I see the recomended herds, basil, thyme etc... I'm young and vegitarian. I have never used thyme or basil on anything, even though I'm sure I've eaten it. I want to know what younger people grow? sprouts? parsley? let everyone know! and older people what should us young folks grow?
Well i am a younger person and I grow, Basil, rosemary, parsley, dill, lemon balm, catmint, mint spearamint, borage, chamomile. I use them not only to eat but for cleasing products and teas. I also have a nice vegetable garden filled with a lot of veggies and also medicinal/edible flowers any q's just ask ive been gardening since i was little. gardening organic heiloom varieties to the lunar phases. peace.love.light
what exactly would I do with the herbs? I know you cut them up...but I can't put them on a a sandwhich or anything? and I don't want to eat soup everyday...
Yes you can put them in a sandwich, You can add then to a lot of things that you cook with to add flavour, it depends on your tastes. mint, spearmint, lemon balm and borage are great starters because you can add them to salads, teas , flavour your water or just to chew on. I also do that with chamomile and catmint. Parsley you can add to just about anything. Hair rinses with Rosemary(dark hair) and chamomile (light hair). I could go on for days. Basil is widley used in a lot of things especially pasta and pizz sauces. For marjoram thyme basil and dill you can add them to salads and dressings. I would pick a couple to work with and get to know well. herbs have a lot of uses. Chives are another really really easy one to grow and tastes like onion. You can cut up herbs to use fresh but you can also dry herbs, freeze, make herb vinagers(salads ) etc. why don't you pick some you want to grow and we'll focus on that. think of what you'll use most. when i started out i did ones you could pick and eat, make tea with or put in my water bottle.
I'm fairly young I grow Dill great to go with cheese, salads, pasta Basil I use this mostly in Spag Bol or tomato based sauces, oregano also good for tomato based sauces I grow tomatoes, gardners delight variety realy easy to grow and get plenty of fruit from them Carrots also easy to grow but need a fair bit of space if you want plenty of them I grew one veriety of chilli last year that did quite well, this year I'm gonna try some other ones 2 of which are ornimental Numex Twilight & Centennial the others being Habenero and Numex long purple so can't wait to see what they are going to turn out like
I am going to have a lot of room to grow herbs so I was thinking about a good veriety. I am vegan, and soon I will be makin the switch to raw veganism. I know I don't like a lot of cilantro, but it can be good in bean dips! I was thinking about having lots of small pots! I do love fresh tea! what is a her I should consider growing in a larger amount? can I grow pepper?
I will have a good amount of space but I don't think room for big rooty plants I want to grow stuff that gives more food per space, like beans. tomatoes are great! easy to grow too
Peppers are real easy to grow both sweet and chili and you can grow loads of herbs in such a small place as with the chilis I grew 4 chilis last year and got about 40 of each, doesn't sound a lot but i started them a bit late so fdidn't mature properly
My herb garden was the only thing that actually did well this last season. They're so super easy, and some come back the next year. I have a three-year old thyme plant and a two year old peppermint plant that refuse to die and get bigger every year. The thyme plant actually looks like it has green on it all year round! Even in the winter, you can clear away some snow and pull off a fresh sprig. Stuff is nuts! This year, I had Italian flat-leaf parsley (stronger than curly-leaf, we love it on buttered noodles), sage and rosemary (not much experience with these, but they sure smelled great!), thyme (I use this the most- in pureed cauliflower, mashed potatoes, and soup stock), peppermint (tea!), cilantro (salsa, tacos, mashed potatoes), basil and oregano (spaghetti sauce, pizza, eggplant parm, etc), and watercress (bought it live from Wegman's to put on a roast and didn't use much, so since it came with the roots, I just put it in my garden and lo and behold, I had two beautiful watercress plants and nothing went to waste!). Just don't do what I did with chives: I bought a packet of seeds, then saw some already growing in my yard. Thinking I was being smart, I dug them up and plopped them in my herb garden, only to have them die away in a week, and I ended up with no chives. Haha, shows where being lazy gets you. Tomatoes are great to grow and wax beans are so easy. It's so much fun to go grocery shopping in your own back yard, you won't even believe it. Winter will be so sad, lol. You'll actually have to start going to the store again (unless you freeze and can and dehydrate like a mofo).
