Starting over

I have restarted my herb garden again this year for the second time, due to my operation and long convalescent period, this is mainly due to the so-called gardener I employed he didn't know weeds from plants, I have a few mint leafs just showing above ground at the moment scattered all over what was the herb batch, all my thyme, lemon balm along with all of my lilies, planted after Lil's death and all of my tulip brought back from Holland on numerous trips, plus many other valuable plants.

One of the three mint selections

Anyway this time, all of my herbs are going into pots just in case of any other possible illness, so I don't have to lose them all again.

The herbs that I have bought in from local garden centres, I thought if I put them all in pots they can't go walkabout, can they ?.  I did think hmm maybe they won't do too good in pots well judge for your selves, I seeded two lots of herbs one being the Coriander and the other Basil the basil failed miserably when nothing sprouted.

Seen here below the other two mints  in the background   while  to the middle and lower photo two of the three choices of thyme.

Two Mints  & two of the three thyme

The second batch of  Basil is now seeded in its tray now awaiting results. 

All of the herbs   I have planted in pots and old buckets have really surprised me with how vigorously they are growing, it is still early in the year, see how long they last, I  will leave over the winter to see what sprouts again next year.

The third choice of thyme with its first flower just showing It is growing rapidly it was about a third of that size when bought less than a month ago.   I bought an old herb book off of e-bay a couple of years ago stuck it on the bookshelf till it was needed.

Thyme

I have learnt so much these last few days about Herb's things I never knew you could do with them especially in the culinary line, edible flower, roots for vegetables etc.

I only paid a couple of pounds for the book, money well spent.

This book  is filled on  every page with all known herbs  what it doesn't cover is not worth knowing, the back third of the book  is going to be far and away from the best for me, the  culinary recipes,  ooh  delicious

Coriander

Those of you interested in  cooking with herbs  please  keep popping in, I fully intend to increase my  garden with a huge amount of herbs  all to be used in cooking  recipes, follow them here in  Simply Organic



Last for this post  my baby coriander transplanted yesterday appear to be doing well, hopefully, in about a week   I may see  some  green specs poking through in the basil seed tray.