Property News · September 11, 2016

Gardens: grow your own curry


Home grown spices work wonderfully well, even indoorsMy mate Tim has just started gardening. He is a resourceful man, so he’s not going to let a small matter like not actually having a garden stifle his ambitions. Along the windowsills of his little shared flat in Waterloo it’s like a mini Kew Gardens. There are ferns, creeping jasmine, even a 6ft banana tree – it’s frankly amazing. But now he wants to try his hand at indoor edibles and has asked for my advice. Four words, Tim: grow your own curry.Unlike the dwarf varieties of Med-type veg normally recommended for edible houseplants, spices originate on the shady floor of tropical forests (like most of our favourite houseplants) and are adapted to cope far better with the less-than-optimal light of the average living room. Also, as only relatively tiny amounts are required to flavour a dish, you will always have on hand a ready supply of crops that are hard to find and expensive to buy. A cucumber plant Tim was eyeing up would cost 10 times the value of the food it produced – barely enough for a shared salad with his housemate David. You can do better, boys. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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