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re: Starting an Herb Garden
Posted on 5/9/13 at 8:12 am to Sir Drinksalot
Posted on 5/9/13 at 8:12 am to Sir Drinksalot
yeah the mater plant isn't in prime shape right now. It crawled along the ground for a few days before I could get it upright. Hopefully it will perk up after some food. The green onions in my garden are leftovers from the produce section. About to trim them way back and freeze, the summer is brutal on green onions.
The lemon balm was trimmed back about 2-3weeks ago. That stuff is just as aggressive as mint. Probably going to dig up some roots around it. Makes good air freshener in the house, just boil in water.
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Posted on 5/9/13 at 8:31 am to fightin tigers
I have a bunch of dill growing as well as Italian flat leaf parsley and leaf celery which is really good to use.
I cut a bunch of different herbs and put in a ziplock bag with a moist paper towel and zip only halfway closed, put in icebox. Will stay good for a week.
I cut a bunch of different herbs and put in a ziplock bag with a moist paper towel and zip only halfway closed, put in icebox. Will stay good for a week.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 4:03 pm to Martini
I forgot to mention this morning that if you have a food dehydrator you can use it on a lower setting for dehydrating and storing herbs.
Put them in glass jars and keep in the fridge.
Put them in glass jars and keep in the fridge.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 4:18 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Dunno why everyone worries so much about mint spreading. If it creeps into the St Augustine, it just makes mowing the lawn a more fragrant experience.
Do bother to figure out what's cool season and what's warm season around here. general garden info is useless in the humid coastal south. Dan Gill's Louisiana Gardening Month by Month is a good book for a beginner.
Cilantro does grow well here, but it's a cool season herb like parsley. Both will bolt before producing many leaves if you plant now. But come September, you can direct seed in the ground and have a nice crop all winter.
My kitchen garden includes flat chinese chives (impossible to kill once established), rosemary in a pot (my yard is too damp to grow it in the ground), tarragon, oregano, multiple kinds of mint, thai basil, sweet basil, green onions, cilantro (which is going to seed right now, and those seeds are saved, 'cause they're coriander), creeping thyme, and a bay tree in a big pot (no sunny spot to plant it in the ground).
Herbs are the most rewarding things to grow...all you need is a patch of dirt, some seeds, and a little water and sun. Dunno why anyone pays $$$ for those plastic packets of fresh herbs in the supermarket.
Also don't really understand the container gardening fad. The ground is easier, by a long shot. Find the sunniest spot in your yard, make a 3' by 5' bed, put in some edging (metal, plastic, concrete, whatever you've got), kill off the grass inside, and backfill it with soil/compost/sand (as your local conditions require). The in-ground beds will help to moderate high temps in summer, will take advantage of the incredibly complex flora & fauna in soil, and will be far more productive in the long term than soil in a pot. (No earthworms in potting soil, LOL)
Do bother to figure out what's cool season and what's warm season around here. general garden info is useless in the humid coastal south. Dan Gill's Louisiana Gardening Month by Month is a good book for a beginner.
Cilantro does grow well here, but it's a cool season herb like parsley. Both will bolt before producing many leaves if you plant now. But come September, you can direct seed in the ground and have a nice crop all winter.
My kitchen garden includes flat chinese chives (impossible to kill once established), rosemary in a pot (my yard is too damp to grow it in the ground), tarragon, oregano, multiple kinds of mint, thai basil, sweet basil, green onions, cilantro (which is going to seed right now, and those seeds are saved, 'cause they're coriander), creeping thyme, and a bay tree in a big pot (no sunny spot to plant it in the ground).
Herbs are the most rewarding things to grow...all you need is a patch of dirt, some seeds, and a little water and sun. Dunno why anyone pays $$$ for those plastic packets of fresh herbs in the supermarket.
Also don't really understand the container gardening fad. The ground is easier, by a long shot. Find the sunniest spot in your yard, make a 3' by 5' bed, put in some edging (metal, plastic, concrete, whatever you've got), kill off the grass inside, and backfill it with soil/compost/sand (as your local conditions require). The in-ground beds will help to moderate high temps in summer, will take advantage of the incredibly complex flora & fauna in soil, and will be far more productive in the long term than soil in a pot. (No earthworms in potting soil, LOL)
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