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Article: Growing for the greats ; Her fans include Rick Stein, Jamie Oliver and Heston Blumenthal, but Jekka McVicar says she would love to see people using more herbs in their own home cooking. David Clensy meets the queen of the herb gardeners on her South Gloucestershire farm
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- January 19, 2008
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Her fans include Rick Stein, Jamie Oliver and Heston Blumenthal,
but Jekka McVicar says she would love to see people using more herbs
in their own home cooking. David Clensy meets the queen of the herb
gardeners on her South Gloucestershire farm
The first thing you notice as you walk into Jekka McVicar's herb
farm is the rich smells. They envelope you with a patchwork of
perfumes - sage, rosemary, basil, lavender and a thousand others all
woven into the stitching.
Legions of potted herbs stand to attention in neat rows as Jekka
walks along the line, minutely examining the plants, like the Queen
trooping the colour.
With Jekka at the helm, over the past 30 years the 2.5-acre farm
near ...