// Zahrah Nasir Want to grow chemical-free food but haven’t got a clue where, or how, to begin? The answer is garlic, and the time is right now. Garlic is a mainstay in every kitchen. The more we have, the more we tend to use it and this, with both taste and health in mind, is a good thing. Bazaar-bought garlic, as we should all know by now, is probably not chemical -free. Whilst pre-peeled cloves are tempting, especially for those who work and still have a kitchen to run,

// Zahrah Nasir Xeriscaping is a fancy word for gardening with as little water as possible or, depending on the selection of plants, with no water at all; which makes it eminently suitable for maintaining a garden in a world running dry. This style of gardening need not be a growing area full of nothing but cacti and succulents — although it is recommended that they are included in beds/containers of their own — as a surprising number of lovely flowering plants are quite capa