Add spice with chillies
Jian Liu loves growing and eating chillies and capsicums, from the hot to the mild. Here’s how to get started in your own garden and choose what’s right for you.
Drough-tolerant herbs
Penny Woodward loves drought-tolerant, grey-leafed herbs. Here are a two of her favourites that you can plant in early Autumn.
Make your own calming herbal tea
Herbs not only add colour to your garden and flavour to food, they can also be made into calming teas and soothing oils. Here Penny Woodward looks at basil and chamomile.
Herbs to grow and savour
Karen Sutherland suggests some perennial herbs that are strong on colour and flavour, including hyssop and French tarragon.
Herbaceous perennials to plant in winter for spring
Plant herbaceous perennials now for flowers in spring and beyond. Try these suggestions from Karen Sutherland.
Spicy plants to add to your vegie patch
Karen Sutherland chooses some spicy plants with multiple, interesting uses to add to your vegie garden.
Growing rosemary
Rosemary attracts birds, flowers in winter, is a great addition to roasts and lifts the spirit if drunk as a tea, writes Penny Woodward.
Betony
Betony flowers provide nectar for bees, butterflies and beneficial insects explains Penny Woodward
Winter savory
Spicy, fragrant, warming. This little-known herb is perfect for cool weather meals, writes Penny Woodward.
Za’atar: herb or spice mix?
Penny Woodward says there is confusion about whether za'atar is a herb, a spice mix or both.
Unusual herbs to grow now
Sweet cecily and summer savory are just two flavourful culinary herbs you can easily grow in your own garden.
Herbs for spring
Most herbs are perfect for spring planting says Penny Woodward but its a bit early for basil.
Salad burnet
Cucumbery salad leaf and a cure for a drunkard's thirst, what more could you want? Penny Woodward asks.
Aloe vera and other skin herbs
Penny Woodward explains how to use aloe vera and two other herbs for your skin.
Herb hedges you can grow yourself
Lavender can be used to make a hedge, as well as providing a beautiful scent, writes Penny Woodward.