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when I hear that I think about the mint we had in NM. It started out as one plant, I am sure. As the years went by, it took over the entire garden and while other people pulled weeds all summer, we pulled mint. I love the smell, am using it a lot these days but hate trying to keep it under control. That is why, I grow it in a pot only.
Yep, mint is very prolific and persistent, lol! At least it's useful. I've dried some for hot mint tea, and will likely use it in some tea blends, as well as in black tea or alone.
Yep, mint is very prolific and persistent, lol! At least it's useful. I've dried some for hot mint tea, and will likely use it in some tea blends, as well as in black tea or alone.
When I think of mint, I think of using in tea, but we are starting to use it in a lot of cooked dishes, especially mixed with a little basel and rosemary. I never thought I would do much of anything with it,
Woo hoo 2 of my 4 tomato plants have a couple of blooms but one plant is only about 6" high. The paste tomato is about 18" high I worried about all that water we got since I'm doing container gardening this year.
When I think of mint, I think of using in tea, but we are starting to use it in a lot of cooked dishes, especially mixed with a little basel and rosemary. I never thought I would do much of anything with it,
Yes we use mint too for some East Indian cooking including spicy mint chutneys. Later on in the summer I dry our mint for tea or I fill it in little mini cushions and hang them in our closets. Just planted 2 weeks ago a variety of tomatoes,zucchini,chilies,peppers,cucumbers,okra and I have already my herbs.
When I think of mint, I think of using in tea, but we are starting to use it in a lot of cooked dishes, especially mixed with a little basel and rosemary. I never thought I would do much of anything with it,
I will have to look up some recipes. Already there are some herbed jellies I want to make (Lemon Rosemary, etc.), and I'm sure there are some good mint recipes out there.
In other garden news, my lettuce pots are sprouting!
The horehound seems to have self seeded a lot, but that is good news. I still need to go and eradicate the lemon balm. I'm doing my regular and growing tomatoes from seed. I never have been able to get them early so far, so I'll just settle for the usual late-summer tomatoes. They are tiny now.
I planted a pot with cilantro. I'll just keep sowing it until I get some tomatoes. ha ha ha
The beans and okra have germinated. These are also small. Although I started the peppers way long ago, they're still tiny in the pots. Although they did survive the sunburn that killed the tomatoes. I'm done early sowing stuff inside. It has not been worth it for me.
This my first year gardening and my success has been meh. I had started some tomatoes and eggplants indoors and then they died pretty much right when I transplanted them. I know where I went wrong (I believe it was the seed starter I used; I may just use straight up potting soil next year).
I planted lettuce, broccoli and strawberries seeds. The lettuce or broccoli (my labels blew away in a storm) was starting to peek through a week ago. Will see if they come to fruition.
I bought spinach and jalapeno at a nursery and they are growing really nice.
First year is always an experiment from what I hear.
As for my flowers, this past November, I planted some tulip bulbs. Tulips are my absolute favorite, so I knew I wanted to plant them when I pretty much got in the house. I basically dug up a couple of areas, put the bulbs in and put the soil and some more top soil on it. When they bloomed, I was so excited. I really didn't do that much and it was great! Wish all my gardening experiences were that easy.
Some photos of my tulips. I miss them already. I plan to really expand my bed for next year:
Welcome to the thread Okellies! The tulips are pretty. I like the way you edged the bed, too.
Well I'm on my 4th year of veggie gardening...I think. Some of my seedlings got killed too. The weather is chilly again for some reason, but the small warm-season veggies seem to be ok.
My kohlrabi bases are getting thicker. I can't wait to eat these. I had russian kale over winter or something even with the polar vortex. It is DELISH. I like it MUCH better than the curly kale. But it is possible that it tastes so good because it got hit by frost?
I planted some winter squash in the backyard. I'm going to plant some more. These did not do very well the first year I planted. I'm hoping for better luck in a more fertile spot. The self sowing yellow cherry tomatoes have come up in the other flower bed.
The things I have in pots are bok choi, cilantro and a thai basil I got from wholefoods. These are doing well. I was going to replace the bok choi and cilantro with flowers, but I think I like having edible stuff in these pots as well.
A veggie garden is started. A living salad bowl (three kinds of lettuces and a pansy in a pot) actually, since cutting a many more trees, we're endeavoring to grow a few tomatoes too. The only success in the shade has been onions and garlic, not all bad. and kohlrabi. I wonder if the mosquitoes will take the harvest..........There is still ice on the big lake.(Superior)
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The paste tomato is about 18" high I worried about all that water we got since I'm doing container gardening this year.
and kohlrabi. I wonder if the mosquitoes will take the harvest..........There is still ice on the big lake.(Superior)