Worcestershire | Archive | 2008 | March | 10
From the Worcester News, first published Monday 10th Mar 2008.
They are great addition to sauces and salads, their onion flavour pepping up sour cream dips and dressings, or served with fish and egg dishes - and they are so easy to grow and so decorative.
Now is the time to divide clumps of chives if you want to rejuvenate them. When dividing them, lift each clump with a fork and divide them quite ruthlessly.
They will come back. Replant the smaller clumps in soil which has been enhanced with organic matter such as compost or well-rotted manure. Water well following replanting. As well as a food source, chives, which produce pink-purple rounded flowers on grass-like leaves, serve as an attractive edging for beds and borders.
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