It’ll be a month, really, before I can start planting seeds, two months before I can really justify starting slips, and about five and half months before I can safely put tender herbs in the ground outside.
I do grow herbs already; I just want to do a better job of it this year. In particular:
Expand and keep a sage bed weed free. (Reward: sausages!!)
Keep my lemon thyme alive, and maybe expand it. I put it in a kind of weird place last year (under the eaves of the garage porch), so I might want to think of a regular bed for it.
Marjoram: grew golden marjoram last year, but didn’t bother eating any of it. I need to start some slips when my tiny patch of marjoram comes up, and expand the bed . . . somewhere. Also, I need to eat it. (-: It’s supposed to be super-healthy.
Rosemary: to pot or not to pot? I keep forgetting to water, and the poor things dry out. I better prepare a raised bed. Where? Although, green pots that the roses were in last year worked quite well, and I’m wintering those guys over.
Lavender: Got a good start on a raised lavender bed last year. See what survives, buy plants, and get them in the 4-ft by 4-ft bed. Keep weeded.
Dill: Start in pots when MIL starts my pickling cukes. Three big pots, and 6 transplanting pots for outside dill.
Chamomile: sigh. I want it. I just don’t want to keep it weeded, and keep an eye on it so it gets picked and actually made into tea.
Lemon balm: maintain. (-: I’ve done well with the lemon balm for a change these last couple of years.
Lemon verbena: maintain. Can I keep them healthy in their pots? I guess I better start a couple of new ones, just in case. Maybe put them in a raised bed?
Scented geraniums: maintain. Get some in the ground this year?
Nasturtiums. Plant these, and figure out where I want them to go. I’ve been doing pretty well by them, even though I haven’t been eating them.
Parsley: ?? My MIL does those well. Should just leave it up to her. Or ask her to pot some extras for me, and then I can use them as edging in the veggie garden. (I’ll give her some of my nasties again (-:.)
Spearmint and peppermints: seriously? Maintain. They are doing fine. Perhaps lay down some newspaper to kill the neighboring grass so they can expand a little more.
Chives: This really is neverending. I should leave those guys for next year—I’ve got a clump to maintain. But they are so cheerful when they bloom! I’d like a nice chive edging somewhere again . . . . Maybe north side of the veggie garden?
Next week: decide the quantities I want. Third week: design a raised bed? Fourth week: design a potted display for the potted herbs. Fifth week: decide how many pots, and what sizes I need. Sixth week: figure out when these things need to be planted, started or transferred, and write it down on my calendar. Seventh week: (-: Figure out what to do for the next four weeks! 17 months ago
