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| JojoNH |
Posted - Apr 19 2009 : 3:37:53 PM
I would love to hear about your kitchen herb garden! Pictures to if you have them.  I am just getting mine ready for planting and will provide pictures as I get going.
What do you plant in yours? What do you wish you could plant? Do you harvest enough from your garden to provide for your kitchen needs all winter?
Joanna
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 04:57:29 AM
Hi Marly, My herbs are coming along in my new garden. . . just had to put up a fence to keep the moose from walking on all of them! Poor little things, just been planted and Mama Moose with baby in tow walked right through them. . . they are a little beat up but doing good!
I have already harvested from several of my herbs while waiting to plant them. .. Sage, lemon thyme, mint, oregano and catnip. Since planting them a week ago, the rosemary is growing like crazy so I may be able to take a few snips this weekend!
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| Bear5 |
Posted - Jun 10 2009 : 8:35:07 PM
Joanna:
My sweet hubby and I have a Herb garden outside. Rather small. We have onion tops, parsley, rosemary, chives, sunflowers.
All is growing beautifully.
Marly
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 03:23:12 AM
Hi Belle, I remember that garden!! Yours sounds wonderful!!!! To be able to step outside your kitchen and snip whatever it is you need. . . I love that. You made me giggle about the hogs. . . lol.
Not sure if I will ever get a garden planted this year. . it snowed again last night and we are at 32 degrees this morning. I am seriously considering the container gardens again ( did it last year since we had 72 straight days of rain starting the end of May)
I would love to see some pictures of your garden sometime.
Joanna #566
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| Bellepepper |
Posted - May 31 2009 : 12:42:02 PM
I have had an herb garden for about 20 years. Not smart enough to post pics but will tell you about it. I saw a garden in a magazine and it was called a colonial Kitchen garden. It had 4 squard beds in the middle, the pathways made a cross. Then A narrower bed all around the outside with a picket fence outside of that. the gate has an arch that Grow climbing roses on. I grow all my herbs around the border beds and plant my salad veggies in the center 4 square beds. I have Oregano, Marjorum, Chives, thyme (3 kinds) Sage, Celantro, parsley, basil, dill, mustard (for greens and seed) rosemary and bronz fennel. I have cherry tomatoes (red and orange) different kinds of lettuce, green onions, radishes, spinach, kale, snow peas, swiss chard and endive. Oh, and I can't forget WEEDS. According to the magazine article, the picket fence was to keep the hogs out. It must work because I have never had a hog get into my Colonial Kitchen garden. Oh, almost forgot, It has to be located just a few steps outside the kitchen door. It is really handy to run out and snip a few herbs while fixing supper. |
| JojoNH |
Posted - May 30 2009 : 10:12:01 AM
In order for her plants to winter over at Mt.Vernon, she dug down 3-4 feet and planted her garden. Then when winter was setting in, she filled it with straw. In the spring after all danger of frost was gone, she would slowly remove the straw as the plants began to show signs of life.
Digging the garden down, puts everything low enough so the bitter winds and frost won't get to them. Hoping it will work here.
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - May 30 2009 : 07:10:40 AM
What is Martha Washington's gardening method?
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| JojoNH |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 10:18:57 AM
Wow, all of you have herbs to dye for!! I have started several of my herbs from seed. On Saturday, I came across a nursery that was selling herbs. . . needless to say, I came home with a tray full!
I have a dedicated spot for my herbs in the big garden as well as my small garden. I am trying to get certain ones to "winter over" which is a challenge in the North Country. We are a zone 3 which could easily slip into a zone 2 .. . that is Mother Nature's call
So far I am successful with Comfrey, Chives, Garlic, Wild Garlic and mint. This fall I will set up an indoor green house for all the cuttings from the main plants and attempt to winter them over using Martha Washington's gardening method. If it is successful, I will be able to grow whatever I want If not, I will have all the cuttings ready to go.
I cannot wait until I can get all of these herbs out into our gardens.
Tonight it will be in the low 20's again, so they still need to be kept indoors for a few more weeks.  So hard having a green thumb while living where it is cold more than it is warm!
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| corporatefarmgirl |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 06:32:24 AM
hey joanna ~ this is just our 3rd season on our little farm too! like you i have spent some time watching the land as the seasons change. right now i have herbs in my kitchen garden and mixed in with my larger garden ( which is for food storage and sharing). i have decided that next year, in addition to the current locations, there will be a few different spots for the herbs. i plan on having one spot for herbs that are medicinal, i need a seperate spot for nettle, i will have my tea garden, and a large patch of calendula. my lavendar ( which is tough to grow here ) is going to be spread out so in a few different spots.
i kind of like the idea of roaming through the property to collect the herbs...
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| lovelady |
Posted - May 25 2009 : 04:22:41 AM
This is only my second year having a garden of my own, but I have been planting herbs amongst my vegetables like RedHoopWoman does. This year I have Italian parsley, dill, oregano, thyme, sweet basil, cinnamon basil, variegated basil, rosemary, borage, lemon balm, pineapple sage, peppermint, cilantro, and I am sure that I have missed a couple. I have planted chives in several places, but none have come up yet. I really thought they would be one of the easiest to grow. My only real problem is remembering to use them! |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - May 24 2009 : 7:58:48 PM
I mean lemon verbena. I just love to pinch and smell that one. |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - May 24 2009 : 7:56:11 PM
I used to have larger herb gardens. We've had to tear up the gardens due to replacing septic lines. Over the years I transplanted the herbs in different parts of the acreage. Didn't label, and now don't remember where anything is. I can always tell the chives (garlic & regular),and I can tell where the thyme strayed to. Hubby says the yard smells really great when her mows. This is the first year I am trying container gardening. (We are trying to grow grass again). So, far its violets ..which I don't mind, creeping charlie..I mind, and moss (I don't mind), and toadstools with lots of other fungus amoung us. Ha. :)Anyway, This year we have tarragon, chives of course, basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, chamomile, apple mint, chocolate mint, pineapple sage, reg. sage, and lemon bergamont. I dry or use it all, or make tiny wreaths for gifts. |
| RedHoopWoman |
Posted - May 24 2009 : 7:29:46 PM
I like to interplant my culinary herbs throughout my garden rather than have a designated spot,I like the diversity of planting that way,I have common and garlic chives,basils and oreganos planted by my tomatoes and eggplants,nasturtium interplanted with the pole beans and then patches of parsley,sage,dill,fenugreek and fennel throughout the garden and then a little tea garden with thyme,mints,chamomile,anise hyssop and lemon verbena.
I ordered a packet of mixed varieties of basils from Pinetree Garden Seeds and am glad I did,it's turned up a colorful and fragrant variety of basils for making pestos and I always plant alot of chives because I tend to use alot of them throughout the Summer.
I wish you all were closer to share some of these plants with,I love all my happy little herbs and would love to share them,I have so many lovely basils and mints!
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| SusieQue |
Posted - May 24 2009 : 6:50:41 PM
Joanna, Mine is small but I have Basil (favorite), thyme and rosemary. I did plant some lavender also for sachets. I eat Basil in my salads as well as cooking with it, so have more of it than the other plants.
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Apr 21 2009 : 05:01:52 AM
Hi Belle!
It does not matter the size of your garden, just the fact that you have one started!! Love the pictures too! Folks here in the north country are going to have a tough time finding seedlings and seeds. Some of the places where our local merchants purchase items have been told that they cut back the production of plants by 50%!! Makes me very happy that I harvested a lot of my seeds last fall.
Joanna #566
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| homesteaderbelle |
Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 6:12:19 PM
You can see pictures of my herbs here - http://homesteaderbellesblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-years-garden-so-far.html
My kitchen herb garden is very small right now.
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Apr 20 2009 : 07:50:10 AM
Wow, that is a great herb garden for sure! Since this is our 3rd season here, I will finally have the opportunity to increase my herb garden. The first year was simply cleaning up everything and seeing what was actually in the garden. Last year I started planting my herbs and seeing what will winter over and what will not. Now that I have a better "feel" for our area, I will continue to increase the size a little each season.
This year I will give Lavender a shot. . not sure it will make our tough winters, however, I am willing to try. . . after all, the comfrey survived quite well and was not suppose to at all!
Joanna #566
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Apr 19 2009 : 4:01:29 PM
Joanna - I have always planted herbs. This year I have a whole section of my garden devoted to herbs as well as the flower bed in front of the house. There are some pictures on my blog if you click on the link below. I dont quite have everything planted yet but I am growing cilantro, parsley, two types of sage(pineapple and common), oregano, thyme(lemon and verigated), marjoram, lemonbalm, stevia, dill, basil, lavender, rosemary and if I can find some I'd like to plant some chamomile.
I have about tripled what I have planted in terms of herbs this year but I have always had enough for me to use year round. I dry lots of the herbs and put into little jars for use in recipes. And some I chop and place into ice cube trays with a little water. I freeze them and then can easily add them to soups and such.
My rosemary and thyme will grow year round for sure. If I am careful I can usually hang on to someof the others at least until late november and early december. If I have an excess of dried (or fresh) I will give it to friends and family.
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