Candy Floriculture 

Growing your own Herb Garden

There is something really satisfying about growing your own herbs.  A quick snip of lovingly grown basil, chives, mint or coriander into an equally lovingly prepared dish adds a level of completeness you just can't achieve from a jar of dried stuff you bought in the supermarket.

Growing herbs is relatively easy, and the results are fantastic. Who can resist a sprig of fresh basil atop a home-made spaghetti bolognaise?  

Or fresh coriander chopped into salds, soups and maybe curries? Candy Floriculture recommends Chive mash and minty peas among our favorites, made all the more special if you grow the potatoes and peas as well.

No kitchen is too small to accommodate a pot or two of fresh herbs; even a windowsill has room for a little basil and coriander.

 A porch, yard or garden can afford a tub of mint, chives, sage, rosemary and even oregano which will last for years and become as much a staple to the kitchen as a herb rack (and of course smell much more appetizing). 

While pots of basil, coriander and parsley can be bought from the supermarket for around $5.00, they're not all they're cracked up to be. Fresh herbs from the supermarket are grown in intensive, hot-house conditions, and can be fed with a host of unsavory pesticides and fertilizers. Because they're put under so much pressure to produce lots of lush leaves, their root-balls don't develop properly, so they're most likely to die as soon as you've got them home. 

Therefore Candy Floriculture recommends buying herb plants from a reputable garden center, or grow the plants from seeds. 

Check Out This Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPjiOVaf488

Of course, it's not just regular dishes that benefit from home-grown herbs. Ever tried lavender biscuits? Or making your own horseradish sauce or mustard? Now there's a challenge...