This is the highlight of my patio so far this Spring.
Two kinds of mint, oregano, thyme, rosemary, parsley, and a Habanero pepper plant. I used several of the herbs in a pot of cabbage soup yesterday. Such lovely flavor!
Whenever I utter the word "exercise" I will rinse my mouth with chocolate!
all summer long? or do you transplant them to a bed?
I have wild mint growing along one portion of the fence, and my sage survived winter and neglect beautifully in the main garden. I'll plant basil there, and thyme probably and maybe some chives.
I have a small patio with limited planting area and I need to leave some puppy potty places. The plants are safer in pots. I did plant some mint in a bed. It's doing great!
Whenever I utter the word "exercise" I will rinse my mouth with chocolate!
I usually start mine early in pots in the house and transplant to a bed. This year I have basil, apple mint & rosemary in pots and thyme, catnip, more basil, jalapeno & oregano in the main garden bed. The rosemary & mint lived through the winter in pots without being brought inside even once. I was surprised.
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It was an effort but I succeeded. Now I have tried to grow it and I still find it very hardy. The mint can look way gone and still return. I thought I lost a bay leaf plant due to neglect during my unfortunate evacuation but it came back from sticks. Never give up - well give Spring a chance to do its magic.
sure does look pretty and healthy. I do my herbs in pots also. I do tomatoes that way so I can move them, my dog loves fresh tomatoes on the vine. I noticed she's smelling my fig tree.
I've not had much luck with tomatoes in pots. It may be that I just don't have enough sunlight.
I've simply got to master growing basil though. I remember a photo schatze posted of hers, and I was super envious! We are just addicted to basil around this house, so I want to be able to just go out and pick a few leaves as needed.
And even less being envied, but I have had luck with basil and I was just saying I needed to plant some . I got it at Bantings last year but I don't see me going there now. I would like some Thai basil if I can find it.
I went to the produce section of the asian grocery to get mine. A fresh cut on the stem, a glass of water, and 2 weeks ought to do it. I got my vietnamese cilantro and mint the same way. By the way, the best pots to use to ween your plants out or the water and into soil are those with no drainage. My favorites are mushroom trays, solo cups, and empty yougurt containers.
You mean just buy some fresh basil that you would normally take home and add to dishes, but instead, you root it? Got to be cheaper than Whole Foods. What Asian grocery do you use? Thai basil is the best!
but I hit HK market from time to time, as well. I used to shop almost exclusively at Dong Phoung (just across the Harvey canal), but I haven't been there since the antedeluvian period... Anyway, a bag of herbs costs 50 cents at the asian grocery, and they generally have 10 or so stems, so there's plenty to eat, even if I do sprout a few. That's a heck of a lot cheaper than buying the stuff at any plant store.
but I bought a pot of basil last year at Whole Foods. And schatze, believe me, I have no business posting on a gardening forum either, but from time to time I make myself believe that I can grow things.
A huge nursery just across the Huey P(which is now closed). They have lots of herbs. This time of year it's crazy with people. I think my basil got lots of water last year. The first year I had that teeny garden spot, I added organic humus and got a basil hedge.
until you mentioned that it's across the river. During my high-school and college flower delivery days I was sometimes sent to Banting's to pick up items for the shop. It was an adventure.
Come to think of it I was also assigned to shop at a china supply place in town (the florist bought vases from them) but I'll be damned if I can remember the name of the place.
