I've never had much luck growing herbs from seed. I already have mint, tarragon and chive plants growing, and on a separate trip to the garden centre yesterday I got a couple of basil plants and some rosemary to replace the one that died over the winter. I was hoping they'd have more, but they seemed to have sold most of their herb stocks! That's what a sunny long weekend will do for ya! I'll try and get some cilantro, oregano and dill next time I'm there.
I got some baby tomato plants too - the only one I've ever successfully grown from seed was one that grew from the compost I spread on my peas, rather than one I'd planted on purpose! I do tend to end up with a lot of over-ripe, uneaten tomatoes in the fridge, so it's nice to know they don't go to waste when I put them in the compost heap!
My sister-in-law calls such plants "volunteers", which I think is awesome.
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Cool! You Canadians rock!
ReplyDeleteThat really is cool! Wish we even had curbside recycling.
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ReplyDeleteNeat! I wish we had something like that here. No herbs?
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I've never had much luck growing herbs from seed. I already have mint, tarragon and chive plants growing, and on a separate trip to the garden centre yesterday I got a couple of basil plants and some rosemary to replace the one that died over the winter. I was hoping they'd have more, but they seemed to have sold most of their herb stocks! That's what a sunny long weekend will do for ya! I'll try and get some cilantro, oregano and dill next time I'm there.
ReplyDeleteI got some baby tomato plants too - the only one I've ever successfully grown from seed was one that grew from the compost I spread on my peas, rather than one I'd planted on purpose! I do tend to end up with a lot of over-ripe, uneaten tomatoes in the fridge, so it's nice to know they don't go to waste when I put them in the compost heap!
My sister-in-law calls such plants "volunteers", which I think is awesome.