Category Archives: Herbs

What makes a forest garden?

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

In July I posted about ‘Les Bois de St Hilaire’, a French campsite I stayed at which provides a wonderful model of the kind of natural woodland that a forest garden is modelled on.  As a follow up and contrast … Continue reading →

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Sweet cicely seeds available

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Anni Kelsey

I have just harvested ripe seeds from my sweet cicely plants.  If anyone would like some please email me on annisveggies@hotmail.co.uk.  I won’t be charging for them. Sweet cicely is a herbaceous perennial reaching up to two or three feet … Continue reading →

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The ‘Triangle Bed’

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Anni Kelsey

This is the first of a number of reviews I am undertaking this year.  In previous years I have always made a note of the time spent working in the garden and the amount of produce I have harvested as … Continue reading →

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Exuberant angelica

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Anni Kelsey

Reviewing recent photos confirmed what my senses told me – that when the angelica came up this year it veritably exploded from the ground!  One week it was a relatively small hummock of leafy growth, eight days later it had … Continue reading →

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