Green leaves of comfrey, also called Symphytum officinale. Learn comfrey plant uses and how to grow comfrey, a strong-growing perennial of the borage family. Great for topical application to aid the ...

Since comfrey contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), which can be toxic to humans and animals, is growing comfrey in the garden safe if it’s near fruits and vegetables, or will the PAs transfer from ...

It sprang up from nothing, as usual, and as a leafy tower a metre high, hung out its pink and purple bells for the bees. Symphytum officinale, or comfrey, totemistic plant of organic gardeners, still ...

Lawrence Hills is one of my heroes. Best known as the founder of the organic gardening charity Garden Organic (formerly the HDRA), he was also a prolific author. I'm always surprised at how little ...

I spotted the first tomato of the year on Sunday while I was pottering about in the greenhouse. It’s small and green and still a long way off picking but it’s an encouraging sign. We’ve had a very ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

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With perfect timing for these cash- and climate- conscious times, this week Faber has hauled from its archives a classic of thrifty, environmentally-conscious gardening - Comfrey: Past, Present And ...

My tomato plants are just setting their first fruit and I’m bursting with excitement. It is always a wonderful moment when they are ready for picking – the first few rarely make it out of the ...

There is a narrow patch of ground about 200 feet long, right in the middle of our farm, that is completely unlike any other. Everywhere else you’ll find tidy beds with straight rows, bursting with ...