Dancing With Herbs - perhaps I ought do that. Its right by the path so I can knock it every time I go into the garden Although I might need to line a few down the path to balance out the damage of the TBI (traumatic brain injury otherwise known as too bloody inconvenient) and ensure I remember to come back into the house!
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I've got them written down in my little note book ready for me to start working out what will go where.
Do not forget French Tarragon [don't waste any time on Russian]. It cannot be grown from seed so you will have to buy a plant, it has a superb flavour as long as you use fresh leaves, not very good when dried. I also consider Basil and Parsley as the most valuable herbs from a culinary view. Savory is an interesting variation on the marjoram type of flavour which can be used occasionally. If you like salad then herbs such as Sorrel, Salad Burnet and Purslane are worth having to include with salad leaves.
Thanks Invicta! Dependent on the job front I'm hoping to visit a couple of local garden centres to see if I can find one nearby that has a good range of herbs. The last two I visited were very disappointing in terms of variety and quality.
Nutcutlet - we have those little jars too but I find the flavour disappears far too quickly despite buying the more expensive brands. I've already seen a beautiful way of storing home grown dried herbs in test tube style jars with lids which hopefully I'll get to try next year!
I've started playing around with ideas for plants and hopefully when his family come over his father and grandfather will cast their very green fingers over it for further consult so we can be sure I'm not putting plants that love their drink with ones that just can't handle it.
I love the idea of the salad herbs - I am planning on putting guttering up a side of one of the greenhouse walls in a trellis type arrangement to provide some shelter from the sunshine for delicate seedlings and also to create more (slug resistant) planting area for the likes of salad leafs and maybe strawberries. I'll research to see how much space Sorrel, Salad Burnet and Purslane like to have to see whether they could grow next to the trellis or even in the guttering.
Don't be put off by the time it takes to grow herbs from seed and cuttings. It will take a year, but the plants will be so much more suited to your garden having been brought up there and you will have lots to give away to friends or sell at fairs. Once you have developed the knack you will never look back.
I had the most amazing garlicy herby bread in a pub in cornwall, does anyone know what could have been on it? I woul love to grow some of the stuff to make my own.
It tasted like it could have had basil in, but that seemed a little odd maybe?
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Dancing With Herbs - perhaps I ought do that. Its right by the path so I can knock it every time I go into the garden
Although I might need to line a few down the path to balance out the damage of the TBI (traumatic brain injury otherwise known as too bloody inconvenient) and ensure I remember to come back into the house!
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I've got them written down in my little note book ready for me to start working out what will go where.
I have to admit to growing loads of herbs but in the kitchen there are little glass jars of herbs from Sainsbury's
In the sticks near Peterborough
Do not forget French Tarragon [don't waste any time on Russian]. It cannot be grown from seed so you will have to buy a plant, it has a superb flavour as long as you use fresh leaves, not very good when dried. I also consider Basil and Parsley as the most valuable herbs from a culinary view. Savory is an interesting variation on the marjoram type of flavour which can be used occasionally. If you like salad then herbs such as Sorrel, Salad Burnet and Purslane are worth having to include with salad leaves.
Thanks Invicta! Dependent on the job front I'm hoping to visit a couple of local garden centres to see if I can find one nearby that has a good range of herbs. The last two I visited were very disappointing in terms of variety and quality.
Nutcutlet - we have those little jars too but I find the flavour disappears far too quickly despite buying the more expensive brands. I've already seen a beautiful way of storing home grown dried herbs in test tube style jars with lids which hopefully I'll get to try next year!
I've started playing around with ideas for plants and hopefully when his family come over his father and grandfather will cast their very green fingers over it for further consult so we can be sure I'm not putting plants that love their drink with ones that just can't handle it.
I love the idea of the salad herbs - I am planning on putting guttering up a side of one of the greenhouse walls in a trellis type arrangement to provide some shelter from the sunshine for delicate seedlings and also to create more (slug resistant) planting area for the likes of salad leafs and maybe strawberries. I'll research to see how much space Sorrel, Salad Burnet and Purslane like to have to see whether they could grow next to the trellis or even in the guttering.
Don't be put off by the time it takes to grow herbs from seed and cuttings. It will take a year, but the plants will be so much more suited to your garden having been brought up there and you will have lots to give away to friends or sell at fairs. Once you have developed the knack you will never look back.
Loooove my herbs, I grow and recommend (easy to grow)
Sage
Rosemary
Dill
Parsley
Mint (pots, just divided this too)
Chives (just divided too, all growing well as companion plants for carrots)
Want to grow...
Basil
Oregano
Marjoram
French Tarragon
I had the most amazing garlicy herby bread in a pub in cornwall, does anyone know what could have been on it? I woul love to grow some of the stuff to make my own.
It tasted like it could have had basil in, but that seemed a little odd maybe?
Sounds like you'll need to experiment a little Bekkie!