A replay of my recent talk, just a casual stroll through some of the items in my herbal stash... The books referred to in the talk:

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) There are so many varieties of the tomato from tiny cherry ones to huge beefsteak and all sorts of...

Turmeric (Cucurma longa) Turmeric is a perennial plant with long tuberous roots; it is this part that is used to make the spice we are...

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) Vanilla seeds come from an orchid in the Vanilla family. The seeds are scraped from the vanilla pod to use...

Even if you don’t go in for the fruit and veg plot in your garden you can still grow a few herbs or even eat some of the edible flowers...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Ginger is the rhizome from the Zingiber officinale plant, the root can be used fresh (peel it first) or...

Figs (Ficus carica) The fruit of the fig is borne from a deciduous tree that has scented leaves; the fruit can be used fresh or dried....

Dates (Phoenix dactylifera) Those suspicious looking brown wrinkled things you get at Yule (no not grandma…). Sweet fruits from the...

Chestnut (sweet) (Castanea var.) A deciduous tree the sweet chestnut produces spiky seed pods that hold the ‘fruit’ inside not to be...

Clove (Eugenia carophyllus, Syzygium aromaticum, Caryophyllus aromaticus) One of my favourite scents and flavours, cloves are gown on a...