Chives

Chives is one of my favourite herbs because of its fresh flavour, and because it's so easy to use. I like foodstuffs which don't require cooking. HOW TO EAT IT I simply pick some chives from my herb garden or my window sill, chop it up with a knive, and sprinkle it generously on top of just about anything (except on chocolate mousse). Fresh chives tastes great with tomato salad, potato salad, mixed salad - well, any salad, really - and it adds a ...
...Germany, my mother made chives sandwiches, and I quickly learned to make them too: Spread a slice of bread with butter, half it, put lots of chopped chive on one half, put the other half on top, ready. This tastes particularly nice if the sandwich is served cool from the fridge. Dilute a stock cube in boiling water, add a handful of chopped chives, and you have a delicious simple soup. For something more filling with extra protein, stir an egg into ...

queen_rain 08.01.2005 (09.01.2005) · Read full review
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...herbs when I cook and chives are one I wouldn't be without. Chives are easy to grow, taste delicious and look attractive in the garden too. A bit about chives. **************** Allium Schoenoprasum to give Chives its Latin name, have been cultivated for thousands of years. The ancient Chinese are documented as using chives from 300B.C. Marco Polo is said to have brought Chives to Europe from China. There is evidence to show that the Romans believed ...
...throats. Bunches of dried Chives hung around the home are reported to ward off evil spirits and disease. Chives are part of the onion family and are the only species to grow in Europe, Asia and North America. Growing Chives. ******************** Growing Chives is very easy. The best time to sow the seeds is in March. Simply sow in some compost and place the pots in a warm spot and keep well watered. The seedlings should immerge within about ...

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.... I still love chives for various reasons - I still love eating them, and I like growing them too, they're so easy to care for and the purple flower heads are attractive. And the fact that chives have some insect repelling properties doesn't hurt either . Chives are actually the smallest varity of the onion family, and can grow from small onion like bulbs . They can also easily be grown from seed, and have a handy habit of self-pollinating, so once ...
...the first documented usage of chives in 3000 B.C, and Marco Polo is credited with bringing chives to Europe from China. Romanian Gypsies have used chives in fortune telling, and some people believe hanging bunches of dried chives in and around your home wards off disease and evil spirits. Chives can be purchased as plants from garden centres, and with very little care except fot the occasional watering, will thrive and spread in any kind of soil. ...

Thehonesttruth 19.03.2009 · Read full review
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Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are also really easy perennial to grow and if you leave it to flower (which looks really nice in a flower border) it will re-seed readily, mind you, you'll be finding new chive plants sprouting in the most unlikely places all over the garden (you may wish to watch that!). Usually though, you’ll have to resort to planting them from small bulbs called sets in the earliest ...
...‘weedy’. In otherwords, give your chives a "haircut" frequently! They can be prone to aphids, caterpillars and mildew root, so do watch out. As with all members of the Allium genus chives contain sulfur, some iron and Vitamins, but is especially high in Vitamins A and C. They also contain allicin, which may help lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol and may even help prevent certain types of cancer. Because you can start harvesting ...

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Chives are another indispensable herb which should be grown in all gardens. Related to the onion, chives have aromatic, hollow, grass like leaves growing to 6 –8” high and beautiful purple pom pom flower heads in summer. Chives grow virtually anywhere and are very easy to propagate. The plants quickly produce offsets which can be divided easily. One small pot from a garden centre could provide enough plants to edge a border within a ...
...herbs in special areas but chives deserve to spread around a bit. Apart from being a perfect edging plant to almost any kind of flowerbed they have special properties which make them particularly suited to growing under roses. Chives are perfect companion plants to roses because they accumulate sulphur which has a natural fungicidal effect and helps to give protection from blackspot and other fungal diseases. They are also a natural insecticide ...

Freespirit 06.02.2001 · Read full review
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...makes a diference with the chives that I have got. Usually, the long green stems are snipped and used in salad, garnishes and whatever other dishes you would normally use onion/garlic in. Chives can be grown anywhere in the garden, they don't have to be confined to the herb garden. They don't really spread too far, and benefit from the bulbs being lifted and split every 3 years or so. They are not particulalry fussy where they are grown, as long ...
...have had my chives for about 9 years. They have been dug up twice when we moved houses. The more you pick them, then the more they grow and the flavour seems to become stronger every year. I don't do anything to them after the summer, they just die off and re-appear in the springtime the next year. Did try some garlic chives once, but the flavour not as good and they completely died off after the first year. ...

anjib 12.05.2001 · Read full review
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Chives were the first herb i grew from a packet in a windowsill box. I never bother weeding out the seeds as i feel this is a waste of money so i let all the seeds grow on to mature- mistake with this plant. At the end of the summer the windowsill box had become full with chives and they had got really overcrowded and started to rot- not good. I decided to clear a patch in the garden and split them and plant directly in the garden. This has worked ...
...not had to water the chives as rain water has been sufficient. This plant is great for attracting wildlife as bees love the mauve coloured flowers. If your plants suffer from aphid attacks this is especially good to plant around those being attacked, such as roses as the chemiclas in the chives are absobed by the other plant and this deteres the aphid. The uses of this herb are vast, i especially like adding it to potato salad to garnish. Simply ...

J-D-C 16.01.2007 · Read full review
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I planted some chives I had grown indoors from seed in my garden about 4-5 years ago. They are still there, looking just as good as when they were transplanted. This is a herb of infinite hardiness. Once established it justs keeps on growing, without trying to take over the garden. As long as you remember to use chives in your everyday cooking (and fresh from the garden the flavour is excellent), you will keep stimulating further growth. In the ...
...off! I add chives to any savoury meal, from cheese on toast (with a fair sprinkling of sesame seeds - yum!) to a tuna sandwich, or in any savoury sauce, salad or sandwich. Chives go well with tomatoes, both in taste and aesthic balance. Only one very important tip if you are as scatterbrained as me, make sure you label your chives, as any bulbs you grow in your garden can look just the same as your chives in the early spring as they produce shoots, ...

witchwaysup 13.03.2001 · Read full review
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Chives are one of the most useful and attractive herbs around. They have a mass of beautiful pink or purple flowers that grace any border or herb garden. Like most herbs, they like the sun but will also tolerate a shady corner. They are also quite hardy - I have two clumps that expand every year and have survived some very chilly Scottish winters. However, that is just a beginning - if you plant them under roses they are reputed to keep away greenfly ...
...- it must be because I did it last year! They can be grown from seed but most garden centres have chives in their herb section. Chives can be stored through drying or freezing. All in all a very useful plant - can you really be without this one? ...

Conicview 23.06.2001 · Read full review
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Chives look great in any garden at the front of the border or as part of a herb garden . They also look attractive in an ornamental garden and are really one of the easiest herbs to grow . Sow the seed in March and plant out once they are hardened off in May and they will romp away . Like all herbs they do not need a very fertile soil and will tolerate most conditions . Once you get a clump established they will multiply rapidly and can be split ...
...of uses and if I had to pick one herb as a must have in my garden it would be chives . They are worth growing just for the flower power alone . However if you intend to harvest them it is best not to let them flower . ...

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