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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 8:29:52 PM
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what are some of your most favorite herbs?
i love basil ... yummmmm .. pesto .. i just love the smell of basil!
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
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Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 9:19:21 PM
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Oh Frannie, you're too wonderful! I love all of your new questions here tonight and seems I agree with you on most everything! Basil is my absolute favorite and I just whipped up a batch of pesto for the freezer tonight! There's a "fresh" photo on my blog today. I'm also growing oregano, chamomile, rosemary and lavender. I love growing herbs!
Catherine
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 9:46:57 PM
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Lemon Verbena and Basil for sure. I love all sorts of herbs..dill is another favorite. I could never narrow it down to just one!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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EagleNest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary
Yakima
WA
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Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 9:59:27 PM
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I love parsley, chives and lavender. Two for cooking and one for smellin. My grandpa taught me to spit green with parsley and I taught both my sons. I figure you're not a farm boy if you can't spit green. Yeah I know spitting is not nice. I taught my sons to jump on bed too. My mother says I'm crazy.
Mary
Oh by the way my sons are 14 and 11, and quit jumping on beds years ago. Thank goodness.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 02 2006 : 11:16:51 PM
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How could I forget lavender????Just to hard to narrow it down for sure!!
I love the "spitting green" story. I have an aunt that was so fun like that and she and her kids would have done that..as well as jumping on beds. Her kids always got to wear whatever they wanted..WHEREVER they wanted..they looked pretty funny sometimes..but I was more than a little jealous. It was like Halloween every day in that house..haha
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 05:30:30 AM
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Okay, so how exactly does one spit green? I am thinking that you would mush a bunch of the parsley in the mouth and get a good mouthful of green goo going, then let it fly? This would be something fun to teach some little kids!
Jo |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
1122 Posts
Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 06:28:29 AM
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My absolute favorite herb is rosemary, even though it makes my DH itch like crazy if he brushes up against it! (That's why my herb garden will be for me and he can have his own if he likes!)
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 06:28:57 AM
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oh .. and watermellon spitting contests is one of my most favorite things to do whenever watermellon presents itself at a gathering!
gonna' have to try that 'green goo' spittin' thing! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9093 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 06:42:18 AM
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YA ALL SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF BASEBALL PLAYERS!! HA
NANCY JO |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 06:56:28 AM
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Frannie- You are on a roll with your questions!!
I love anise hyssop, basil, lemon balm, rosemary, chocolate mint,lavender, oregano and thyme. I cook with lavender as well as smell it. Hmmmm. Lavender sugar cookies sound pretty tasty right about now! 
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 06:58:45 AM
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Oops. It posted twice!!
Karin |
Edited by - Mumof3 on Aug 03 2006 07:02:55 AM |
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theherblady
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Jan
Glasford
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 07:48:10 AM
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I love the smell of basil and of rosemary...I could just roll in it! Maybe I should market some perfume~~
Jan |
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garliclady
True Blue Farmgirl
274 Posts
Reidsville
NC
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
237 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 08:49:30 AM
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My garden has a lot of basil, thyme, two kinds of oregano, dill, 2 rosemary plants ( bring them in in the winter) cilantro, parsley... I can't remember what else! I love to run my hands over everything and smell that for the next hour or so...it is better than any perfume I have ever smelled! If anyone does market that perfume, I am so there!!!!!
Kelly
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2006 : 3:12:34 PM
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i just made some 'basil butter' to go with the cheese biscuits i'm making for dinner tonight .. i know it doesn't have much time to absorb .. but it'll look pretty! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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Lynn B
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Lynn
Derry
NH
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2006 : 12:13:38 PM
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without a doubt, basil! Maybe that's the italian in me! :)
Thyme and rosemary have to be close seconds...oh and flat-leaf parsley! Oh...they're all good!!
Has anyone tried grating fresh nutmeg instead of using the bottle grated? I haven't yet, but am wondering if it's as fantastic as I hear! (not really an herb, but a spice is close enough for my mind to tie together!) |
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Nance in France
True Blue Farmgirl
1438 Posts
Nancy
St. Laurent de la Salanque
France
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Posted - Aug 21 2006 : 02:47:49 AM
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| Oh, tough one. Like potato chips, I can't pick just one! Fresh basil made into pesto eaten that same day; then I freeze the rest to get me through the winter. And Greek Oregano in a salad with feta cheese, now that is one lusty tasting herb! Hubby uses Italian Parsley (and rosemary on the grill) mostly for cooking. He doesn't like basil much, but I married him anyway!! I have a big lemon verbena, a red flowered sage, and some lavender plants growing under the clothesline. I love to cut and hang big bunches in the kitchen in the autumn, too. Cannot imagine our lives without those little gems! Nance |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Aug 21 2006 : 09:23:11 AM
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Right now I have lemon thyme, Greek oregano, regular ol' thyme, and some purple and green sage. Oh, and some spearmint that got out years ago (uh-oh!) and some deeeeelicious chives.
I used to have a huge herb garden. The people that used to live here had an in-ground pool that they took with them. That left a huge, perfectly round piece of absolutely billiard ball bald ground. Well I decided that was an herb garden waiting to happen! I tilled it up fluffy, made a center planting, made spokes like a wheel, and had a center circle path, too. Each little section was filled with something: borage, lemon balm, rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, hyssop, dill, nasturtiums, violas, different colors of basil, scented geraniums, etc.
Time went on and I let it go. The persistent chives and spearmint are all that remain; it's been taken over by sod. I even let my adjacent asparagus patch go. (It was tired; it was more than 35 years old.) I sure miss that pretty little garden though; maybe I'll make another one someplace else sometime. Unfortunately, that spot is too shady now to make it work there again.
It's been fun hearing about your favorites! |
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santa_gertrudis_gal
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Kim
Groesbeck
Texas
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 21 2006 : 11:02:29 AM
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Oh, Mary Ann, what a dream! A wonderful idea for the ranch....
My favorites in no particular order.
Basil
Oregano
Thyme
Rosemary
Cilantro -fresh
Curled Parsley - fresh
Bay Leaves
Marjoram
Sage
Garlic - goes in almost everything!
Kim
Heaven is a day at the ranch with my Santa Gertrudis! |
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zilzirk
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Liz
Fort Mill
South Carolina
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2006 : 10:38:57 AM
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All of the above! and I just have to plant bronze fennel! Love the look of that beauty! and danty chamomile flowers and chives!
a city girl with farm roots |
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MullersLaneFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Rock Falls
IL
596 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2006 : 11:07:06 AM
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rosemary
large leaf basil
lavender
sweet globe basil
dill
lemon basil
mint
purple ruffle basil
chocolate mint
garlic
thyme
chives
lemon thyme
oregano
tarragon
sage
comfrey root
echinacea
Cyndi
Muller's Lane Farm http://www.mullerslanefarm.com
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