Sunday, March 21, 2010

Herb and flower seeds in pots and the first go at tidying the border

I planted a bunch of herbs and flowers in plastic pots today.
The parsley plant that had been doing its thing well for the last couple of years finally gave up to encroaching grass. I lifted the whole tussock out with the fork. Read here that they only last about two years anyway.
Chives went in a nice earthenware pot for the kitchen windowsill. The rest went into old plastic pots, not display stuff really. I will have to get some nicer earthenware pots to cover those ones up before they are allowed into the kitchen.
Did not bother planting rosemary again. It is a waste of time. Read that the best way to propagate this is vegetatively. Just have to find someone who will let me perch a pot of compost beside their rosemary bush for a couple of weeks :-)
The sage bush is still doing fine, so no need to replant there.
The others were basil, sunflowers, coriander and dill.
Next I need to get the tomato, chard and beetroot seeds and get them planted out.
Had great success with tomatoes last year. Chard is something that we tried a couple of years ago on the advice of Jamie Oliver (not direct advice, he was on the telly!) and have not looked back. It grows like wildfire and is very nice in a lot of different dishes. Beetroot is delicious steamed with a horse radish and creme fraiche dressing and some fish. This is also a Jamie Oliver recipe.

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