life in and around the garden
Little herb snips make the perfect little stocking stuffer, for your garden friends!
I use these snips in my own greenhouse and garden, and a pair in the kitchen.
I restocked my little Etsy store!
Each little snip ordered will be tucked into a little linen gift bag if you mention you read it here!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/downtoearthdigs
German Winter Thyme.
Tucked into a few spots of the garden.
I love the upright sprigs of this flavorful herb.
I’m going to mulch these with a pile of insulating snow;
rated down to Zone 5, hoping I can cheat the cold.
So nice to be able to still pick fresh Herbs in my garden, well into October.
The greenhouse cleaning has begun.
Time to sort, stack and save all my garden treasures.
When I was a child our family always had a small clump of chives growing somewhere in our garden or flower beds. I’m sure I didn’t know what an Herb was back then. I remember picking the flowers and the onion smell being left on my hands.
I don’t remember when I learned about the world of Herbs; but I knew I loved them, I wanted to grow them, I wanted to cook with them, I even dreamed of having a little Herb Garden Nursery.
While cutting these Herbs this morning, I realized that I grow Herbs, cook with Herbs, I even occasionally sell some Herb pots, best of all I share them with friends and family.
A recycled farm bucket makes a great container for some Lemon Thyme.
Found in the woods, a little coaxing back to shape and it’s perfect to hang on the garden fence.
I love when the Thyme starts to spill over the the garden beds.
When the cilantro goes to seed, it becomes coriander.
I filled my spice jars for the Winter. How wonderful to see my spice cupboard stocked with many of my own herbs and spices.
The remainder of the seeds were packaged for planting this years garden.
The first round of pots are in the warm greenhouse….
Cilantro tends to bolt quickly, so I will be starting more in a couple of weeks.
My goal is to have Cilantro for most of the Summer.
After all, Summer and salsa go together quite nicely.
The little tender herb seedlings soaking up the sun.
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