pictures of my herbs

top_dollar_bread · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject: pictures of my herbs

i recently purchased some new herbs and i thought id share some images of my progress and few other herbs im currently growing.

first up is comfrey (some call the miracle herb)
i got this rooted cutting a few days ago, a member here helped point me in the right direction and this thing is taking off Wink

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next up is some buckwheat, new to me but seems to be growing well

this image is befor i thinned them out, i planted some spouts in different locations on my freshly rained on garden soil Very Happy

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after

next up is good old alfalfa

and i finally got my chamomile seeds to germ Smile

borage planted in strait coco (only planted a day ago)

im testing the coco cuz i was told that some products some times still have salts even when they claimed to have rinse the media but i have no way of testing how much salt is still left, poor borage seed is my lab rat Twisted Evil

nothing yet http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac78/top_dollar_bread/DSC01492.jpg
here's some culantro

and cilantro

now for the basils or my worm food, i grow more then enough basil and my worms eat most of it
dark opal

red rubin

summer long

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3842870824_2552c74176.jpg
some sweet basil's

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2541/3842079485_0fa0c78d32_o.jpg
cinnamon and lemon basil
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac78/top_dollar_bread/IMG00446.jpg
http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac78/top_dollar_bread/IMG00445.jpg
lemon balm

mints (peppermint and spearmint)

http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac78/top_dollar_bread/DSC01504.jpg

oregano
before

after

thyme
lemon

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and sage

http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac78/top_dollar_bread/DSC01511.jpg

well thats the herbs, need more and i may continue to post more images
thanks for looking

rainbowgardener · Mod Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 6082 Location: Ohio, USA

Everything looks healthy and beautiful! I love herbs. I've been working on drying and bottling up mine. Have about 10 jars full bottled up so far, but more to come. Still out picking today, but hard frost due tonight, so that will be about the end of it....

Sage Hermit · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:32 am Post subject:

Every new thread I read I almost have too much joy I forget what to write.

you had russian sage. Very Yumm taste for tea. The llight grey one is the same variety I repoted today.
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rainbowgardener · Mod Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 6082 Location: Ohio, USA

Right, and very nice Sage Hermit, it is joyful! Smile

I have grown the purple opal basil and the red rubin (as well as various greens). For some reason the red rubin has never thrived very well for me--harder to start from seed, lower germination rate, slower growing and then once you get it going, it still doesn't thrive. But I LOVE the purple opal basil; it is the most delicious, heady, perfumy fragrance! I do a big container on the deck with one green basil and one purple basil together. Even in a big container, it still stunts their growth a little bit to be together, but worth it for how ornamental it is.

Sage Hermit · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:52 am Post subject:

My friend from UAE showed me how to make his countries tea.
Base:
1 boil water.
2 let settle on low
3 add sage. (its an over powering herb)
4. add a teaspoon or two rosewater. Arabic: Ma-ward
5. add just a table spoon of sugar
6. add mint or any of your fav tea bags.
Add: Sugar / Honey / Cream as you like.

Very wonderful tea. I have no other use for rosewater than this special tea Surprised

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