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Chive Plants

April 22nd, 2008

Chives bring to life egg and cheese dishes, and can also be snipped into salads. You can grow your chives from seed or divide mature plants in spring. Chive plants
 love rich, moist soil in a sunny position. Their big purple flowers are a magnet for bees - but letting your plants flower will shorten your harvest season, so have more than one plant and cut some back before they flower, and some afterwards, for a continuous supply of fresh leaves.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 am and is filed under Food, General, Herbs.

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