Earth Garden

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I HAVE described in these pages previously the intense pleasure of following my nose to the source of an incredible aroma, emitted by the fresh white truffle risotto being cooked that day. Through a heaving European mass of 250,000 people wedged tigh

Kitchen Garden

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Spring is just around the corner and we can finally get the new season under way. The next few months mark the time when most of us will be sowing the crops that will see us through the summer and beyond. To help you, as well as our usual jobs for th

Kitchen Garden

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Asparagus, aubergine, agretti, beetroot, broad beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, chard, courgettes, cucumber, lettuce, French beans, Florence fennel, hardneck garlic, kohl rabi, potatoes, peas, radish, runner beans, spring onions, summe

Ideal Home

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Never confuse your chives with your chervil again by creating handy labels to pop in your herb pots. Use a white marker pen or piece of chalk (if you want to be able to rub them out) to write the plant names on mini slate tiles. Bend wire using plier

Better Nutrition

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For links to studies cited in our articles and other helpful sites and books, visit betternutrition.com. Kick toxic, synthetic products out the door and bring the healing joy of nature into your life with recipes from The Big Book of Homemade Product

New Mexico Magazine

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1. Sub Rosa Mercantile, in Santa Fe, carries so many goodies that it was hard to pick only a few. Na Nin candles earned a cult following for a reason: They smell like heaven. Somoto Canyon Candle, $28. subrosamercantile.com 2. Santa Fean Emily Clemen

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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1 Select a suitable container with sufficient drainage holes and use a free-draining, peat-free potting compost, adding up to 30% by volume of coarse grit if the compost is fine-textured. 2 Buy potted herbs in 8-10cm pots, perhaps choosing ones with

Pip Permaculture Magazine

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We love to see our Pip kids out in the garden growing food and we would love to see some pics of what you are getting up to. We’re looking for photos of little kids, big kids, school groups and community groups. So if you have a garden and you’re gro

Woman's Weekly

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will happily overwinter outdoors. Pick aromatic sprigs to flavour roast veggies and meat. or miner’s lettuce, is a salad herb that produces crunchy, vitamin C-rich leaves from autumn. is surprisingly cold-tolerant: sow seeds outdoors now for a la

Men's Fitness UK

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Per cent deficient: 86% RDA: 15mg • Chard • Pumpkin seeds • Sunflower seeds • Chillis Per cent deficient: 75% RDA: 0.4mg • Lentils • Asparagus • Broccoli Per cent deficient: 73% RDA: 1000mg • Pak choi • Yogurt • Sardines Per cen

Pip Permaculture Magazine

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Cucumber, pumpkin, rockmelon, squash, watermelon. Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, lettuce*, mustard, radish, spinach*, swede, Swiss chard*, turnip. Eggplant, potato, okra, pepper, tomato. Beetroot, carrot, garlic, onion, shallot, sweet

Woman's Weekly

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For revitalising caffeine-free infusions, steep a few herb leaves in hot water – they taste delicious and many have beneficial properties. Peppermint is refreshing and good for the digestion, while Korean mint (Agastache rugosa) has a warming, anisee

Amateur Gardening

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1 As you remove side-shoots from tomatoes, you can pot these up and grow on to make extra plants for free. 2 Sow trailing nasturtiums in any or flower garden, as every part is edible – especially the seeds. 3 Harden off plants and stand surrounded by

Cuisine at home

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Follow these general rules of thumb to get the most out of your produce. DON’T BAG IT Plastic produce bags help wrangle fruits and veggies at the market, but for storing, remove produce from the bags, or at least open the bags. Otherwise, they may

Woman

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Naturally compact or dwarf salad plants, such as tumbling tomatoes, aubergines and peppers, are handy to have by the back door for watering and feeding – and then, of course, for picking. Choose a wide container, at least 25cm (10in) deep, line with

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Check out these small trees for brilliant autumn foliage. The leaf colour of the claret ash ranges from a red wine to deep purple. The fan-shaped leaves of the gingko turn buttercup yellow. From bright orange to yellow or scarlet, the Chinese pistach

WellBeing

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Fruit Apples (Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Lady Williams, Pink Lady, Red Delicious and Sundowner), cumquats, custard apples, grapefruit, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, mandarins, melons, nashi, oranges, pears (Beurre Bos

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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Harvesting cucumbers when they are the right size can be tricky if you have never grown them before. I would recommend harvesting cucumbers when they are about 15-20cm long as they have a tender texture; if left to grow too long, it can create a bitt

The English Garden

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For a rather sparsely populated, out-of-the-way sort of place, our part of Shropshire is well provided with proverbs. ‘All on one side like a Bridgnorth election’ dates from the period 1621 to 1870 when every Bridgnorth MP was a member or a protégé o

Gardens Illustrated Magazine

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At the turn of the last century, gardener Charles Jones photographed vegetables he had grown in a way that recognised their beauty, earthiness and painterly qualities. Using austere backgrounds and delicate attention to form and shading, Jones elevat

Our State: Celebrating North Carolina

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BOGUE SOUND IS A GENTLE BOWL of water that swells and falls between Morehead City and Emerald Isle. Since the 1930s, fishermen along the East Coast have motored to the sound in menhaden boats to dip their nets in calm waters, to harvest the abundant

Healthy Food Guide

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Favourite vegetable? Carrots Best pantry shortcut item? Tinned beans or lentils Best foodie destination? In Australia, Byron Bay Go-to snack? Mixed nuts & goji berries Morning exerciser or afternoon? Definitely morning Go-to takeaway/ fast

Farmer's Weekly

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• Although brinjals must be grown with care like any other crop, they are easier to produce than many other vegetables. • Because they grow so readily, cope with temperature extremes and are generally reliable, brinjals are an excellent addition in

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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Just about any herb can be dried. Pick a bunch of fresh mint, thyme, rosemary or basil, tie it together by the stalks and hang it upside down in your kitchen or somewhere equally warm with a good airflow (not the airing cupboard) for a couple of week

Woman's Weekly

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Create a kitchen garden by sowing fennel and dill seeds under cover. Direct sow chervil, sage and chives, and bed in pots of thyme, mint and rosemary. Give insects a helping hand by introducing spring-flowering plants. Wild cherry trees, blackthorns

Woman's Own

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If you’re worried you eat too much salt but can’t stand bland food, go big on herbs for flavour. ‘Herbs and spices are packed with antioxidants, which help fight off disease,’ says Alice. Try ginger, sage, basil, rosemary, fennel and oregano. ■

Kitchen Garden

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Amateur Gardening

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“I must confess to feeling sad when it’s time to start the winter clearances. Pots and containers that once flourished with life and colour are now a spent force. The toms I grew from seed, whose ripe fruits adorned my salads, are no more. Their with

that's life

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My five-year-old son, Jimmy, hates eating vegetables. In order to up his vegie intake, I decided to make some ‘orange juice’ but instead of the citrus fruit, I opted for carrots. As he took a sip for breakfast he said, ‘Mum this tastes a bit weird.’

Country Life

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The parsnip is a prince among winter vegetables, but it needs a long growing season to perform at its best, so we should start now. Choose ground that has been deeply cultivated, but not manured. Make a level seedbed with fork, rake and shuffling boo