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Lee, Unrepentant Eggplant Addict
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May 01, 2011 08:51AM

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Herbs are always good container gardens.
Thanks Jenny!
Yesterday I actually planted a few herbs including cilantro, chives, basil and thyme. I'm worried it might be too early here in Ontario because it still gets chilly at night but I'll see how they survive. I also bought some brussels sprouts plants, swiss chard seeds and some onions. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'll just plant stuff and hope for the best. At least it will be a fun experiment!
Yesterday I actually planted a few herbs including cilantro, chives, basil and thyme. I'm worried it might be too early here in Ontario because it still gets chilly at night but I'll see how they survive. I also bought some brussels sprouts plants, swiss chard seeds and some onions. I have no idea what I'm doing but I'll just plant stuff and hope for the best. At least it will be a fun experiment!


We actually have mint growing wild all over the garden in-between the flagstones. I don't usually cook with a lot of mint but I'll definitely be looking for recipes to use some of it up.
And Kathryn, I agree that nothing beats homegrown tomatoes! I hope to plant some too!
And Kathryn, I agree that nothing beats homegrown tomatoes! I hope to plant some too!

Lee, mint might make a good herb tea if you can't think of foods you'd like to make with it.
That's a good idea Lisa, I had fresh mint tea a long time ago and it was excellent. Much better than with dried mint.

I haven't gotten past herbs as far as growing my own food. I want to try some conatiner gardening, since I don't have a yard, but I kill plants very easily.


Hey Lee~
I hope this might be helpful to you or someone, Lee, but I'm a lazy gardener, meaning that I will work for hours in our garden, but I'm lazy about hand-watering. Anything in a pot/container, is on its own. Plants around here must thrive on neglect! Hence, I delayed an herb garden for years. Every time my mother visits, she tries to start something in a pot for me, but I'm hopeless. So, it suddenly occurred to me last summer--I'm a little slow--that I could plant those herbs right in the ground to be watered by our automatic sprinkler system. I treat them like other ornamental/landscape shrubs. (We live on a wooded property, so I chose my sunny spot carefully.) The result has been a small, healthy herb garden, some of which over-winters, and new herbal recipes for my cookbook and blog (www.thebloomingplatter.com)!
Besty, I ended up planting most of what my seeds and plants in the ground instead of pots. I love spending time in the garden too but I'm not famous for my green thumb. I think the herbs I planted were the most successful (so far) and it's amazing to see some of them flower! I never knew cilantro would grow so tall and have such pretty, delicate white flowers. I'm learning all the time.



Pineapple sage sounds so delicious and pretty! I've never heard of that. Next year I'm definitely going to plant more herbs. That's a very sweet story about your dog Webster sneaking cabbage.
Terri your containers sound great. I would have never thought to try pumpkins in a container.
Terri your containers sound great. I would have never thought to try pumpkins in a container.


I'm looking forward to trying it out......when it gets established.

Thanks for the recommendation, Susan. :-)
Next spring, I'm really, really, really going to attempt to plant a few veggies, in something.
Next spring, I'm really, really, really going to attempt to plant a few veggies, in something.
Books mentioned in this topic
McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Edible Flowers (other topics)Authors mentioned in this topic
Rose Marie Nichols McGee (other topics)Maggie Stuckey (other topics)