Also a tomato plant
I will admit to being lazy about gardening, which in my case means herbs. I try to winter a few over, but even lavender and rosemary generally don’t make it through the cold on my mountaintop. And then, what with one thing and another, I’m never out with my hands in the dirt early enough to grow from seeds.
You know those folks you see out in the garden shops in May, (and June,) furtively buying pot herb plants? And overgrown miserable pot-bound tomatoes. That’s me.
So I’m transplanting my little herbs into larger pots in an apologetic way. I’m saying, “Look. I know your toes are cramped. I’ve been busy. Okay? Let’s just start over again, shall we?”
Their names are mint, sage, flat parsley, rosemary, lavender, oregano.
I have a gift pot of herbs, too. just yesterday.
Hello, lavender, lemon verbena, peppermint
I am very happy to see you.
I keep my herbs in pots on the back porch because the ground I live upon is not suited to growing anything but big trees and short grass. Mostly, it grows big ole rocks, being a very old mountain. I satisfy any mad urge I have to grow plants within my tasteful selection of pots.
Garden containers have an ancient and honorable history.
The trifecta
Lookit here, left and right. Pots in the garden. They can be terracotta, plain brown but of interesting shape, like the ones on the left. Bruegel painted those. Click on the pic to get a better look.
Pots can be colorful and lovely in their own right. See the marjoram pot below which is there to delight the eye as much as to hold marjoram.(You can always click on all the pictures in my posts to get a closer look. You don't have to squint.)
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century paintings are full of pottery holding splendid flowers with the odd pretty girl thrown in for those who are not interested in flowers. This one to the right also has one heck of a hat and what is almost certainly a fan. I stand in awe.
as one does
Plants, sometimes sizeable plants, can be put in pots so they can migrate inside and outside with the seasons.
The folks in Regency and Georgian times did this large plant migration with orange trees, which they found wonderfully ornamental and sweet smelling and exotic. Orange trees weren’t kept in pots, but in huge white boxes. I think of this as equivalent to my own garden containers but I fool myself a lot of the time.
Right back through paintings and miniatures of the Middle Ages, we see herbs — very much like the ones I am currently apologizing to — in containers and elevated beds. I have pondered on why this should be so.
I think it might be that many herbs are smallish and they’re picked little by little, just the most delicate leaflets at the end, rather than dug up all at once in a thorough manner like turnips and cabbages.
So folks raise herbs up a little to allow selective plucking.
What herbs are you plucking or planting these days? Are you like me? Do you go out and grab a dozen random leaves to add to a salad?
My gardening is pretty much limited to pots these days. The soil in my backyard is fine, but my arthritic knees aren’t. At least sage is a pretty plant, and so is the ball-shaped basil.
I once bought a little plant at the supermarket. It wasn’t an herb, and I didn’t know what it was, but it had pretty leaves and was only 99 cents. Well, it grew. I kill houseplants frequently because I forget about them, but this one kept going. I had to repot it several times and it got bigger and bigger until after a couple of years it not only was still thriving but was sitting on the floor and scraping the ceiling, looking as if it belonged in Jack and the Beanstalk. It had to go. Outside in the cold of December it shuddered and died.
I still feel guilty of deliberate planticide.
My gardening is pretty much limited to pots these days. The soil in my backyard is fine, but my arthritic knees aren’t. At least sage is a pretty plant, and so is the ball-shaped basil.
I once bought a little plant at the supermarket. It wasn’t an herb, and I didn’t know what it was, but it had pretty leaves and was only 99 cents. Well, it grew. I kill houseplants frequently because I forget about them, but this one kept going. I had to repot it several times and it got bigger and bigger until after a couple of years it not only was still thriving but was sitting on the floor and scraping the ceiling, looking as if it belonged in Jack and the Beanstalk. It had to go. Outside in the cold of December it shuddered and died.
I still feel guilty of deliberate planticide.
My gardening is pretty much limited to pots these days. The soil in my backyard is fine, but my arthritic knees aren’t. At least sage is a pretty plant, and so is the ball-shaped basil.
I once bought a little plant at the supermarket. It wasn’t an herb, and I didn’t know what it was, but it had pretty leaves and was only 99 cents. Well, it grew. I kill houseplants frequently because I forget about them, but this one kept going. I had to repot it several times and it got bigger and bigger until after a couple of years it not only was still thriving but was sitting on the floor and scraping the ceiling, looking as if it belonged in Jack and the Beanstalk. It had to go. Outside in the cold of December it shuddered and died.
I still feel guilty of deliberate planticide.
My gardening is pretty much limited to pots these days. The soil in my backyard is fine, but my arthritic knees aren’t. At least sage is a pretty plant, and so is the ball-shaped basil.
I once bought a little plant at the supermarket. It wasn’t an herb, and I didn’t know what it was, but it had pretty leaves and was only 99 cents. Well, it grew. I kill houseplants frequently because I forget about them, but this one kept going. I had to repot it several times and it got bigger and bigger until after a couple of years it not only was still thriving but was sitting on the floor and scraping the ceiling, looking as if it belonged in Jack and the Beanstalk. It had to go. Outside in the cold of December it shuddered and died.
I still feel guilty of deliberate planticide.
My gardening is pretty much limited to pots these days. The soil in my backyard is fine, but my arthritic knees aren’t. At least sage is a pretty plant, and so is the ball-shaped basil.
I once bought a little plant at the supermarket. It wasn’t an herb, and I didn’t know what it was, but it had pretty leaves and was only 99 cents. Well, it grew. I kill houseplants frequently because I forget about them, but this one kept going. I had to repot it several times and it got bigger and bigger until after a couple of years it not only was still thriving but was sitting on the floor and scraping the ceiling, looking as if it belonged in Jack and the Beanstalk. It had to go. Outside in the cold of December it shuddered and died.
I still feel guilty of deliberate planticide.
I don’t garden at all. (Call me lazy with an aversion to dirt and wriggly things.) I have no problem however eating what my husband grows.
I don’t garden at all. (Call me lazy with an aversion to dirt and wriggly things.) I have no problem however eating what my husband grows.
I don’t garden at all. (Call me lazy with an aversion to dirt and wriggly things.) I have no problem however eating what my husband grows.
I don’t garden at all. (Call me lazy with an aversion to dirt and wriggly things.) I have no problem however eating what my husband grows.
I don’t garden at all. (Call me lazy with an aversion to dirt and wriggly things.) I have no problem however eating what my husband grows.
Ah, herbs! What would I do without fresh basil growing amongst the flower boxes on my deck? The scent of fresh basil is truly amazing, and it does wonderful things tomatoes and eggs and salads. *pause for a happy sigh.’
My neighborhood being rather warmer than your mountain top, Joanna, I have robust perennials herbs growing in a garden space by the garage: rosemary, sage, thyme, chives. But not mint. Mind is dangerous. Delicious, but dangerous…
Ah, herbs! What would I do without fresh basil growing amongst the flower boxes on my deck? The scent of fresh basil is truly amazing, and it does wonderful things tomatoes and eggs and salads. *pause for a happy sigh.’
My neighborhood being rather warmer than your mountain top, Joanna, I have robust perennials herbs growing in a garden space by the garage: rosemary, sage, thyme, chives. But not mint. Mind is dangerous. Delicious, but dangerous…
Ah, herbs! What would I do without fresh basil growing amongst the flower boxes on my deck? The scent of fresh basil is truly amazing, and it does wonderful things tomatoes and eggs and salads. *pause for a happy sigh.’
My neighborhood being rather warmer than your mountain top, Joanna, I have robust perennials herbs growing in a garden space by the garage: rosemary, sage, thyme, chives. But not mint. Mind is dangerous. Delicious, but dangerous…
Ah, herbs! What would I do without fresh basil growing amongst the flower boxes on my deck? The scent of fresh basil is truly amazing, and it does wonderful things tomatoes and eggs and salads. *pause for a happy sigh.’
My neighborhood being rather warmer than your mountain top, Joanna, I have robust perennials herbs growing in a garden space by the garage: rosemary, sage, thyme, chives. But not mint. Mind is dangerous. Delicious, but dangerous…
Ah, herbs! What would I do without fresh basil growing amongst the flower boxes on my deck? The scent of fresh basil is truly amazing, and it does wonderful things tomatoes and eggs and salads. *pause for a happy sigh.’
My neighborhood being rather warmer than your mountain top, Joanna, I have robust perennials herbs growing in a garden space by the garage: rosemary, sage, thyme, chives. But not mint. Mind is dangerous. Delicious, but dangerous…
I’m counting on the lemon verbena to provide that lovely surprise of scent when I brush by.
Mint is bumptious. It takes over. It is the pushy, oblivious Cit of garden plants.
I’m counting on the lemon verbena to provide that lovely surprise of scent when I brush by.
Mint is bumptious. It takes over. It is the pushy, oblivious Cit of garden plants.
I’m counting on the lemon verbena to provide that lovely surprise of scent when I brush by.
Mint is bumptious. It takes over. It is the pushy, oblivious Cit of garden plants.
I’m counting on the lemon verbena to provide that lovely surprise of scent when I brush by.
Mint is bumptious. It takes over. It is the pushy, oblivious Cit of garden plants.
I’m counting on the lemon verbena to provide that lovely surprise of scent when I brush by.
Mint is bumptious. It takes over. It is the pushy, oblivious Cit of garden plants.
I wonder if you ever did find out what it was …
I remember … I was in Germany and, as one does where there is no language between you and the seller, I picked out the plants I knew what they were and then took home a basket of unknowns.
That was how I discovered celeriac.
I wonder if you ever did find out what it was …
I remember … I was in Germany and, as one does where there is no language between you and the seller, I picked out the plants I knew what they were and then took home a basket of unknowns.
That was how I discovered celeriac.
I wonder if you ever did find out what it was …
I remember … I was in Germany and, as one does where there is no language between you and the seller, I picked out the plants I knew what they were and then took home a basket of unknowns.
That was how I discovered celeriac.
I wonder if you ever did find out what it was …
I remember … I was in Germany and, as one does where there is no language between you and the seller, I picked out the plants I knew what they were and then took home a basket of unknowns.
That was how I discovered celeriac.
I wonder if you ever did find out what it was …
I remember … I was in Germany and, as one does where there is no language between you and the seller, I picked out the plants I knew what they were and then took home a basket of unknowns.
That was how I discovered celeriac.
I usually keep herbs on the kitchen windowsill if there’s no chance of real soil outside. I especially like the dead easy herbs one can snack on, leaf by leaf.
Now, if I had somebody else to grow them I would probably wave them onward with a glad heart and snack on THEIR herbage.
I usually keep herbs on the kitchen windowsill if there’s no chance of real soil outside. I especially like the dead easy herbs one can snack on, leaf by leaf.
Now, if I had somebody else to grow them I would probably wave them onward with a glad heart and snack on THEIR herbage.
I usually keep herbs on the kitchen windowsill if there’s no chance of real soil outside. I especially like the dead easy herbs one can snack on, leaf by leaf.
Now, if I had somebody else to grow them I would probably wave them onward with a glad heart and snack on THEIR herbage.
I usually keep herbs on the kitchen windowsill if there’s no chance of real soil outside. I especially like the dead easy herbs one can snack on, leaf by leaf.
Now, if I had somebody else to grow them I would probably wave them onward with a glad heart and snack on THEIR herbage.
I usually keep herbs on the kitchen windowsill if there’s no chance of real soil outside. I especially like the dead easy herbs one can snack on, leaf by leaf.
Now, if I had somebody else to grow them I would probably wave them onward with a glad heart and snack on THEIR herbage.
We have basil, chives, parsley, dill, cilantro, mint and rosemary in pots. I love being able to pop out the back door and grab a few leaves for whatever we’re cooking. We also do our tomatoes in pots and our strawberries in baskets. The previous owner of our home was a well known landscape architect and the green spaces are so well designed that we rarely change any of the established (and largely inedible!) plantings, but you can do a lot in containers. None of it, sadly, winters over in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, my mother-in-law has a rosemary bush outside her kitchen door that is the size of a VW bus.
We have basil, chives, parsley, dill, cilantro, mint and rosemary in pots. I love being able to pop out the back door and grab a few leaves for whatever we’re cooking. We also do our tomatoes in pots and our strawberries in baskets. The previous owner of our home was a well known landscape architect and the green spaces are so well designed that we rarely change any of the established (and largely inedible!) plantings, but you can do a lot in containers. None of it, sadly, winters over in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, my mother-in-law has a rosemary bush outside her kitchen door that is the size of a VW bus.
We have basil, chives, parsley, dill, cilantro, mint and rosemary in pots. I love being able to pop out the back door and grab a few leaves for whatever we’re cooking. We also do our tomatoes in pots and our strawberries in baskets. The previous owner of our home was a well known landscape architect and the green spaces are so well designed that we rarely change any of the established (and largely inedible!) plantings, but you can do a lot in containers. None of it, sadly, winters over in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, my mother-in-law has a rosemary bush outside her kitchen door that is the size of a VW bus.
We have basil, chives, parsley, dill, cilantro, mint and rosemary in pots. I love being able to pop out the back door and grab a few leaves for whatever we’re cooking. We also do our tomatoes in pots and our strawberries in baskets. The previous owner of our home was a well known landscape architect and the green spaces are so well designed that we rarely change any of the established (and largely inedible!) plantings, but you can do a lot in containers. None of it, sadly, winters over in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, my mother-in-law has a rosemary bush outside her kitchen door that is the size of a VW bus.
We have basil, chives, parsley, dill, cilantro, mint and rosemary in pots. I love being able to pop out the back door and grab a few leaves for whatever we’re cooking. We also do our tomatoes in pots and our strawberries in baskets. The previous owner of our home was a well known landscape architect and the green spaces are so well designed that we rarely change any of the established (and largely inedible!) plantings, but you can do a lot in containers. None of it, sadly, winters over in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, my mother-in-law has a rosemary bush outside her kitchen door that is the size of a VW bus.
My lavender and rosemary managed to overwinter two years ago when it went down to 28 below here. Consistently for several weeks. But I toss a little straw over them if the Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be an exceptionally cold winter.
Unfortunately for me, the house we bought a couple years ago had H U G E, like H U G E flower beds which the previous owner had never weeded. Driving two and a half hours a day to work was not conducive to me working on them either. Since I’ve quit working, I now have time to work on those instead. It’s been two months and I’ve managed three of the six. I think I’ll be shoveling mulch until October!
My lavender and rosemary managed to overwinter two years ago when it went down to 28 below here. Consistently for several weeks. But I toss a little straw over them if the Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be an exceptionally cold winter.
Unfortunately for me, the house we bought a couple years ago had H U G E, like H U G E flower beds which the previous owner had never weeded. Driving two and a half hours a day to work was not conducive to me working on them either. Since I’ve quit working, I now have time to work on those instead. It’s been two months and I’ve managed three of the six. I think I’ll be shoveling mulch until October!
My lavender and rosemary managed to overwinter two years ago when it went down to 28 below here. Consistently for several weeks. But I toss a little straw over them if the Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be an exceptionally cold winter.
Unfortunately for me, the house we bought a couple years ago had H U G E, like H U G E flower beds which the previous owner had never weeded. Driving two and a half hours a day to work was not conducive to me working on them either. Since I’ve quit working, I now have time to work on those instead. It’s been two months and I’ve managed three of the six. I think I’ll be shoveling mulch until October!
My lavender and rosemary managed to overwinter two years ago when it went down to 28 below here. Consistently for several weeks. But I toss a little straw over them if the Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be an exceptionally cold winter.
Unfortunately for me, the house we bought a couple years ago had H U G E, like H U G E flower beds which the previous owner had never weeded. Driving two and a half hours a day to work was not conducive to me working on them either. Since I’ve quit working, I now have time to work on those instead. It’s been two months and I’ve managed three of the six. I think I’ll be shoveling mulch until October!
My lavender and rosemary managed to overwinter two years ago when it went down to 28 below here. Consistently for several weeks. But I toss a little straw over them if the Farmer’s Almanac says it’s going to be an exceptionally cold winter.
Unfortunately for me, the house we bought a couple years ago had H U G E, like H U G E flower beds which the previous owner had never weeded. Driving two and a half hours a day to work was not conducive to me working on them either. Since I’ve quit working, I now have time to work on those instead. It’s been two months and I’ve managed three of the six. I think I’ll be shoveling mulch until October!
I love my pots of peppermint. They provide me with delicious and refreshing mint tea — dried or fresh, the leaves are better than anything you can buy.
Mine sit on the front porch, and grow slowly through winter, but flourish best in the warmth, of course.
I grow quite a few culinary herbs.
And Joanna, I love the scent of lemon verbena, too
I love my pots of peppermint. They provide me with delicious and refreshing mint tea — dried or fresh, the leaves are better than anything you can buy.
Mine sit on the front porch, and grow slowly through winter, but flourish best in the warmth, of course.
I grow quite a few culinary herbs.
And Joanna, I love the scent of lemon verbena, too
I love my pots of peppermint. They provide me with delicious and refreshing mint tea — dried or fresh, the leaves are better than anything you can buy.
Mine sit on the front porch, and grow slowly through winter, but flourish best in the warmth, of course.
I grow quite a few culinary herbs.
And Joanna, I love the scent of lemon verbena, too
I love my pots of peppermint. They provide me with delicious and refreshing mint tea — dried or fresh, the leaves are better than anything you can buy.
Mine sit on the front porch, and grow slowly through winter, but flourish best in the warmth, of course.
I grow quite a few culinary herbs.
And Joanna, I love the scent of lemon verbena, too
I love my pots of peppermint. They provide me with delicious and refreshing mint tea — dried or fresh, the leaves are better than anything you can buy.
Mine sit on the front porch, and grow slowly through winter, but flourish best in the warmth, of course.
I grow quite a few culinary herbs.
And Joanna, I love the scent of lemon verbena, too
I am still trying to figure out how to light my indoor herb garden. I want ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme” (not because of the song), basil, and chives. I might try mint in a pot. Or around the stepping stone path I want for our front yard. If it takes over from the dandelions and plantain in our lawn, who will care? And around stepping stones, it gives a nice aroma.
I am still trying to figure out how to light my indoor herb garden. I want ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme” (not because of the song), basil, and chives. I might try mint in a pot. Or around the stepping stone path I want for our front yard. If it takes over from the dandelions and plantain in our lawn, who will care? And around stepping stones, it gives a nice aroma.
I am still trying to figure out how to light my indoor herb garden. I want ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme” (not because of the song), basil, and chives. I might try mint in a pot. Or around the stepping stone path I want for our front yard. If it takes over from the dandelions and plantain in our lawn, who will care? And around stepping stones, it gives a nice aroma.
I am still trying to figure out how to light my indoor herb garden. I want ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme” (not because of the song), basil, and chives. I might try mint in a pot. Or around the stepping stone path I want for our front yard. If it takes over from the dandelions and plantain in our lawn, who will care? And around stepping stones, it gives a nice aroma.
I am still trying to figure out how to light my indoor herb garden. I want ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme” (not because of the song), basil, and chives. I might try mint in a pot. Or around the stepping stone path I want for our front yard. If it takes over from the dandelions and plantain in our lawn, who will care? And around stepping stones, it gives a nice aroma.
I converted my little garden patch to raised beds this year. One of the beds is made out of cinder blocks, and the openings in each block make perfect little spots to pop herbs in. So now my tomato bed is bordered by parsley, spearmint, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary and cilantro. It looks pretty and also serves to rein in the aggressive species like mint(although I think you can never have too much mint!). I’ve also got chives in pots and lemon balm running wild in the yard.
I live in Zone 6A, where lavender, rosemary and rue will sometimes over winter, sometimes not. In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky and they survived, so my 3 year old rue plant has turned into a woody shrub. I don’t use the rue for anything but it looks pretty and it’s supposed to be a good companion for rosebushes.
I converted my little garden patch to raised beds this year. One of the beds is made out of cinder blocks, and the openings in each block make perfect little spots to pop herbs in. So now my tomato bed is bordered by parsley, spearmint, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary and cilantro. It looks pretty and also serves to rein in the aggressive species like mint(although I think you can never have too much mint!). I’ve also got chives in pots and lemon balm running wild in the yard.
I live in Zone 6A, where lavender, rosemary and rue will sometimes over winter, sometimes not. In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky and they survived, so my 3 year old rue plant has turned into a woody shrub. I don’t use the rue for anything but it looks pretty and it’s supposed to be a good companion for rosebushes.
I converted my little garden patch to raised beds this year. One of the beds is made out of cinder blocks, and the openings in each block make perfect little spots to pop herbs in. So now my tomato bed is bordered by parsley, spearmint, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary and cilantro. It looks pretty and also serves to rein in the aggressive species like mint(although I think you can never have too much mint!). I’ve also got chives in pots and lemon balm running wild in the yard.
I live in Zone 6A, where lavender, rosemary and rue will sometimes over winter, sometimes not. In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky and they survived, so my 3 year old rue plant has turned into a woody shrub. I don’t use the rue for anything but it looks pretty and it’s supposed to be a good companion for rosebushes.
I converted my little garden patch to raised beds this year. One of the beds is made out of cinder blocks, and the openings in each block make perfect little spots to pop herbs in. So now my tomato bed is bordered by parsley, spearmint, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary and cilantro. It looks pretty and also serves to rein in the aggressive species like mint(although I think you can never have too much mint!). I’ve also got chives in pots and lemon balm running wild in the yard.
I live in Zone 6A, where lavender, rosemary and rue will sometimes over winter, sometimes not. In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky and they survived, so my 3 year old rue plant has turned into a woody shrub. I don’t use the rue for anything but it looks pretty and it’s supposed to be a good companion for rosebushes.
I converted my little garden patch to raised beds this year. One of the beds is made out of cinder blocks, and the openings in each block make perfect little spots to pop herbs in. So now my tomato bed is bordered by parsley, spearmint, sage, thyme, oregano, rosemary and cilantro. It looks pretty and also serves to rein in the aggressive species like mint(although I think you can never have too much mint!). I’ve also got chives in pots and lemon balm running wild in the yard.
I live in Zone 6A, where lavender, rosemary and rue will sometimes over winter, sometimes not. In the last 2 years I’ve been lucky and they survived, so my 3 year old rue plant has turned into a woody shrub. I don’t use the rue for anything but it looks pretty and it’s supposed to be a good companion for rosebushes.
I set potatoes and a selection of other veg every year. However, and I don’t know why, but I can’t grow herbs. One year they just didn’t come up at all. Another they appeared and then died. I haven’t had the heart to try them any more even though I would love to have some.
The weather has been wet enough here and all the settings were late. Don’t even know what will survive yet this year.
Lovely post.
I set potatoes and a selection of other veg every year. However, and I don’t know why, but I can’t grow herbs. One year they just didn’t come up at all. Another they appeared and then died. I haven’t had the heart to try them any more even though I would love to have some.
The weather has been wet enough here and all the settings were late. Don’t even know what will survive yet this year.
Lovely post.
I set potatoes and a selection of other veg every year. However, and I don’t know why, but I can’t grow herbs. One year they just didn’t come up at all. Another they appeared and then died. I haven’t had the heart to try them any more even though I would love to have some.
The weather has been wet enough here and all the settings were late. Don’t even know what will survive yet this year.
Lovely post.
I set potatoes and a selection of other veg every year. However, and I don’t know why, but I can’t grow herbs. One year they just didn’t come up at all. Another they appeared and then died. I haven’t had the heart to try them any more even though I would love to have some.
The weather has been wet enough here and all the settings were late. Don’t even know what will survive yet this year.
Lovely post.
I set potatoes and a selection of other veg every year. However, and I don’t know why, but I can’t grow herbs. One year they just didn’t come up at all. Another they appeared and then died. I haven’t had the heart to try them any more even though I would love to have some.
The weather has been wet enough here and all the settings were late. Don’t even know what will survive yet this year.
Lovely post.
I think you’re supposed to get rosemary as a gift, if you can. An old superstition.
I’ve had rosemary given to me, but it generally dies. I’m not sure I like the symbolism of this.
I bring herbs inside and pluck leaves off to snack on, then rotate another herb through the process.
As I say — a lazy gardener …
I think you’re supposed to get rosemary as a gift, if you can. An old superstition.
I’ve had rosemary given to me, but it generally dies. I’m not sure I like the symbolism of this.
I bring herbs inside and pluck leaves off to snack on, then rotate another herb through the process.
As I say — a lazy gardener …
I think you’re supposed to get rosemary as a gift, if you can. An old superstition.
I’ve had rosemary given to me, but it generally dies. I’m not sure I like the symbolism of this.
I bring herbs inside and pluck leaves off to snack on, then rotate another herb through the process.
As I say — a lazy gardener …
I think you’re supposed to get rosemary as a gift, if you can. An old superstition.
I’ve had rosemary given to me, but it generally dies. I’m not sure I like the symbolism of this.
I bring herbs inside and pluck leaves off to snack on, then rotate another herb through the process.
As I say — a lazy gardener …
I think you’re supposed to get rosemary as a gift, if you can. An old superstition.
I’ve had rosemary given to me, but it generally dies. I’m not sure I like the symbolism of this.
I bring herbs inside and pluck leaves off to snack on, then rotate another herb through the process.
As I say — a lazy gardener …
Straw, huh?
(jo makes notes)
I could try straw.
I used to do straw and old leaves over the feet of the gardenias and camellias in the old house down in the valley where it’s warmer.
I have flower beds out front I don’t weed enough.
I am soooo bad.
Straw, huh?
(jo makes notes)
I could try straw.
I used to do straw and old leaves over the feet of the gardenias and camellias in the old house down in the valley where it’s warmer.
I have flower beds out front I don’t weed enough.
I am soooo bad.
Straw, huh?
(jo makes notes)
I could try straw.
I used to do straw and old leaves over the feet of the gardenias and camellias in the old house down in the valley where it’s warmer.
I have flower beds out front I don’t weed enough.
I am soooo bad.
Straw, huh?
(jo makes notes)
I could try straw.
I used to do straw and old leaves over the feet of the gardenias and camellias in the old house down in the valley where it’s warmer.
I have flower beds out front I don’t weed enough.
I am soooo bad.
Straw, huh?
(jo makes notes)
I could try straw.
I used to do straw and old leaves over the feet of the gardenias and camellias in the old house down in the valley where it’s warmer.
I have flower beds out front I don’t weed enough.
I am soooo bad.
I think it’s better to have ‘grow bulbs’ for plants. Something about full spectrum lighting.
I have to admit I haven’t done this myself as I am always just on the edge of not being able to cope and I think trying to set up healthy plant areas inside would push me over the edge.
I can recommend mint as a take-over plant. Once it gets established it is like a plant earworm. In there for the long run.
I think it’s better to have ‘grow bulbs’ for plants. Something about full spectrum lighting.
I have to admit I haven’t done this myself as I am always just on the edge of not being able to cope and I think trying to set up healthy plant areas inside would push me over the edge.
I can recommend mint as a take-over plant. Once it gets established it is like a plant earworm. In there for the long run.
I think it’s better to have ‘grow bulbs’ for plants. Something about full spectrum lighting.
I have to admit I haven’t done this myself as I am always just on the edge of not being able to cope and I think trying to set up healthy plant areas inside would push me over the edge.
I can recommend mint as a take-over plant. Once it gets established it is like a plant earworm. In there for the long run.
I think it’s better to have ‘grow bulbs’ for plants. Something about full spectrum lighting.
I have to admit I haven’t done this myself as I am always just on the edge of not being able to cope and I think trying to set up healthy plant areas inside would push me over the edge.
I can recommend mint as a take-over plant. Once it gets established it is like a plant earworm. In there for the long run.
I think it’s better to have ‘grow bulbs’ for plants. Something about full spectrum lighting.
I have to admit I haven’t done this myself as I am always just on the edge of not being able to cope and I think trying to set up healthy plant areas inside would push me over the edge.
I can recommend mint as a take-over plant. Once it gets established it is like a plant earworm. In there for the long run.
This sounds so lovely. So lovely.
And, y’know … competent.
Also good for tomatoes.
My tomato foe is the squirrels so I am mostly demented with putting nets over the things and then gathering tomatoes somehow under the nets.
I am not very good at tomatoes.
I have lemon balm for the first time. It was a gift. I’m really enjoying it. Sachets? I don’t know what else to do with it but I’m enjoying crushing it in my fingers.
Congrats on the raised beds. Sounds like your work is being well rewarded. Good on you.
This sounds so lovely. So lovely.
And, y’know … competent.
Also good for tomatoes.
My tomato foe is the squirrels so I am mostly demented with putting nets over the things and then gathering tomatoes somehow under the nets.
I am not very good at tomatoes.
I have lemon balm for the first time. It was a gift. I’m really enjoying it. Sachets? I don’t know what else to do with it but I’m enjoying crushing it in my fingers.
Congrats on the raised beds. Sounds like your work is being well rewarded. Good on you.
This sounds so lovely. So lovely.
And, y’know … competent.
Also good for tomatoes.
My tomato foe is the squirrels so I am mostly demented with putting nets over the things and then gathering tomatoes somehow under the nets.
I am not very good at tomatoes.
I have lemon balm for the first time. It was a gift. I’m really enjoying it. Sachets? I don’t know what else to do with it but I’m enjoying crushing it in my fingers.
Congrats on the raised beds. Sounds like your work is being well rewarded. Good on you.
This sounds so lovely. So lovely.
And, y’know … competent.
Also good for tomatoes.
My tomato foe is the squirrels so I am mostly demented with putting nets over the things and then gathering tomatoes somehow under the nets.
I am not very good at tomatoes.
I have lemon balm for the first time. It was a gift. I’m really enjoying it. Sachets? I don’t know what else to do with it but I’m enjoying crushing it in my fingers.
Congrats on the raised beds. Sounds like your work is being well rewarded. Good on you.
This sounds so lovely. So lovely.
And, y’know … competent.
Also good for tomatoes.
My tomato foe is the squirrels so I am mostly demented with putting nets over the things and then gathering tomatoes somehow under the nets.
I am not very good at tomatoes.
I have lemon balm for the first time. It was a gift. I’m really enjoying it. Sachets? I don’t know what else to do with it but I’m enjoying crushing it in my fingers.
Congrats on the raised beds. Sounds like your work is being well rewarded. Good on you.
I always plan to grow herbs from seed, but I mostly haven’t. Except cilantro, which is in all ways an excellent herb, unless you don’t like cilantro, of course.
Cilantro comes in big seeds, which are very satisfying to plant, and it can be eaten in salads even when it’s small, and it’s an annual.
Mostly I buy little pots of supermarket herbs because by the time I notice it’s time to plant herbs it’s , like, May or June.
If I were a farmer I would probably starve to death.
I always plan to grow herbs from seed, but I mostly haven’t. Except cilantro, which is in all ways an excellent herb, unless you don’t like cilantro, of course.
Cilantro comes in big seeds, which are very satisfying to plant, and it can be eaten in salads even when it’s small, and it’s an annual.
Mostly I buy little pots of supermarket herbs because by the time I notice it’s time to plant herbs it’s , like, May or June.
If I were a farmer I would probably starve to death.
I always plan to grow herbs from seed, but I mostly haven’t. Except cilantro, which is in all ways an excellent herb, unless you don’t like cilantro, of course.
Cilantro comes in big seeds, which are very satisfying to plant, and it can be eaten in salads even when it’s small, and it’s an annual.
Mostly I buy little pots of supermarket herbs because by the time I notice it’s time to plant herbs it’s , like, May or June.
If I were a farmer I would probably starve to death.
I always plan to grow herbs from seed, but I mostly haven’t. Except cilantro, which is in all ways an excellent herb, unless you don’t like cilantro, of course.
Cilantro comes in big seeds, which are very satisfying to plant, and it can be eaten in salads even when it’s small, and it’s an annual.
Mostly I buy little pots of supermarket herbs because by the time I notice it’s time to plant herbs it’s , like, May or June.
If I were a farmer I would probably starve to death.
I always plan to grow herbs from seed, but I mostly haven’t. Except cilantro, which is in all ways an excellent herb, unless you don’t like cilantro, of course.
Cilantro comes in big seeds, which are very satisfying to plant, and it can be eaten in salads even when it’s small, and it’s an annual.
Mostly I buy little pots of supermarket herbs because by the time I notice it’s time to plant herbs it’s , like, May or June.
If I were a farmer I would probably starve to death.
Somehow I’ve never grown lemon verbena. And I don’t cook with lemon grass. Do I think they’re ersatz or something?
I have to be more tolerant.
(jo walks along her back porch, being tolerant to the plants, especially the lemon verbena)
Somehow I’ve never grown lemon verbena. And I don’t cook with lemon grass. Do I think they’re ersatz or something?
I have to be more tolerant.
(jo walks along her back porch, being tolerant to the plants, especially the lemon verbena)
Somehow I’ve never grown lemon verbena. And I don’t cook with lemon grass. Do I think they’re ersatz or something?
I have to be more tolerant.
(jo walks along her back porch, being tolerant to the plants, especially the lemon verbena)
Somehow I’ve never grown lemon verbena. And I don’t cook with lemon grass. Do I think they’re ersatz or something?
I have to be more tolerant.
(jo walks along her back porch, being tolerant to the plants, especially the lemon verbena)
Somehow I’ve never grown lemon verbena. And I don’t cook with lemon grass. Do I think they’re ersatz or something?
I have to be more tolerant.
(jo walks along her back porch, being tolerant to the plants, especially the lemon verbena)
I only get herbs from pots for my garden. Just can’t get seeds going. I have Mexican oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, lavender and basil (have to replant that every year). They grow well in Texas. I dry them and have them all winter. I’ve even made up bottles for the family around Christmas. They are fresher than those in the store. I have everything needed for spaghetti!
I only get herbs from pots for my garden. Just can’t get seeds going. I have Mexican oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, lavender and basil (have to replant that every year). They grow well in Texas. I dry them and have them all winter. I’ve even made up bottles for the family around Christmas. They are fresher than those in the store. I have everything needed for spaghetti!
I only get herbs from pots for my garden. Just can’t get seeds going. I have Mexican oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, lavender and basil (have to replant that every year). They grow well in Texas. I dry them and have them all winter. I’ve even made up bottles for the family around Christmas. They are fresher than those in the store. I have everything needed for spaghetti!
I only get herbs from pots for my garden. Just can’t get seeds going. I have Mexican oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, lavender and basil (have to replant that every year). They grow well in Texas. I dry them and have them all winter. I’ve even made up bottles for the family around Christmas. They are fresher than those in the store. I have everything needed for spaghetti!
I only get herbs from pots for my garden. Just can’t get seeds going. I have Mexican oregano, sage, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, lavender and basil (have to replant that every year). They grow well in Texas. I dry them and have them all winter. I’ve even made up bottles for the family around Christmas. They are fresher than those in the store. I have everything needed for spaghetti!
I have a brown thumb, so my niece got me a Modern Sprout Garden Jar so I could grow Basil without over-or-under watering. It’s worked great – just have to add water w/soluble fertilizer. I love Tomatoes & cheese w/Basil, so I just pluck the right amount whenever I want.
I have a brown thumb, so my niece got me a Modern Sprout Garden Jar so I could grow Basil without over-or-under watering. It’s worked great – just have to add water w/soluble fertilizer. I love Tomatoes & cheese w/Basil, so I just pluck the right amount whenever I want.
I have a brown thumb, so my niece got me a Modern Sprout Garden Jar so I could grow Basil without over-or-under watering. It’s worked great – just have to add water w/soluble fertilizer. I love Tomatoes & cheese w/Basil, so I just pluck the right amount whenever I want.
I have a brown thumb, so my niece got me a Modern Sprout Garden Jar so I could grow Basil without over-or-under watering. It’s worked great – just have to add water w/soluble fertilizer. I love Tomatoes & cheese w/Basil, so I just pluck the right amount whenever I want.
I have a brown thumb, so my niece got me a Modern Sprout Garden Jar so I could grow Basil without over-or-under watering. It’s worked great – just have to add water w/soluble fertilizer. I love Tomatoes & cheese w/Basil, so I just pluck the right amount whenever I want.
You have a fine and lovely niece.
And isn’t it lovely to have fresh herbs at your fingertips.
I have to admit, basil is not my favorite herb. I should give it another few tries …
You have a fine and lovely niece.
And isn’t it lovely to have fresh herbs at your fingertips.
I have to admit, basil is not my favorite herb. I should give it another few tries …
You have a fine and lovely niece.
And isn’t it lovely to have fresh herbs at your fingertips.
I have to admit, basil is not my favorite herb. I should give it another few tries …
You have a fine and lovely niece.
And isn’t it lovely to have fresh herbs at your fingertips.
I have to admit, basil is not my favorite herb. I should give it another few tries …
You have a fine and lovely niece.
And isn’t it lovely to have fresh herbs at your fingertips.
I have to admit, basil is not my favorite herb. I should give it another few tries …
Yes. Dried herbs. I do love doing this.
Mint. That’s my favorite. That’s my nifty herbal tea … organic tea
Yes. Dried herbs. I do love doing this.
Mint. That’s my favorite. That’s my nifty herbal tea … organic tea
Yes. Dried herbs. I do love doing this.
Mint. That’s my favorite. That’s my nifty herbal tea … organic tea
Yes. Dried herbs. I do love doing this.
Mint. That’s my favorite. That’s my nifty herbal tea … organic tea
Yes. Dried herbs. I do love doing this.
Mint. That’s my favorite. That’s my nifty herbal tea … organic tea
I love my herb garden. I seem to be able to grow loads of different plants – comfrey, curry plant, variegated sage, different types of thyme and oregano, lemongrass, borage, Vietnamese mint, French tarragon, rosemary, climbing rosemary, lavendar, winter savoury, marjoram, peppermint and basic mint. The ones I highly recommend for decorative purposes are climbing rosemary, which is tough as old boots and covers unsightly walls. And pineapple sage grows very high for a herb and throws up beautiful red flowers which the bees adore. I grow garlic very successfully. But I just can’t seem to keep parsley or chive plants for more than one season. And I’ve never been able to figure out why.
I love my herb garden. I seem to be able to grow loads of different plants – comfrey, curry plant, variegated sage, different types of thyme and oregano, lemongrass, borage, Vietnamese mint, French tarragon, rosemary, climbing rosemary, lavendar, winter savoury, marjoram, peppermint and basic mint. The ones I highly recommend for decorative purposes are climbing rosemary, which is tough as old boots and covers unsightly walls. And pineapple sage grows very high for a herb and throws up beautiful red flowers which the bees adore. I grow garlic very successfully. But I just can’t seem to keep parsley or chive plants for more than one season. And I’ve never been able to figure out why.
I love my herb garden. I seem to be able to grow loads of different plants – comfrey, curry plant, variegated sage, different types of thyme and oregano, lemongrass, borage, Vietnamese mint, French tarragon, rosemary, climbing rosemary, lavendar, winter savoury, marjoram, peppermint and basic mint. The ones I highly recommend for decorative purposes are climbing rosemary, which is tough as old boots and covers unsightly walls. And pineapple sage grows very high for a herb and throws up beautiful red flowers which the bees adore. I grow garlic very successfully. But I just can’t seem to keep parsley or chive plants for more than one season. And I’ve never been able to figure out why.
I love my herb garden. I seem to be able to grow loads of different plants – comfrey, curry plant, variegated sage, different types of thyme and oregano, lemongrass, borage, Vietnamese mint, French tarragon, rosemary, climbing rosemary, lavendar, winter savoury, marjoram, peppermint and basic mint. The ones I highly recommend for decorative purposes are climbing rosemary, which is tough as old boots and covers unsightly walls. And pineapple sage grows very high for a herb and throws up beautiful red flowers which the bees adore. I grow garlic very successfully. But I just can’t seem to keep parsley or chive plants for more than one season. And I’ve never been able to figure out why.
I love my herb garden. I seem to be able to grow loads of different plants – comfrey, curry plant, variegated sage, different types of thyme and oregano, lemongrass, borage, Vietnamese mint, French tarragon, rosemary, climbing rosemary, lavendar, winter savoury, marjoram, peppermint and basic mint. The ones I highly recommend for decorative purposes are climbing rosemary, which is tough as old boots and covers unsightly walls. And pineapple sage grows very high for a herb and throws up beautiful red flowers which the bees adore. I grow garlic very successfully. But I just can’t seem to keep parsley or chive plants for more than one season. And I’ve never been able to figure out why.
Climbing rosemary and pineapple sage. I will keep these in mind for next year.
There’s always something new to discover, just when you were sinking into a pleasant routine.
I saw a lovely yellow rose in a pot in the flower stall at my supermarket. “I will take this home,” I said to myself, and take care of it till the flowers fade and then put it outside to expire gracefully in the wind and heat.
So I repotted it outside so it would be comfy (not to be mistaken for comfrey) for its last weeks.
Then it started blooming all over the place and started growing, of all things, and hasn’t stopped yet. I am delighted and surprised when I see it every morning.
I don’t expect it to overwinter. But who knows? Who knows?
Climbing rosemary and pineapple sage. I will keep these in mind for next year.
There’s always something new to discover, just when you were sinking into a pleasant routine.
I saw a lovely yellow rose in a pot in the flower stall at my supermarket. “I will take this home,” I said to myself, and take care of it till the flowers fade and then put it outside to expire gracefully in the wind and heat.
So I repotted it outside so it would be comfy (not to be mistaken for comfrey) for its last weeks.
Then it started blooming all over the place and started growing, of all things, and hasn’t stopped yet. I am delighted and surprised when I see it every morning.
I don’t expect it to overwinter. But who knows? Who knows?
Climbing rosemary and pineapple sage. I will keep these in mind for next year.
There’s always something new to discover, just when you were sinking into a pleasant routine.
I saw a lovely yellow rose in a pot in the flower stall at my supermarket. “I will take this home,” I said to myself, and take care of it till the flowers fade and then put it outside to expire gracefully in the wind and heat.
So I repotted it outside so it would be comfy (not to be mistaken for comfrey) for its last weeks.
Then it started blooming all over the place and started growing, of all things, and hasn’t stopped yet. I am delighted and surprised when I see it every morning.
I don’t expect it to overwinter. But who knows? Who knows?
Climbing rosemary and pineapple sage. I will keep these in mind for next year.
There’s always something new to discover, just when you were sinking into a pleasant routine.
I saw a lovely yellow rose in a pot in the flower stall at my supermarket. “I will take this home,” I said to myself, and take care of it till the flowers fade and then put it outside to expire gracefully in the wind and heat.
So I repotted it outside so it would be comfy (not to be mistaken for comfrey) for its last weeks.
Then it started blooming all over the place and started growing, of all things, and hasn’t stopped yet. I am delighted and surprised when I see it every morning.
I don’t expect it to overwinter. But who knows? Who knows?
Climbing rosemary and pineapple sage. I will keep these in mind for next year.
There’s always something new to discover, just when you were sinking into a pleasant routine.
I saw a lovely yellow rose in a pot in the flower stall at my supermarket. “I will take this home,” I said to myself, and take care of it till the flowers fade and then put it outside to expire gracefully in the wind and heat.
So I repotted it outside so it would be comfy (not to be mistaken for comfrey) for its last weeks.
Then it started blooming all over the place and started growing, of all things, and hasn’t stopped yet. I am delighted and surprised when I see it every morning.
I don’t expect it to overwinter. But who knows? Who knows?
I wish I could keep *any* plant alive, but especially herbs. Might try again this year now that our kitties have passed away 🙁 and there’s no longer a threat from that corner…
I wish I could keep *any* plant alive, but especially herbs. Might try again this year now that our kitties have passed away 🙁 and there’s no longer a threat from that corner…
I wish I could keep *any* plant alive, but especially herbs. Might try again this year now that our kitties have passed away 🙁 and there’s no longer a threat from that corner…
I wish I could keep *any* plant alive, but especially herbs. Might try again this year now that our kitties have passed away 🙁 and there’s no longer a threat from that corner…
I wish I could keep *any* plant alive, but especially herbs. Might try again this year now that our kitties have passed away 🙁 and there’s no longer a threat from that corner…
Cats do terrible things to gardens. But I love them anyway.
I even love them more than my plants, which is lucky for the cat.
Cats do terrible things to gardens. But I love them anyway.
I even love them more than my plants, which is lucky for the cat.
Cats do terrible things to gardens. But I love them anyway.
I even love them more than my plants, which is lucky for the cat.
Cats do terrible things to gardens. But I love them anyway.
I even love them more than my plants, which is lucky for the cat.
Cats do terrible things to gardens. But I love them anyway.
I even love them more than my plants, which is lucky for the cat.