I contributed an article to the Home Concepts magazine’s November 2008 issue which made its debut on the newstands just a few days ago. This month, the article that was published on the Garden Treats column is entitled “Pots of Flavour”.
Cover of the November 2008 issue of the Home Concepts magazine.
As the title of article suggest, it is not difficult to guess that I covered something regarding culinary herbs. In the article, I introduced five common culinary herbs that are used very frequently in Southeast Asian cooking. They include the laksa plant, pandan plant, curry tree, sawtooth coriander and spearmint.
Cover page of the feature article I contributed.
These culinary herbs can be easily bought from our local nurseries at very affordable prices as small potted plants which serve as excellent starting material for one to begin growing them at home. They save us all the time from raising some of them from seeds or cuttings.
If one is growing these culinary herbs in a highrise environment, bear in mind that they need to be grown in a location that receives direct sunshine for 4 to 6 hours daily. Ample sunshine is required by plants to develop the necessary aroma and flavour as well as to ensure a compact growth habit.
First page of the main text.
Plants may get infected by disease or infested by pests but it is not recommended to use any agro-chemicals on them because they are meant for eating. Problematic plants can be discarded right away so the problem would not have the opportunity to spread to surrounding plants. A new pot of the same herb can be bought from the nursery to replace the one that has been discarded.
