My friend Sandra wrote a post on herb seeds she'd recently purchased. I also bought a bunch myself a few weeks back, and Sandra was interested in knowing what I'd decided to go with. I have developed a keen interest in growing herbs for culinary as well as medicinal purposes, so have been borrowing books from the library and deciding which ones to purchase for myself.
My herb sprial is slowly becoming filled in (has chives, oregano, sage, Italian parsley and thyme) as I gather cuttings from friends houses (so far evening primrose, but will also get some comfrey next time to put down by my compost heap) and while out and about walking (I've found fennel and mint). When I planted out my insect habitat a month or two back I included a few herbs in that - clary sage, lavenders, winter savory, chamomile, marjoram, geranium and lovage.
Others I have around my property (that I know what they are) - aloe vera, cleavers, chickweed, dandelion and red clover.
After going through the books, I just decided to buy a whole bunch of commonly used herbs and thought I'd just give it a go when Spring arrives...not all will be ones I need, but nice to have on hand. Some are very useful insect repellents, others are not for ingesting and some are quite stinky so will not all be planted in my herb garden area.
Marshmallow
Peppermint
Rue
Tarragon
Valerian
Wormwood
Borage
Catnip
Angelica
Hyssop
German Chamomile
Feverfew
Echinacea
2 comments:
Hi Nikki - I've been poking round on all the bits of your blog that I haven't looked at yet - very enjoyable way to procrastinate!!
Will love to hear how you go with your herbs. I have a small and growing herb garden ... (guerilla gardening up the unused bank next to our place ...) - and have some of the same ones you list.
I wondered about growing echinacea and decided it wasn't instant enough gratification for me though. Now that I think about it, after reading your blog, I realise that's completely counter-productive, because putting it off only makes it worse! (I mean, if I plant some now - at least in 4 years time I'll have it instantly! :o) - if you know what I mean!
Anyway am keen to hear how you go with it.
Johanna, yes, no time like the present! I'm picturing a lovely, rambling, fragrant, herb garden that I can wander around and harvest what I need as I need it.
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