{"id":41452,"date":"2017-01-22T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/by-gum-the-hidden-scents-in-your-garden\/"},"modified":"2017-01-22T13:36:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T06:36:32","slug":"by-gum-the-hidden-scents-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/by-gum-the-hidden-scents-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"By gum! The hidden scents in your garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nLeaves from gum trees, the Tasmanian pepper bush and the manuka tree can be used as herbs in your cooking \u2013 and may be just outside your back doorThere is no beating the flavour of homegrown herbs. Yet include a couple of unusual, exotic choices in your plot alongside the parsley and thyme and you will be rewarded with flavours that you can\u2019t buy in the supermarket. Nowhere is this more the case than among the weird and wonderful herbs of Australasia.Though the region\u2019s native flora still lies largely undiscovered to the foodie mainstream, the dry, Mediterranean-like climate zones of this continent are rich in species which have evolved a range of fragrant compounds. By an amazing stroke of good fortune three of the tastiest also happen to be common garden plants in the UK, meaning they may already be hiding incognito in your beds and borders. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2017\/jan\/22\/herbs-from-australasia-in-your-garden-gum-pepper-bush-manuka\" target=\"_blank\">By gum! The hidden scents in your garden<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Leaves from gum trees, the Tasmanian pepper bush and the manuka tree can be used&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-aMA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104877,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/three-neglected-herbs-to-enrich-your-kitchen-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":41452,"position":0},"title":"Three neglected herbs to enrich your kitchen garden","date":"March 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Plant lovage, hyssop and summer savory for both your patch and your table\u2019s sakeAs a botanist obsessed with food, I have always found one particular statistic perplexing. 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