A friend shared some of her oregano with        Sweet basil is an annual so I won't bother
me so I have added it to the herb garden.           planting it in the ground.  I'll just let it
This will be great in spaghetti sauce! 05/23/06         grow in this flower pot instead. 05/23/06

Time to harvest a few more chives.  I'll freeze      I put in a row of sweet woodruff near the  front
them & then use them through the year as I        steps. I'll use it in my potpourri I think. It loves
need them. I want to use a few of the flowers         shade and this spot is definitely shady! 05/24/06
in some flavored oils. 05/23/06                                                                                                        

Two lamium plants to the left and a sedum  to       A friend shared a start of her peppermint plant
the right. They don't really serve any purpose       with me.  I hope that it does well here. Smelled
except to add a bit of color. 05/25/06                 so good when I rubbed the leaves & will make
                                     good tea too. 05/25/06

   This is a small plot of thyme I planted.  It
   will go really well in our tomato sauce when
   I make it.  05/28/06                                    
       

This is German chamomile.  I'll dry it     This is lemon balm.  I planted this in a 
and use it to make chamomile tea.         container so that it won't spread as
     05/28/06                                                 much. 05/28/06                                    

This sweet cicely finishes the front of the    This is chocolate mint. It smells so good
house plantings.  It's also known as myrrh.   when you rub the leaves. I think it will
                                              make good tea! 06/01/06.

My chamomile is flowering! 06/02/06      I planted comfrey here on the side of the
                                                               basement doors.  You can make a tea out of
                                                           comfrey & use it as a hair rinse. 06/02/06

   This is apple mint. I'm hoping to keep       My catmint plant is blooming. Pretty
it in a pot so it doesn't spread. 06/04/06    purple flowers. Now to find out what to do 
                                                          with it. I believe the variety I have
                                                            is Nepata Faassenii. 06/05/06

Cinnamon Basil smells just like licorice!     Lavender will be good in potpourri and
Good for tea and for potpourri. 06/15/06     in bath sachets.  06/15/06          

Thanks to my friend, Jane, for the Dill & Lavender!              

Dill.  Use the leaves in fish dishes     Lemon basil. This is an experiment. Not sure
and the seeds in dill pickles. 06/15/06     exactly what I'll do with this yet 06/15/06  

10/05/06: I weeded the herb garden for the final time this season & harvested some sage & lemon balm.  The rest of the herbs are too small this year to harvest. 

10/14/06: I harvested more lemon balm and some chocolate mint. Both will make nice teas.

11/10/06: End of the year update - Well this has been a good herb year.  I put in the herb garden and while not everything did well, I have a feeling for what will and won't work for me.  Our climate is just not right for lavender sadly. I would have really liked to try that one.  I have managed to put up for use during the year: basil, chocolate mint, lemon balm, sage, and chives.  Next year I hope to put in a few more types of mints, parsley (for the guinea pigs) and horehound.  I'm thinking about scented geranium and Lady's mantle as well.

Although not really herbs, I want to put in some flowers to sell at our local farmer's markets like strawflowers and sunflowers.  I need to do more research on what sells well & will grow well for me.  I need to figure out what people buy to put in arrangements. I may grow some marigolds from seed in our hopefully soon to be constructed cold frame & try to sell those as well.

3/11/07:  I'm trying to decide what herbs I want to add this year to my herb garden.  I want to do parsley and basil in the garden with the veggies.  I need to relocate the chives out of the raspberry patch into somewhere where they can spread more.  I want to add horehound, anise hyssop and possibly valerian to the herb garden as well.  I think I'll also add feverfew.  I'm trying to expand the medicinal herb section. Waiting for spring is so hard!

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant