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Posted: Jul/24/2006 12:15 AM PST
I'm looking for some herbs for our herb garden that I haven't been able to find at any local stores. All of the online suppliers I typically use either have poor selections of herbs, or they only sell seeds. I definitely want actual plants, not seeds. Does anyone have any recommendations? If it matters, I'm specifically looking for: Italian Parsley, Dill, Scallions, and Bay. (The parsley is easy to find, but the others a lot more difficult, at least in my experience.) Many thanks for any suggestions. |
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Posted: Aug/11/2006 10:50 PM PST
henna - why plants only? Some things are so easy to grow, most plant/herb/vegetable plant retailers don't see a market for them, and you might never find them.... Dill is so easy to grow you shouldn't pay for plants, it's as easy as putting seed down in the dirt, seriously. Scallions are green immature onions. You should be able to get onion sets locally. Look for white sets, big around as a dime. Plant them, close enough to touch as soon as the soil can be worked in early spring. To get the long white part, hill soil around the plant as soon as they are 4 inches tall. They can be pulled anytime after they're about 6 inches tall. Green onions get stronger in taste the longer they're in the ground. As for the bay - I'd ask specifically at my local garden shop to see if they could be ordered. Bay is really suited to being a houseplant, it won't survive winters in Jersey, so you'll want one of a size you can manage. Now, for online herb retailers who have the plants you want.... www.linglesherbs.com has the bay and parsley - they're in California, and have great packaging!! www.directgardening.com has onion sets. Good luck getting your plants!! |
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Posted: Aug/11/2006 10:59 PM PST
Thanks! To be perfectly honest, if it were my own project I'd probably go a different route, but the herb garden is my wife's turf (I deal with everything else) and she really wants it as simple and no-brainer as possible. Anyway, I appreciate the links. They look like great resources. |
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Posted: Aug/11/2006 11:08 PM PST
Gotcha... glad to be of help! |
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Posted: Aug/18/2006 5:56 AM PST
In COnnecticut "GILBERTIS HERB FARM" supplies herbs for many gardening centers in Connecticut and New Jersey and some New York. http://www.gilbertiesherbs.com/ I also bought herbs from BURPEES. They keep a great list...you can get some nice plants from them..but you need to buy in season. If you buy from California BAY is probably in season all the time..because of the weather. The other poster is right about the BAY ..its a bush and will most likely need lights over the winter unless you have good open space in the house.Its a Mediterranian Plant really is like a bush and it mostly and needs warmth and light. The dill and parsley will grow in a sunny spot outside--no trouble at all. |
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Posted: Aug/18/2006 1:58 PM PST
great info you guys gave out. Also in New Jersey in burlington county I have a large greenhouse and I grow rare herbs , regular herbs and perennials also heirloom tomato's and other stuffs. Stop by in May,, I'll have alot of stuffs!!:banana-wa |
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Posted: Aug/18/2006 2:00 PM PST
there are some great seed companys that sell herb seed, NIchols, fedco seed, Pinetree farm. All can be found on line. Kim I'll get ya the book list this afternoon.! 
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Posted: Aug/18/2006 3:19 PM PST
You might want to check out some farmers markets. We have a few herb farms that sell at markets in my area. It's nice to be able to talk to the actual growers too. |
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