grow an herb garden

Growing herbs was as easy as I was told it was.

^{August 13, 2006}

So far so good. For a few bucks (about $4.00 if I remember correctly) and a little time, I got all of this (see photo). Every two weeks or so I put some Miracle-Gro in the water but other than that I didn’t do anything special with them. Herbs seem to be as easy to grow as I was led to believe.

Basil
The basil (backrow in the photo) is great however if I had to do it over again I would have grown tarragon, rosemary or sage instead – just my personal herb preference. The basil did take up a little time (besides watering) to prune the flowers but it’s not a big deal really.

Thyme
The thyme is also wonderful and took virtually no additional time besides watering.

Next: making a lot of pesto.

^{July 14, 2006}
After transplanting the thyme plants it took them some time to get growing but now they are really doing well (see picture).

^{July 14, 2006}

Catastrophe Nipped in the Bud
Last week the basil plants looked real bad, all the leaves were wilting (you know, the part that I want to eat). I ‘fixed’ them by removing all of the flower buds. I guess the flowering part was feeding off of the leafy part. The basil seems to have recovered (see picture).

Stupid flowers, I can’t eat them. If I had wanted to look at flowers then I would have planted flowers.

Basil, get in my belly!

^{June 4, 2006}

I added a little Miracle-Gro to the water again today. I read somewhere online that recommended fertilizer every two weeks, so that’s what I’m going to do.

Note: it’s been overcast the last few days so I haven’t taken another picture, hopefully one day this week it will be sunny and I’ll take a picture or two.

^{Sunday May 21, 2006}

I threw some Miracle-Gro into the water before I watered the herbs today. They’re looking and smelling good, especially the Basil (pictured).

Next: I will transfer a few of the plants into larger hanging pots.

(note to self: next time don’t take pictures with green background.)

I found some Miracle Grow in the garage. It’s labeled 15-30-15 concentration; I think I read some where that I should use 5-10-5 comcentration.

Next: fertilizer application, pictures coming soon!

About a week ago I bought a few plants of Thyme and Sweet Basil. I replanted them in larger containers with top soil and potting soil.

Everything seems to be going well, however a squirrel (stupid squirrels) dug up one of the Thyme plants.

Next: plant food for herbs (Miracle Grow?).