[Ag-eq] Garden

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Tracy:

Right now I have all the herbs in big pots and that seems to be working well.  I
have peppermint, catnip, oregano, basel, lemon bomb, chives and a pine apple
sage.  The pine apple sage actually smells like pine apple.  I've been putting
a little in salads and stir fries.  I'm doing the same thing with the lemon
bomb.  I have silanto to, it's gotten huge.

I also have some lavender, but have it in a bed by the front porch.  I hope to
plant some other varieties of lavender; I love it.

Have you ever made flavored vinegars or salts with your herbs?

I thought they could be nice gifts.

Do you have any gift ideas using the herbs?

I do chop up some of them when I make soap.  I make a peppermint soap and I use
mint tea in it.  It's very nice.

Nella

Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hi Nella.
> Yeah, I love asparagus too.  I was disappointed when it didn't survive.
> Maybe I'll try again someday.  Maybe it needed more watering, too.  I
> don't always water as well as I could.  Guess that's not a problem for you
> this year.
>
> It's great you've found a gardener to help and advise.  And she can tell
> you what does well in your area, too.
>
> Roses by your bedroom window sounds wonderful!
> I bought a couple trellises from Plow and Hearth.  They weren't cheap, but
> they're steel and look like they'll last a long time.
> My gardener's husband built her a trellis of 4X4 posts and wires, and
> bamboo, I think.
>
> I think you can make catnip tea.  Also lemon balm tea.  I put a leaf or 2
> of lemon balm or mint in when I make a salad.
> I've found lemon balm to be rather invasive.  I put it a couple places,
> and it's trying to take over.
> Tracy
>
> > Tracy:
> >
> > I'll have to do some more research on asparagus; I would love to have
> > some, love
> > it fresh and steamed or grilled.  Yes, I think you are suppose to let it
> > go for
> > 2 years before you get any.
> >
> > I've found a wonderful gardener here and she is helping me get the old
> > flower
> > beds in order and build some new ones.  She was also nice enough to remove
> > the
> > poisson ivy.  We are working on more plans for my raised bed vegetable and
> > herb
> > garden.  I'm learning a lot from her and feel that it's well worth the
> > money.
> >
> > I planted some yellow roses in the spring and I thought they were bushes,
> > but
> > they seem to be the vining kind.  So I'm going to have to figure out a
> > trellis.
> >  They are outside my bedroom window, so someday I hope the scent of roses
> > will
> > come in when the window is open.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a use for catnip besides for cats?
> >
> > Mine is going crazy; I give pieces to the cats, but just wonder if there
> > are
> > other uses.
> >
> > What about lemon bomb, have lots of that to.
> >
> > Hope everyone is well and their gardens are thriving.
> >
> > Nella
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >
> >> Hi Nella.
> >> Maybe when I retire I'll take some gardening classes.
> >> I tried asparagus, but never got a crop.  I read you're supposed to wait
> >> 2
> >> years, to let the plants get established, but mine died the 2nd winter.
> >> Maybe I had them in a bad spot.  They were pretty, very ferny, so could
> >> go
> >> somewhere more central than I had them.
> >>
> >> My neighbors are weird.  I had raspberries near the fence for a while.
> >> Me,
> >> I'd help myself to my neighbor's fruit, if it came through the fence,
> >> but
> >> they reached over the fence and hacked at them.  Barbarians.
> >>
> >> Glad to hear your rain has stopped for a bit.
> >> My weeds were getting the better of me, too, especially the pesky wild
> >> grape.  I have a gardener who comes in when I call her, for a fee of
> >> course,
> >> so I called her and asked her to tackle the worst of the weeding.
> >> Barrels-full of weeds and vines.  And she sprayed the poison ivy, which
> >> would have been all over me.  Worth it, just for that.
> >> Tracy
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster
> >> via
> >> Ag-eq
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 7:06 AM
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> >> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Garden
> >>
> >>
> >> Tracy:
> >>
> >> as usual your garden sounds wonderful.  Have you ever thought of taking
> >> the
> >> classes to become a master gardener?
> >>
> >> They offer the classes here at the local university and county extention
> >> office might do it to, not sure.
> >>
> >> We have had so much rain I should have planted water lilies.
> >>
> >> The lettuce drown, but the chinese cabbage was beautiful.  The red and
> >> green
> >> head cabbage didn't do so well, the heads were really small, but good.
> >> I'm
> >> starting to get lots of peppers and tomatoes.  I picked the first
> >> cucumber
> >> yesterday and the yellow squash are coming on.  I didn't plant much
> >> since my
> >> raised beds aren't finished.  My herbs are beautiful and I've been
> >> cooking
> >> with them and drying for the winter.
> >>
> >> The little fruit trees I planted look great; I hope to find a couple
> >> more to
> >> put out there.  The butterfly bushes are blooming I just planted them in
> >> the
> >> spring, so didn't know they would the first year.  Also the tiger lilies
> >> bloomed, there were a lot of them.
> >>
> >> Do you have asparagus?
> >>
> >> I would like to start a bed, but have been told it's hard to get
> >> started.
> >> What is your opinion on this?
> >>
> >> If I were your neighbor I would be very tempted to join the animals and
> >> help
> >> myself to a few blueberries!
> >>
> >> What is everyone else up to?
> >>
> >> It's actually clear today, the third day in a row, so am going to try
> >> and
> >> get caught up outside.  The weeds are growing faster than I can pull
> >> them.
> >>
> >> Nella
> >> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
> >>
> >> > Last week, I started getting a few cherry tomatoes, which is early for
> >> > around here.
> >> >
> >> > I’ve gotten some nice turnips.  I sautéed the greens with a bit of
> >> > olive oil and garlic, and mixed them with pasta and peas.  Yum.
> >> >
> >> > I’m getting a bit of lettuce, though it’s getting hot, so it may not
> >> last.
> >> >
> >> > I’ve gotten some fava beans, which are like giant peas.
> >> >
> >> > The raspberries are done, and were delicious.  The blueberry in the
> >> > sun has lots of fruit, though I have trouble figuring out when it’s
> >> > ripe, and the critters are getting them.
> >> >
> >> > The apple tree is loaded with apples.  It took a year off last year,
> >> > as the experts on the radio said it would after a big crop the year
> >> > before.  I expect a great harvest, starting probably late August.
> >> >
> >> > The squash is coming on, and the passionflower is blooming.  It’s
> >> > supposed to produce passionfruit, which will be interesting.
> >> >
> >> > Some of the roses are blooming, as are the summersweet and lilies, so
> >> > things smell great.
> >> >
> >> > The coreopsis and cone flowers are doing really great, too, and should
> >> > bloom all summer.  And the butterfly bush is getting ready to do its
> >> stuff, too.
> >> >
> >> > I love summer!
> >> >
> >> > And I love this time of year, where a lot of what we eat is coming
> >> > from the garden or the farmers’ market.  And lots of fresh fruit!
> >> >
> >> > Tracy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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