Fenugreek

Fenugreek Variety: Fenugreek

This is a fantastic medicinal and nutritious plant. You can have the greens raw in your salads, or stir-fried . Boil the leaves with lentils and onions for a delicious soup. The seeds are used as one of the basic spices for flavouring curries and give the "curry" aroma in a dish. For the balcony gardens grow in a pot, 20cm in depth diameter, or larger.

Growing Tips:

Sow seeds in well prepared beds with added organic compost. Seeds can be densely sown to harvest greens and need only to be lightly covered with soil once sown. Thin out to 10cm between plants in order to grow to maturity and allow to go to seed for harvesting,

Edible parts of the plant:

Greens, seeds.