Saturday, May 23, 2009

My plants are growing!

I love growing herbs for use in the kitchen. For one, it allows me to have greenery in the house that I actually care about. Second, it's a far more affordable option for using fresh herbs in cooking. Last year, I purchased basil, rosemary, Italian parsley, sage, and maybe thyme. As winter came and I traveled more, I neglected them and most died or appeared to die and were tossed. Somehow, my parsley and a single basil plant survived.

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Just this week, I purchased new sage and rosemary plants at the farmers' market. In efforts to conserve space, I potted them together. Hope it works because not only is the sage plant already full, I'm looking forward to lots and lots of summer cooking with these two herbs.

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Just last week, I also planted from seeds thyme and more basil. The basil is just beginning to sprout in this picture.

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Finally, I also planted a packet of tomato seeds which came in one of my British cooking mags. This is them at 2 weeks, with about 1.5 inches in height. Not sure what I will do if they all make it to the next stage, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

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