I have Hallepenos that are just getting ready to bloom that I planted about a month ago, sweet basil that is just starting to become a useful group of plants (starting to take off, again plantes about a month ago from seed), and a pot-full of oregano seeds that I planted today. I also planted a pot-full of chives, and 72 tomato seeds in a Jiffy Starter kit that came with peat-pellets in a plastic tray. By the time may rolls around, they sould be ready to transplant outside. On payday, I'm going to purchase two hanging strawberry kits, each holding 10 everbearing plants, and 2 kits for hanging grape tomatoes.
And don't forget the herbs you might already be growing, and not even know it. I will be trying to grow lavender this year. I already have wild roses growing in a large bushy pland. I have wild raspberries (the leaves are a great herb with medicinal properties that can be used in teas. And don't forget dandylion leaves, and wild weed such as sourgrass and comfrey. You probably have a good number of herbs growing in your lawn. I know that I do. I have a neighbor that thinks my lawn is a mess. It is cut, and isn't an eyesore or anything. But it definately has more than just grass in it. And I like it that way. That neighbor can just jump in the lake (and in my neck of the woods, the lakes are cold year-round.
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Go on line and look at household herbs. You might be suprised to find that some of the flowers growing in your yard are not only beautiful, but can be used as herbs too. Think nasturniums (sp), chrysanthemums, roses, etc.
I think that with 72 tomato plants, I'm going to be a very busy canner this August, and with tomatoes truly ripened on the vine. I can hardly wait for a great blt. and salads with tomato flavor, and sauces, and...
Oh, and those strawberries, the leaves are herbs as well. And then there's the cilantro, whose seeds are known as coriander. That grows very well in my back-yard garden
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Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North