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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:57 am
For some reason I have had bad luck growing rosemary so I gave up on that one a while ago. razz
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:22 pm
my Mum gave me some rosemary cuttings from her garden, but they died last winter, she does have some more ready for me though, i live in a first floor flat(we call upstairs the first floor in the UK) so i have no garden, and nearly all my windows face east so i get maybe an hour's sun a day.
i'd love to be able to grow herbs in my kitchen window though, it's a huge window, a big bay that starts a foot from the floor so i could line it with big planters, then give myself a hernia turning them regularly rolleyes
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:35 pm
Henbane: Oooh, I'd love to have seen that. I'm tempted when we get our house to do that very same thing with climbing plants. heart
Jackie: Maybe you could look into growth lights, something to encourage your plants to grow with full range of light?
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:50 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:55 am
Marie: i could hook up lights but living in rented accommodation there's a lack of electrical outlets, and the building's 400 years old and i dont think my landlord would want me hammering things into the woodwork sweatdrop
plus my windows look out over a busy road and if they had lights in them everyone could see in gonk because my kitchen window starts so low to the ground anyone standing on the other side of the road has a good view into the room, another reason to grow plants in it as it will block their view and i might be able to have both curtains open rolleyes
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 4:53 pm
jellysundae Marie: i could hook up lights but living in rented accommodation there's a lack of electrical outlets, and the building's 400 years old and i dont think my landlord would want me hammering things into the woodwork sweatdrop
plus my windows look out over a busy road and if they had lights in them everyone could see in gonk because my kitchen window starts so low to the ground anyone standing on the other side of the road has a good view into the room, another reason to grow plants in it as it will block their view and i might be able to have both curtains open rolleyes *laughs* That would be good, then. XD Get a nice ladder garden started! Gauro: Osha... *thinks* That's a familiar name... Do you mean the occupational safety and health administration in the US? If you do, you might want to bring it up in the chat sticky at the top of the forum- this is a thread about herb gardens. But if you mean a plant named osha, you'll have to be more specific... There's a plant called "Ligusticum porteri" that's common name is Osha... but I don't have it in my garden.
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:01 am
I always had zero luck growing rosemary; it'd do well enough in the garden during the summer, but it'd almost always die sometime during the winter when I brought it inside (this was in upstate NY, so leaving it out in the garden wasn't an option). It can be a hard herb. stressed If you're going to grow rosemary, though, buy a plant! Starting them from seed is a huge pain.
One of my favorites that doesn't get enough attention is bergamot AKA beebalm. It's easy to grow and dry, it has a bunch of different uses (including being the main ingredient to Earl Grey tea heart ), and its flower is gorgeous. Plus, it tends to behave - if you put it in a bed, it'll spread through the bed but it won't be difficult to keep it confined.
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:48 pm
Oh, lovely. I'll have to add it to my garden!
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:24 pm
Tahpenes I always had zero luck growing rosemary; it'd do well enough in the garden during the summer, but it'd almost always die sometime during the winter when I brought it inside (this was in upstate NY, so leaving it out in the garden wasn't an option). It can be a hard herb. stressed If you're going to grow rosemary, though, buy a plant! Starting them from seed is a huge pain. One of my favorites that doesn't get enough attention is bergamot AKA beebalm. It's easy to grow and dry, it has a bunch of different uses (including being the main ingredient to Earl Grey tea heart ), and its flower is gorgeous. Plus, it tends to behave - if you put it in a bed, it'll spread through the bed but it won't be difficult to keep it confined. I bought 2 rosemary plants about a month and a half ago. I planted them in the garden and they are doing great!
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