Herbs
Hanging Mint to Dry
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - in Garden
Recently I picked over 400 mint stalks to dry. The only reason I know how many I picked is because I bundled them in groups of 12. I was hoping to harvest what would be considered a lot, and it felt like I picked a lot, and washed a lot and bundled a lot. Below is a photograph of my mint bed and you can see where I cut mint to dry. I have a lot left, but we won't talk about that. ...
Peppermint Sea
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - in Photos
If you read my blog last year, then you might remember that I let my herbs take over the part of the garden that I was not using. Unchecked, the peppermint spread like it was meant to spread--everywhere. I remember just two years ago when this was a small plant that only used around 6 square feet of garden real estate. And before then, the peppermint spent years, a decade, struggling to survive. ...
Lemon Balm in April
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - in Photos
The lemon balm is up and growing with vigor. The lemon balm plant pictured below is large this spring. I have three plants or more and I should begin harvesting soon.
I dry the leaves and use them in tea. Generally...
Onions and Herbs
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - in Garden
Have you ever grown onions? I have a few times, not many. The hardest part of growing onions is keeping the weeds out. Onions are set close together, only 4 inches apart, and weeds can weave their tough little roots throughout the onion roots and if you are not careful, you will pull up your onions ...
Seed Flat
Friday, May 16, 2008 - in GardenThis is just an update on the in-ground seed flat that I showed a photograph of in the first garden entry for this season, and in that entry, I wrote brief instructions to make an in-ground seed flat. In the flat,...
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