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~A Garden in Your Pocket~

Advantages: money went to charisty
Disadvantages: expensive

...Garden – Organic Mint I am a keen kitchen gardener and at the moment I have a whole host of things growing in my kitchen. Unfortunately we don't have our own garden as we live in a flat and growing things in the communal garden works out to ...

newby2 08.03.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The Pocket Garden Mint: Organic Seeds

Basil - the King of Herbs

Advantages: versatile, tasty and easy to grow.
Disadvantages: None - unless you don't like it.

~:~:~ Introduction ~:~:~ Basil is one of mine and Tim’s favourite herbs. Tim is really fussy with food and basil allows me to add flavour to his otherwise quite bland diet. Basil is also incredibly versatile and although most people would associate it ...

donnabroom 04.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Basil

A royal affair

Advantages: lots of uses, wonderful scent
Disadvantages: can be hard to grow

...lots of fresh herbs in my dishes. I grow many in my garden, but trying to grow Basil outside has eluded me! As it I also one of my favourite herbs and probably the one I use most often, I am never without a few pots on my kitchen wi ...

anwar 19.03.2013 · Read full review
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Hey Presto its pesto....and lots more

Advantages: so easy to grow indoors
Disadvantages: none

Basil is an aromatic annual that reaches about two feet tall, looks like its relatives, the mint family, only with more branches and which blossoms white or purple in summer. It will grow easily from seed in well drained and composted soil and should be p ...

steerpyke 29.01.2005 · Read full review
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Day of the Basilfids

Advantages: Taste, versatile, easy to grow
Disadvantages: Smell, TOO easy to grow

...My kitchen has been taken over by basil plants. I don’t just mean a couple; this is a true infestation. They seem to grow indefinitely and, despite my completely un-green-fingered tendering, they refuse to die. This is war and in order to win the war, ...

Ophelia 18.02.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Basil