growing herbs?

Sarahsaver

What are snails like pal? Just read the river cottage book and thats the only thing i don't fancy.
In my garden - and its not big - I have these herbs:
chives
bay
thai basil
oregano
sage
thyme
lemon thyme
rosemary
mint (2 types)
I will probably do some parsley but I am not bad about that. Most of these are established plants, even the chives re-plant themselves!
I would say GROW GROW GROW as many as you can, make sure you put mint in a bucket unless you want it to grow everywhere.
Get seeds from poundland - even the 'fresh' herb plants from supermarkets are a huge rip off, and they have a sell buy date! How can you put a date on a supposedly living thing!
Herbs can then be either dried or frozen so you have a supply to last all year.

tiff

Is it too late to sow seeds now? I bought some in Lidls weeks ago and never got round to planting them. I have chives, swiss chard and coriander I think.

Penny-Wise_4

Snails - a bit like garlic mushroom flavoured elastic bands - or were mine just badly cooked?

herbs i grow outdoors:

Rosemary
Lemon Thyme
Marjoram
Lavendar (it is edible - a bit like rosemary)

on my kitchen windowsill

Garlic
Thyme
Chives
Parsley
Mint
basil


Grow herbs which you will use. I' prefer to grow basil and parsley indoors so i can keep an eye on them and water them when they need it, otherwise they tend to shrivell :-(

honey

I've got about 14 basil seedlings that have come up in a single pot - do these need to be singled out or should they grow together?? (I've kept them together so far following the example of supermarket pots! )

They are about an inch high at the mo :j

moggins

tiff wrote:

Is it too late to sow seeds now? I bought some in Lidls weeks ago and never got round to planting them. I have chives, swiss chard and coriander I think.

Not if you get them in quick tiff, if you manage to plant them within the next few days you should be okay. I have certain packets hanging around that have to be planted in May so I've had to reserve half of my seed beds for these

moggins

honey wrote:

I've got about 14 basil seedlings that have come up in a single pot - do these need to be singled out or should they grow together?? (I've kept them together so far following the example of supermarket pots! )

They are about an inch high at the mo :j

Yes, transplant them so you have about 3 in each pot when they have grown their secondary leaves.

tiff

moggins wrote:

Not if you get them in quick tiff, if you manage to plant them within the next few days you should be okay. I have certain packets hanging around that have to be planted in May so I've had to reserve half of my seed beds for these

Thanks Moggins, will get them going then, will also plant garlic too.

spalding

Anyone any tips on best way to grow garlic?

moggins

Just shove a single clove into a pot filled with compost(unpeeled) water it regularly but don't drown it and watch it grow like b******y

spalding

cool will give at a try