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kohoutjm's posts about: herbs
Apr 21, 2008 | 8:01 PM PST
Tags: miniature iris , herbs
I came home today to be surprised by my miniature irises. They are starting to bloom and I should have beautiful flowers out there tomorrow. My mom's bloomed almost three weeks ago around the 30th of March. Here is a quick peek at them and I will hopefully catch them in bloom tomorrow. These are the cutest little irises I have ever come across, they are only about 6 inches tall, they were given to me by my mom a couple of years ago. They have adjusted well.
And as promised here is a photo of the little herbs. I found these pots at Walgreens for a dollar. Can't pass up a good deal when I see one.
More images are in my photo gallery of what's in bloom now, most images are labeled and dated.
Apr 16, 2008 | 9:17 PM PST
Tags: vegetable garden , herbs , wall-o-waters , cold snap
It's been a few weeks since my last post and things are starting to green up very fast. We had a late cold snap last week and it was down into the upper teens and lower 20s. I covered up the tulips. They should bloom in the next day or so.
I got the garden mostly planted on April 4-5. Put in Asparagus for the first time, potatoes, a few different kinds of sweet peas, walla walla onions, tomatoes (in the wall-o-waters), radishes, lettuces, and carrots. I left some room for beans and cucumbers. Below is my hard work all nice and tidy at the end of the day. 
Tomatoes (in the wall-o-waters)
The forsythia bushes are blooming. The neighbors hacked them down pretty far last fall, so they had a meek showing this year. They will be better next spring.
I have moved my "seedlings" as they are now considered herbs in my mind to their own permanent pots. (It has been 8 1/2 weeks since I put the seeds in the soil.) I found a great deal a Walgreens, cute pots for only a dollar. They are oriental looking white with blue glazes. It was in the 70s today so they also went outside for a short time. As for now they are happily in the garage as it is going to be quite a bit colder for the next couple of days. Then 70s and 80s again so they will travel again. I will have pictures when it is nice enough outside to get some good ones.
I took the rest of my tomato plants to work and gave them away to any willy-nilly person who looked remotely interested. They went very fast. I even got the comment, "You have any more?" Plant lovers are everywhere at work, you can see them ducking out early and coming in late on the nicest days. Everyone is tired of the cold icky winter weather. It's time for Spring!
I ordered plants for a new shade garden they should be in this week or next, Ligularia and Foam Flower. I'm also going to split some of my hostas this week and add them as well. I hope that it will look as good as my minds eye. Pictures to come in a few weeks.
Mar 9, 2008 | 9:30 PM PST
Tags: seedlings , herbs , tomatoes
Most of the seedlings have their first true set of leaves! Things are moving along well. I need to get a second grow light and move them higher this week. Here are this weeks photos:
Mar 4, 2008 | 5:11 AM PST
Tags: seedlings , tomatoes , herbs
The Tomatoes are really taking off as you can see. As I thought the Chili's did not sprout, but that's ok, I really hadn't planned for space for them in the garden. The Cilantro still might sprout another couple plants but I really only needed two. Finally the Rosemary started coming up, I was beginning to wonder, but right on time there it was. So here are the photos from this week. You can also see them in my photo albums.
Feb 25, 2008 | 7:00 PM PST
Tags: alpine strawberries , herbs , seedlings , yellow pear tomato , beefsteak tomato
Things are popping up left and right, here are some photos from Saturday.
The whole tray back row: Cilantro, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Chives, Chile Pepper, Beefsteak Tomato, Yellow Pear Tomato front left: Parsley, Basil
Basil and Thyme
Tomatoes
Alpine Strawberries
Feb 19, 2008 | 5:30 PM PST
Tags: seeds , organic , coconut husks , herbs , tomato , chile pepper
I planted some seeds this weekend and am curious about how they will do as some are left over from previous years. I used some new kind of starter pots, they are made out of coconut husks. This is what I planted on Saturday February 16, 2008.
2006 Beefsteak Tomato 8-10 days germ. 80 days harvest
2006 Yellow Pear Tomato 7-14 days germ. 70-75 days harvest
2000 Long Red Cayenne Chile Pepper 10-12 days germ. 75-80 days harvest
2008 Oregano - Greek (Organic) 10-15 days germ. perennial
2008 Cilantro - Coriander (Organic) 5-10 days germ. 30 days
2006 Dark Moss Curled Parsley 18-24 days germ. ?
2008 Rosemary 14-28 days germ. perennial
2007 Common Chives 7-14 days germ. perennial
2008 Winter Thyme (Organic) 8-10 days germ. perennial
2006 Sweet Italian Basil 5-7 days germ. ?
