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Overwintering Rosemary: How to Get Your Rosemary Through the Winter

Rosemary comes from the Mediterranean. It loves sun and dry conditions, but not long spells of cold and wet. Whether it can stay outside...

Edible Flowers: 10 Varieties You Can Grow Yourself

Flowers turn a salad into an eye-catcher and add colour and flavour to desserts, drinks and butter. Many flowers from the garden and the...

Starting Tomatoes Indoors: When, How and With How Much Light

Tomatoes need a long season before the first fruits are ripe. If you only sow them in May, you harvest late and little. That's...

Indoor sowing calendar: what to start when

Many vegetables and flowers need a head start to give you a big harvest or lots of flowers in summer. They get this head...

Starting Chillies Indoors: When and How to Sow Chillies Inside

Chillies take a long time to bear their first pods. If you only sow them outdoors in May, time runs short before autumn. That's...

Overwintering Chillies: How to Get Your Chilli Plant Through the Winter

Chillies aren't annuals. In their native Central and South America, they grow into small shrubs over many years. Here, it's just the winter that's...

Buying an indoor garden: what to look for in a smart garden

Fresh herbs right in your kitchen, all year round, no green thumb needed: that's what every indoor garden promises. But the devices differ a...

Herbs in Winter: Which Herbs Really Grow on the Windowsill

In summer, herbs almost grow by themselves. In winter, the windowsill often looks sad: long, thin stems, pale leaves and hardly anything to harvest....

Grow Light for Herbs: How Long, How Close and Which Light?

From October to February, the light on your windowsill isn't enough for most herbs. A grow light closes that gap. But plenty of questions...

How to overwinter basil: keep your basil fresh all winter

It's getting cold and dark outside, and the basil on your windowsill is starting to droop. It's rarely your fault. Basil comes from warm,...