UK. Canna lily is a lovely decorative flower plant that reminds me of my homeland of Malaysia. The tuber is also edible but it is tasteless. It doesn’t …
This blog post is on growing and harvesting Kailan. Kailan is also known as Chinese kale, Gai lan ( 芥兰) Kailaan. It is a family of brassica. The taste is similar to broccoli. For me personally, it is different from kale. For one the leaves are much smoother than kale. Also, it is less of …
This blog post is on growing and harvesting lemon balm. Lemon balm is very easy to grow at home. It is almost like growing a weed. But it is a useful weed to have in the garden. Mainly because of the properties that the lemon balm contains that are great in natural healing. The benefit …
This is a bog post on growing and harvesting Houttuynia cordata. It is also known as Vietnamese fish mint or Chameleon plant. It is winter hardy and it is edible although the taste may not be palatable to some. Some say it has a similar taste too of coriander except that it is a lot …
Here is a blog post on growing and harvesting St John’s wort. It is also is known by its scientific name as Hypericum perforatum. I am writing this blog post as my series of homegrown dye plants. At the moment over the last years, I have to try to learn to grow as my dye …
This is a blog post on growing and harvesting garlic chives. Also known as Allium tuberosum, Chinese chives, asian chives, or garlic leek. This particular variety of chives is a perennial plant that grows back year after year. There are many varieties of chives. So are perennial and some are grown as annuals. This variety …
