I've
never had any luck when I've planted herb seeds.
I
plant them, they come up and look decent and then a month later they
start withering and dying.
This
year when I put up those gutter planters on the porch railing I
planted some basil, two different parsley's, mint and stevia. They
have done great! I even had plenty of all to use and now have a lot
to dry.
Being
they were in a sort of planter they gt a drink of water from me when
it didn't rain quite enough.
I'm
now wondering if after I plant them other places around here it
doesn't just get to dry for their roots. Are their roots that
shallow?
I
never have any problem with the regular garden plants and only have
to water them when it gets really dry which is normally in very late
July and August. But maybe the roots of the garden crops are deeper
and they get more water from the ground.
I've
even found a way around watering them though by laying on a really
heavy, about six to eight inch, layer of grass clippings for mulch.
Even in the driest of weather if I move some of that mulch it is damp
beneath. And what I think I love most is I have very few weeds to dig
out of the garden.
This
year I didn't get that mulch started early enough but that was my
fault.
But
I wonder too if I could just mulch herbs really heavy the same way or
if that might do some damage to them.
With
all the other things I have to do I just don't have time to water
more plants. I'd like to find some answers... I've searched the web
but have found no useful information for my problems with herbs and I
really don't have anyone locally to ask. Everyone I know buys their
herbs and such at a grocery store. But I want fresh.
Yup,
there is just one more thing I should have payed more attention to
the old timers before me and learned about while very young.
Ehh
who knows, maybe it's just something I'm not supposed to know for
some reason.
Yet
I am determined that if I can find no one to help with that I will
figure it out on my own. Even if it's the last thing I do!
Ha!
Give me herbs or give me death!
I do
not allow the disease of doubt to stop me.
We
had a hard frost here a few mornings ago. That means it's now time to
finish cleaning up the garden and begin planning for next year.
But
the fall colors this year are beautiful and tend to make my mind
wonder into daydream land when I'm trying to get work done. I'd
really rather be out hiking across the mountain tops and enjoying the
kaleidoscope of beauty and color.
Well
just one more thing for the day. Do you need some help cleaning that
nasty computer screen? Then click this link.
This
was sent to me by a reader here. And I so thank them for the smile
which turned into a great laugh!
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