Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

wik

Happy 8 Months Anni my Darlinginist Mrs & Mr Stripes xxx

beanielou

Yah for expenses indeed

rtandon27

wik wrote: »

Happy 8 Months Anni my Darlinginist Mrs & Mr Stripes xxx

Wow - 8 months already?!?:j - Where did the time go?

Happy 3/4 Year Milestone!:D

Pippilongstocking

Waves to all - this morning has been sucked in by MORE plumbers.

The joys of multiple quotes.

I'm now about to start the house cleaning inbetween the showers.

I'll wave at the garden on the way past.

Mr S and I had a wee anniversary dinner last night (although we'd both forgot, lets call it that). Thanks to Wik for reminding us.

He treated. My budget remains intact. Although i bought him a bag of maltesers and a reduced cake on the way home, I'm nice like that.

Spends up by £1.05

Have a great day - I'm off to attack something with a cloot.



Tell me some of you are doing something more exciting than I am!

rtandon27

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

...Tell me some of you are doing something more exciting than I am!

Well not really more exciting but fun none-the-less...

We went to Toad Hall Garden centre & bought a hanging basket & 2 pots of fushia to help rescue one of last year's hanging baskets. New basket to go at front door once well watered & fushia to be potted up once I find the gardening gloves!

(The Garden centre is on the grounds of the house that inspired the Toad Hall in 'that' book!)

Sage plant in herb garden has turned into a sage bush and needs a serious trim, but it is still flowering & the bees love it so maybe not this weekend.

Bay bush is turning into bay tree as planned but needs limbing up and some shaping. Will have to dry bay leaves to distribute to work mates & friends and then get some small bags to parcel up the rest for gifties throughout the year.

Chives can't be found this year, so the sage must have crowded them out, but the greek oregano, lemon verbena (?), and rosemary seems to have done well. A small confession about the oregano & rosemary - they never made it out of their pots last year, but have rooted into the ground through the bottom of the pots & thrived!

Also have a few potted plant survivors from last year that need some attention! A bit of pruning & perhaps a soil top-up?

starnac

How do you dry herbs rt? pippi? we have rosemary and chives at the moment. I want more but we don't use enough fresh herbs to warrant more. If I could dry them however, that would be a different argument

rtandon27

starnac wrote: »

How do you dry herbs rt? pippi? we have rosemary and chives at the moment. I want more but we don't use enough fresh herbs to warrant more. If I could dry them however, that would be a different argument

Starnac - I dry mine in a convection oven on a very low heat using parchment lined pizza trays (the ones with holes in them) - Have a look here for good instructions. Her tip about not bothering to take the leaves off the stems until dry is a good one - I do my herbs about 100C to 150C and store them in (recycled) glass jars.

Igamogam

starnac wrote: »

How do you dry herbs rt? pippi? we have rosemary and chives at the moment. I want more but we don't use enough fresh herbs to warrant more. If I could dry them however, that would be a different argument

Chop chives finely an fill ice cube tray compartments. Add a bit of water and you have a handy cube whenever needed. Works well with parsley, tarragon, sage, oregano, coriander and basil too. Think it would be ok with mint but havent tried it as I have a pot of mint on the go all year round. Thyme and rosemary dry beautifully in oven or can be hung in bunches in a dry sunny spot covered in either a muslin or paper bag to keep dust off

Cheery_Daff

i hang my herbs (mostly rosemary, sage, oregano) in bunches over the stairs from an old grill thing leave for a couple of weeks and the crumble with fingers into jars.

but then i'm probably less fussy than most about dust rofl

beanielou

Chuck me a malteaser, ta