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Glad you have an attentive doctor! I live in an older condo building with ample grounds and gardens and in the Summer a herb garden is grown. I haven't really made good use of it since i've been eating junk since i moved in 13 years ago but this year i hope to make good use of it. Hugs, Jane.
 
I love growing herbs, but they are in pots mostly, on our deck or in raised beds, just outside the kitchen. You could bring some of them in though if you needed to. Chives, Flat-leaf Parsley, Coriander, French Thyme, Rosemary & French & Vietnamese Mint we use the most of. I love collecting the seed & growing new plants from seed I have collected. It's rewarding.
 
One_More_Time said:
Glad you have an attentive doctor! I live in an older condo building with ample grounds and gardens and in the Summer a herb garden is grown. I haven't really made good use of it since i've been eating junk since i moved in 13 years ago but this year i hope to make good use of it. Hugs, Jane.
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Sounds like a good idea. It’s there so might as well use it.
 
cate said:
I love growing herbs, but they are in pots mostly, on our deck or in raised beds, just outside the kitchen. You could bring some of them in though if you needed to. Chives, Flat-leaf Parsley, Coriander, French Thyme, Rosemary & French & Vietnamese Mint we use the most of. I love collecting the seed & growing new plants from seed I have collected. It's rewarding.
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Here coriander are seeds kinda like allspice. If your talking about what we call cilantro I love it. Here it’s so warm the insects are really hard on herbs so I’m going the indoor approach. Instead of several pots thinking one communal herb garden. Mini herb forest I guess. I thought about a large glass bowl so it would be terrium esk but not sure about the lack of drainage.
Thinking about the 5 gallon water bottle because until the plants get too big I can sit the lid on top for a green house type effect. Not sure how I’ll decorate the base. Paint, cool graphic duct tape... now I see why she suggested it.... yup mentally busy stuff
 
cate said:
Yep, coriander is your cilantro, but we use the seeds & the leaves. How about a fish tank with a heat lamp? Maybe rocks on the bottom for better drainage? Smart cookie, your doctor! :)
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Yea the leaves I love in Mexican dishes and beans and salsas. The seeds I add to salsa but mostly use it in my curry dishes. Normally if cumin goes in the dish so does corriander(seeds).
Yea it would prob work with a fish tank. I’ve seen mason jars used. Normally bottom layer is stones then charcoal bits then the soil. Some say can still cause root rot or molding so not sure.
The water bottle idea I can punch wholes in bottom for drainage.... have no idea what I can use to drain a 5 gallon water bottle into buttttttt..... since duct tape is already going to be involved lol....
Yea doc is pretty cool.....
 
LaMaria said:
O, you can, no problem. But someone will still (unofficially) take note. I´d like to see pictures of your project at some time.
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Oh I’m sure but instead of a big expensive grow light setup I’ll prob just get the grow bulb and put it in a universal clamp on light. I will if I can get pictures to work. No matter what I do, this site says images are too large......started with the new iPhone.
 
No cooking yesterday....no surprise...

B- a mix of tuna ,brown rice ,soy, gochujang ,wasabi ginger sauce, and a few crackers.

L- knock wurst and some beans ala microwave.

D- wrap with mayo avocado sliced turkey and cheese.

Other- way too much coffee with some sugar free flavored creamer.

1760 calories
 
Today has been mostly sleep....
Will try and eat something b4 bed but it almost 2am so prob not.

B- E.W. marsala and veggies

L- E.W. Gnocchi with veggies and a blueberry bagel with some strawberry cream cheese.

D- prob not

Cals- about 1000

Going to the garden shop to look for plants and a container. Im expecting the containers to be stupid expensive so prob back to the ozarka watter bottle base. The duct tape ummm i dunno...most girly patterns.
The store had several types of thyme and sage but not much else and they looked kinda sickly. The garden supply i can pick up potting mix and base stones so can get most things in one stop.
 
I made some sort of concoction last night. Coated some chicken thighs in olive oil and dumped ever spice in the house on them and added a lil chicken broth in the bottom of the pan so they would stew rather than bake. Added some crushed tomatoes and baked some more. chicken cacciatore meets chicken curry. Really good had a few with the sauce in a wrap. Not sure if it was breakfast on dinner..... it was b4 bed so I’ll go with dinner. That and a beagle with cream cheese should have been another 600 calories or so.
 
I think the little herb garden/tank thing is a really good idea. FYI, rosemary can be very hard to kill and goes well in a lot of stuff. And mint. Mint will take over everything if you let it.
 
-Cory- said:
I think the little herb garden/tank thing is a really good idea. FYI, rosemary can be very hard to kill and goes well in a lot of stuff. And mint. Mint will take over everything if you let it.
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I love rosemary... can’t find any though. The garden supply will prob have it. Never had fresh mint in a dish. A raw leaf under the younger just for the taste but none otherwise.
 
We use a lot of fresh mint. It comes up everywhere, but when it appears in an actual garden bed I just rip it out & throw it over the fence to the sheep. They love it too. Fresh mint is lovely as a tea. I'm going to take our Rosemary & plant it out into the garden & let it grow as a bush as I have just the spot for it when G digs out a dead tree fern. Herbs are mostly very hardy. That was so funny about the Beagle :D
 
cate said:
We use a lot of fresh mint. It comes up everywhere, but when it appears in an actual garden bed I just rip it out & throw it over the fence to the sheep. They love it too. Fresh mint is lovely as a tea. I'm going to take our Rosemary & plant it out into the garden & let it grow as a bush as I have just the spot for it when G digs out a dead tree fern. Herbs are mostly very hardy. That was so funny about the Beagle :D
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I’ve heard that rosemary will really take over if planted in a crowded area so will have to really keep it cut back. I’ll bbq just about anything but a beagle might be crossing the line lol.
 
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