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Grex > Gardening > #58: "And so it begins..."
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papa
response 57 of 60: Mark Unseen   Apr 13 21:43 UTC 2021
About a month ago I spent a Sunday afternoon digging up a 0.5 sq. m bed in
the 20-years-neglected yard of our condominium and planted coriander, basil,
and dill. So far, coriander is coming up nicely and a few sprouts of dill.
SOMETHING is coming up where I planted basil, but I am unsure whether it's
the desired herb or weeds.
kentn
response 58 of 60: Mark Unseen   Apr 15 19:47 UTC 2021
Got my old law tractor going and mowed the lawn.  Mainly I use it for
towing around a garden trailer for hauling sticks and branches to the
brush pile.  Now I need to put some new blades on my zero turn.
papa
response 59 of 60: Mark Unseen   May 11 02:32 UTC 2021
resp:57
Last week I took enough cilantro from my patch for cilantro rice, Thai rolls,
and garnishing fajitas, and it's come back so quickly I'll harvest some more
for a salad today.

Clipped enough dill on Sunday to season cucumber and onion salad. Not many
dill plants are coming up, though, so I reseeded the empty patches this
morning.

The plants that look like basil are growing well, but their lack of aroma and
flavor has me wondering. Mom told me to wait until the plants mature a little
more, but some of them are starting to flower, so ...?
rak
response 60 of 60: Mark Unseen   May 14 01:37 UTC 2021
Congrats on the bountiful herb garden! I used to grow basil and
remember reading that it loses flavour once it starts to flower.
I always tried to prune it / pick leaves before it got to that
state. This also has the advantage that your basil plant becomes
a bit bushier and gives you better yield :-)
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