Chives

Someone gave me Chives as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was planting in free-draining soil in the sunniest spot — once that clicked, the plant transformed.…

As a complete beginner I was nervous about starting with Chives. It turned out to be more forgiving than I expected, as long as I paid attention to pinching out flower buds on basil to extend leaf production. I grow mine in a hanging basket with trailing herbs like thyme which is working really wel…