I never have enough time these days, but now thanks to my job, I have plenty of thyme! (BOOOOOOOOOOO) Specifically lemon and English thyme, which I added to my French and big leaf thyme. Soon they'll be trying to take over the herb bed too. The other herbs I put in are doing well thanks … Continue reading Captain’s log: sometime this week
I had a great day today in the garden working my herb beds. Here's a previous shot of the shadier herb bed. As you can see the thyme is heavily overgrown. First task was cutting it back, along with the lemon balm, and weeding as best as I could. Thyme is a great herb, I … Continue reading Planting the spring herb beds
It's been a bit of a week. Bit of two weeks really, the increase in temperature and sun has been a boon for the tomatoes and maybe not a boon for some other things. First the sun gold. It's huge! And it's still growing which is phenomenal! I'm not falling into last year's trap of … Continue reading Captain’s log: April 28th 2019
Today was a busy day. Actually a busy couple of days, but that's not important. A lot of what I've been doing is watering now that we've had some clear weather- it's sunny but cool. Heat evaporates water in the soil, but the chief evaporator is the sun- so even though it's not even above … Continue reading Captain’s log: February 21st 2019
As we get more into fall, my herbs have been looking a little ratty. I already trimmed my basil back, but a lot of my herbs have red or yellow leaves and are generally a little messy. To say nothing of the dying shiso behemoth. Add to that a fennel going to seed, and I … Continue reading More herb maintenance
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