{"id":108982,"date":"2019-07-14T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grow-your-own-ingredients-even-on-a-windowsill-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2019-07-14T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T05:04:26","slug":"grow-your-own-ingredients-even-on-a-windowsill-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/grow-your-own-ingredients-even-on-a-windowsill-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow your own ingredients \u2013 even on a windowsill | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nYou don\u2019t need a garden to get in on the summer harvest \u2013 herbs make some of the best houseplantsAt the peak of the growing season allotmenteers\u2019 crops are now coming in thick and fast, but you don\u2019t have to have access to masses of space to try your hand at producing homegrown harvests. In fact, even if all you have is a sunny kitchen windowsill there is a large range of edibles that you can get growing right now that will produce enough to transform all sorts of dishes. So here\u2019s a run through of my (mostly) favourite indoor edibles that I am growing right now.While we don\u2019t tend to think about edible species when it comes to houseplants, loads of the fresh spices we use hail from the tropics and despite being impossible to grow outdoors in the UK, are super-easy to grow in pots indoors. A classic example is the curry plant Murraya koenigii from south-east Asia, whose leaves taste like ready-made curry powder. Tracking down the fresh leaves can be incredibly tricky in supermarkets, and even when you do they tend to have lost much of their flavour, so growing your own is really worth the effort. Plants can be treated just like their relatives the citrus, given a bright, warm spot and well-drained soil. And they take pruning really well, so you don\u2019t have to be trepidatious when it comes to harvest time. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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