How to Get Free Plants for Your Garden
I like to spend some time on the weekend browsing plants. Somewhere during my Saturday or Sunday morning trip into town to get a few things (and to force myself off the farm, or else I would just never leave),
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Growing Nasturtiums
You can eat the flowers and the leaves, the plant looks stunning in the garden, and it is the perfect trap crop; nasturtiums are the wonder plant that every gardener should be growing and a wonderful addition to your home
What to Do With Your Lavender Leaves
Lavender is one of the most commonly bought garden plants. More than a herb, lavender has so many incredible medicinal and therapeutic uses that through the course of humanity it has been mentioned in countless books. It is one of
Growing Strawflowers
With hard papery petals that retain colour long after the stem has been cut and the flower has dried, strawflowers are magical blooms that look gorgeous whether in the garden, in the vase, or used in a dried flower wreath.
Growing Zinnias
Nothing quite says summer is here than having a mixed colour pallet of zinnias in your garden bobbing their heads happily in the heat. Of all the summertime blooms that you can easily grow from seed, zinnias are the perfect
Growing Marigolds
Marigolds were the very first flowers I ever grew from seed, so I suppose I have a never ending love affair with them. I bought a packet on a whim and I’ve had so much luck with them, that I
Growing Snapdragons
Leeubekkies, or Snapdragons (Antirrhinum) as the rest of the world knows them, are the flowers I didn’t know I needed in my garden. They come in the most vibrant of colours, some of which blend into each other, they grow
Growing Nigella
Nigella, also known as Love in a Mist, is one of the most unusual and breathtakingly beautiful plants I have ever grown. Everything about this plant is stunning. It has the finest, softest leaves, the most incredible flowers with an
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