I planted a small spring garden and most of it survived the tree. Later, really too late, but our spring weather was hot, I planted a few tomato plants and […]
Hanging Mint to Dry
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
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 […]
Lemon Balm in April
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 […]
Onions and Herbs
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
This 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 […]
Basil
Basil, I love basil! The scanned image shown here is from the 2004 Burpee seed package. In my opinion, everyone that can should grow basil at least once in his […]
