Planting Your First Culinary Herb Garden
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» ______MarcellaGM - Carol, My Italian parsley gets about two and a half feet. The
Carol, My Italian parsley gets about two and a half feet. The Rosemary I have is a very hardy variety. Several people have taken cuttings of it over the years and it has proved to be hardy for them as well. We have pretty mild winters but every once in a while we can experience arctic weather, deep freezes, silver thaws. That Rosemary has been through it all.Barbara, Those blackberries must have given your basil seeds just the right amount of shelter. I have never heard of this.
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» Cottage_Garden - Here in my part of zone 6 we can have winter lows of 20 below ze
Here in my part of zone 6 we can have winter lows of 20 below zero Farenheit easily, although this is usually with snow cover. Some years we have very little snow but still have temps well below zero.I usually blame the rosemary failures on too cold and bad drainage. But I am happy to grow it for a summer just to enjoy the fresh rosemary sprigs for grilled meats and to dry and save some for winter. Among other things, I like to use it in an essentially fat free recipe for creamy potatoes baked in a casserole with broth and lots of garlic and pepper.
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» Carol Wallace - Speaking of parsley, last summer I toured a local herb farm with
Speaking of parsley, last summer I toured a local herb farm with display gardens -- and one of their raised beds -- my favorite -- consisted of a border of parsley centered with a sea of purple Marine heliotrope. It was gorgeous!I didn't plant rosemary last year, and now wish I had. I'll bet it would have survived the mild winter we had. Carol virtually gardening
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» Cottage_Garden - Many herb gardeners grow Rosemary in a pot and bring it in to a
Many herb gardeners grow Rosemary in a pot and bring it in to a cool bright room for the winter. It can be trained as a topiary if desired!Barbara Martin
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» MelWhite - Me, I've got mint. I planted mint because my father said it wou
Me, I've got mint. I planted mint because my father said it would grow in the soggy area around the faucet -- shaded, slightly swampy. Perfect for mint, he said.He also forgot to tell me that it grows well in the rose bed next to the water faucet, along the sidewalks, up through the edges of the porch. I think I hear it plotting to take my car for a drive later this evening.
Mint. wonderful stuff.
Need some???
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» Carol Wallace - Mel., just wait til it comes in (without knocking) and takes roo
Mel., just wait til it comes in (without knocking) and takes root in the living room rug! Carol virtually gardening-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Cottage_Garden - Okay that's three votes for growing mint in a pot! Rosemary does
Okay that's three votes for growing mint in a pot! Rosemary does well in a pot here, since we need to take it inside for the winter. So do bay trees. What else?Barbara Martin
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» susank_3 - susan kolberg Hi new toy your group. Was looking up info on knot
susan kolberg Hi new toy your group. Was looking up info on knot gardens. I'm a Trauma Nurse with a back injury so I have alittle extra time to garden. Am planting a knot garden in the middle of my veggie garden. I started small- 8 by 8. I bordered the whole with red sails lettuce. It is a slow bolting kind so you can keep it quite long. Hope it makes it through the long hot summer. I am getting married (at 50!!) on August 8. Anyway-- alyssum on the four corners, then on the diagonals I planted 3 plants eachof teucrium(germander). I have read about this in alot of books but never found it till this year so I bought all they had which was 12 plants. Then as I planted them out I snipped pieces off and am trying to root them, I also just bought dwarf boxwood, 12 plants also but they seem too big. I may save them for my next one as this one is really an wxperiment. Then in my center about a one and half foot circle I put 6 celosia plants in a grat ruby color, and surrounded them with shallots. Oh I also put a row a radishes in the lettuce just because I wwanted quick results with my edges. Now today I have to plant in the 4 quadrants but I still don't know what to put. I let you know later. I really enjoy all the messages. Very imspiring.-- posted by susank_3
» Cottage_Garden - Hi Susan! Thank you for the kind words. Your project sounds li
Hi Susan! Thank you for the kind words. Your project sounds like a lot of fun! How about some basil for one of the quadrants? (It comes in different heights and leaf sizes depending on variety. There's even a purple one.) Another possibility might be edible fowers? Whatever you decide on will be great I'm sure -- we'd love to hear what you end up using! Barbara Martin
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» Cottage_Garden - Which culinary herbs do we use the most? I know or at least I
Which culinary herbs do we use the most? I know or at least I think I use thyme the most in the kitchen. But then and again I use a lot of basil if I have the home-grown (fresh or dried) available.Barbara Martin
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