T'Herbs day Thursday

[Bren In Pots]

Picked and froze ice cube trays of basil.

[Small pumpkin]

I picked some chives. Does that count?

Now mixed with cream cheese for the jalapeņo peppers

[Bren In Pots]

That sounds nice SP

[veggiechicken]

Potted up a Bronze Fennel seedling, weeded the Thyme edged bed, pulled up lots of wandering Lemon Balm, stroked the Dill.

[farendwoman]

Took a few cuttings of lemon verbena, African Blue Bush Basil and Aristotle Basil.
Hopefully the lemon verbena will survive the winter for next year, and the basils will provide me with little snippings to sprinkle on winter salads.

[Small pumpkin]

Thanks farendwoman I’d not heard of African blue bush basil. Just googled it. I’m going to get me some of that for my new garden. That looks lovely.

[farendwoman]

Thanks farendwoman I’d not heard of African blue bush basil. Just googled it. I’m going to get me some of that for my new garden. That looks lovely.

Yes it’s a super plant. Flowers taste just as good as the leaves, so I sprinkle them all over salads and rice.
It’s lovely as a cut flower too.

[veggiechicken]

Rain stopped play this Herbs Day but I did chop back the Skopelos Mint that is blocking the door into the GH and threw the prunings into the chicken run.
Also dug up lots of Lemon Balm that's in the wrong place.

[lolie]

Herbs I have growing

Chives - currently flowering
Curled parsley
Leaf celery
Sage
Italian parsley
Sorrel
Rosemary
Oregano
Mint

I'm trying to get summer and winter savory to grow with no luck, yet again. I may try germinating them under lights if they don't do something soon.

I'm also trying to germinate creeping thyme, which is technically a herb.

[Bren In Pots]

Yesterday I potted on my indoor basil, in between the rain pulled up lots of self seeded oregano.

[Bren In Pots]

Picked mint to go in a salad, then watered the basil on a bedroom windowsill.

[Sweet savory]

In the garden
Parsley
Chervil
Fennel
Lovage
Pennyroyal for the cabbages
Coriander
Creeping and winter savory, summer going to seed now
Thyme silver and broadleaved
My basil was once again sown direct as per Seeds of Italy man advice at show last year and once again it is useless. Might be alright if I was actually in Italy I suppose.......
Also made a good bouquet garni with parsley thyme savory lovage and a bay leaf

[veggiechicken]

Cut down a lot of mint, marjoram and lemon balm that were overhanging a path, weighed down by the rain. My legs (and the dogs) were getting soaked each time we walked that way. Threw the cuttings into the chook run for them to enjoy.

Here are some of the seedlings I sowed a few weeks ago - chervil, coriander and parsley and a spearmint sown previously.