Sara
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| Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: How are you Protecting Your Herb Garden For The Winter? |
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Herbs not like cold
How are you protect them?
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| Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Sara, afraid you caught the forum when everyone is off gardening, house cleaning, working, having dinner in some parts of the world or whatever. Have patience, there will be other members logon off and on during the day. 
Some herbs will winter over with extra mulch or covering of some sort and it depends on how severe your winters are. Many are annuals, they live their life and then the first frost takes them down and you replace them in the spring.
If you have a greenhouse or windowsill space you could pot them up and bring them inside during cold weather, just remember that they will still need as much sunlight as they can get.
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Sara
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| Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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thank you mr.Toni
i will tell my brother making greenhouse for me.
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wilsonmian
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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I think the best way to protect the herbs from cold is to build a shelter for herbs.......
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Perennials, don't need much. I give them a nice mulch of chopped up leaves in the fall and say see you in the spring. For the annuals, I do a few things...
#1 I save my own seeds. Saves money and I can start them in late winter early spring to get things off to an early start.
#2 I bring in one basil, rosemary, and chive (my fresh must haves) in pots in the kitchen window, they do ok till spring and I can use a bit here and there. By the end of March, I need the space. I grow a bit crazy and have seedlings coming out of my ears. I let the old ones go and have baby ones almost ready to take their place.
#3 I find a new addition to put in my collection for the new year. This can be hard to limit but I do try to only add a couple each year.
happy growing!
-kat
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