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Advantages: beneficial in so many ways
Disadvantages: none

...there are many varieties of lavender on the market, for floral displays, the Butterfly Lavender has to be the most popular, noted for its flower which as its namesake sounds are shaped like a butterfly. It is a very easy plant to grow and it's flowers when in bloom can be used for a variety of household needs. Personally, I cut the heads off when they are close to drying out, I insert some into my Vacuum Cleaner which means everytime I hoover my ...
...smells in your rooms. Lavender should be kept in check, in otherwords once it has stopped flowering, cut back drastically, leaving new shoots intact. Cut off any woody spots of the plant, and if you want your lavendar to grow back into a particular shap, this is also possible when cutting it back. I purchased a metal orb and placed this over my lavender plant. I then trim back my plant to the shape of the orb and this makes is circular in shape ... Read review

Advantages: Incredibly Easy To Grow
Disadvantages: Quite Susceptible To Bugs

...also often known as the Money Plant, and also is occasionally referred to as a Friendship Tree. There are many different cultivated forms, the most common of these are Silver Jade Plant, Silver Dollar, and Chinese Jade. Despite the name of the latter all Jade Plants are native to Southern Africa where in the wild they frequently grow over 10 feet tall. All Jade Plants belong to the Genus Crassula which means "a little bit fat." This refers to the ...
...in drought conditions. These leaves are soft and fleshy to the touch and have a dark green coloured smooth, waxy outer coating. CARE AND MAINTENANCE The cultivated form of the Jade Plant can grow surprising quickly if given the correct environment. Most House Plants will generally grow between one and five feet tall. They prefer a dry sandy soil which should be allowed to completely dry out between watering. During the Winter months they should ... Read review

Advantages: low in calories
Disadvantages: not much vitamin content

Marrows and courgettes are from the same family as pumpkins and squashes. Courgettes are young marrows. They need to be picked quickly once they reach the size of a cucumber, if left for a few more days they will turn into marrows. Marrows are the size of a large watermelon and have a harder skin than courgettes and need to be peeled. Inside there is white flesh and lots of large seeds that need to be scooped out. With courgettes you can eat the ...
...them too. Courgettes are juicier than marrows. The flowers that turn into courgettes can be fried and eaten to. There is not a massive amount of taste to marrows but they can be stuffed with savoury mince and baked. I like to make marrow and cheese (similar to cauliflower cheese) served with green veg and boiled potatoes. They are also good coated in vegemite and roasted this gives it extra flavour. Marrow can also be used to make wine, whisky and ... Read review

Advantages: Good for you and they're (apparently) easy to grow in your own backyard...
Disadvantages: Hmmm....I can't get them to grow in my own backyard?

Tomatoes Tomatoes make me happy. Their rosy hues and delicate aroma as they hang on furry green stems fills my heart with happiness. There is nothing in the world I like more than sliced beef tomatoes, full of flavour, sprinkled with a little salt, a little fresh ground black pepper, and a few ripped basil leaves. Mmmm. Delicious. Cherry tomatoes I could eat like they were sweeties, and invariably do! This week, in our fortnightly veg bag (we do ...
...filled with tiny, juicy, cherry tomatoes which are so sweet and full of flavour that you really can pop them in like sweets and feel the juicy sweetness explode. Not even Willy Winka could create a better taste sensation! Tomatoes have incredibly good health benefits, many of which are not really talked all that much about. But one of the reasons that the Italians, for example, are so healthy is their consumption of tomatoes. Lycopene is a disease ... Read review

Advantages: Low maintenance, luscious fruit, attractive plant
Disadvantages: Can grow big, may need some winter protection, fruits best in hot summers

...all these questions is the fig and while you may only have seen these purple pear-shaped fruits in the supermarket in late summer and autumn it is perfectly possible to grown them in your own garden without too much effort. Your reward will be soft, aromatic fruits with dark syrupy centres which can be used in many dishes both sweet and savoury and which will be a change from the usual garden apples or plums. ♣♣♣The Fruit♣♣♣ ...
...outside world and in many fig varieties these are pollinated by a tiny fig wasp which lives inside the developing fruit. After a period of growing and maturing, the fig will ripen and depending on the variety can have a skin anywhere from green through to yellow or purple. Cutting through the papery skin reveals a thin layer of white pulp surrounding the centre of the fig which is usually a dark pink or red, very syrupy and sweet with its own special ... Read review