This morning I sowed the seeds for the chives which I will plant at the base of all the apple trees. They are good companions and the chives help the apple trees with apple scab and aphids as seen on The Romany Rest blog.  As we have four trees and also a cordon of fourteen I will be needing a lot of chive plants.  I also sowed some sorrel but not sure what that would be a companion to sorrel. It makes an addition to salad leaves adding a citrus flavour and it can also make a soup…now theres a thought. It’s a small step I know but a start, and once I start to build knowledge it will improve but until then I still have to work our beds in … Read entire article »